Executive Order No. 24, s. 1944

MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 24

AMENDING EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 371 OF OCTOBER 2, 1941, FIXING THE MAXIMUM SELLING PRICES OF CERTAIN ARTICLES OF PRIME NECESSITY, AND PROMULGATING RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR THE ENFORCEMENT THEREOF.

WHEREAS, in view of the shortage of food, other articles of prime necessity, and services caused by the war, it is essential to the welfare of the people that the fixing of the maximum selling prices of such articles as promulgated on October 2, 1941, be continued with such modifications as circumstances may require;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, SERGIO OSMEÑA, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the Philippines, do hereby prescribe and promulgate the following schedule of maximum prices in the Province of Leyte:

MAXIMUM SELLING PRICES

Product Unit Price paid by wholesaler Price paid by retailer Price paid by consumers
1. Rice-elon cavan ₱7.20 ₱7.30
ganta ₱0.32
litro .11
2. Rice native unhusked (palay) cavan 3.00
3. Corn-milled cavan 4.45 4.60
ganta .21
litro .07
4. Corn-grain cavan 3.62 3.73
ganta .18
litro .06
5.Wheat-flour-American or Australian 49-lb sack 3.01 3.10
kilo .15
6. Vegetable lard kilo .32 .33 .35
7. Corn beef, canned 12 oz. tin (case 48) 15.50 15.98
12 oz. tin .35
8. Sardines, canned 15 oz. tin (case 48) 6.91 7.15
15 oz. tin .35
9. Sugar, brown refined picul (63.25 kilo) 8.34 8.60
kilo .14
10. Salt ganta .08 .09 .10
kilo .05
11. Milk-condensed case 48 cans (14 oz.) 13.38 13.79
14 oz. can .30
12. Milk evaporated case 48 cans (14 oz.) 7.58 7.73
14 oz. can .30
13. Vienna sausage, canned case 48 cans (4 oz.) 6.88 7.09
4 oz. can .16
14. Pork and beans, canned case 48 cans (16 oz.) 4.05 4.18
16 oz. can .09
15. Pork kilo .40
16. Beef .60
17. Carabao meat .45
18. Fish (fresh) :
First class kilo .40
Second class kilo .30
Third class kilo .20
Fourth class kilo .10
19. Fish (dried) :
First class kilo .80
Second class kilo .60
Third class kilo .40
Fourth class kilo .20

MAXIMUM SELLING PRICES

Product Unit Price paid by wholesaler Price paid by retailer Price paid by consumers
20. Fish (salted but not dried):
First class .60
Second class .45
Third class .30
Fourth class .15
21. Fish; salted, small, such as ginamos, bolinaw, bagon, etc. Petroleum can (5 gal.) 5.00
22. Eggs Dozen .36
23. Vegetables:
Camotes 1 petroleum can (5 gal.) .50
Hantao Small bundle .01
Patola For each 3 .10
Upo Each .10
Ceguedilla Bundle .01
Tancong Bundle .01
Tomatoes For each 2 .01
Holabtog For each 5 .01
Gabi Each .05
24. Chickens Each depending on size .25-1.20
25. Bananas Each .01
26. Soap:
Large size bars (approximately 1 kilo) Each .30
Small size bars (approximately 1 kilo Each .16
27. Laundry:
Pants Each (pair) .15
Slacks Each .15
Shirt Each .15
Drawers Each .05
Under shirt Each .05
Towel Each .05
Wash cloth Each .02
Handkerchief Each .02
Sox Each (pair) .02
Sheet Each .15
Pillow case Each .05
Mattress cover Each .20
Denims per suit Each .25
Cap Each .05
Minimum charge Each .50
28. Haircut .50
29. Shave .20

The maximum selling prices herein fixed will supersede the prices provided for in Executive Order No. 371.

Any person, firm or corporation who shall sell any article, included in the above schedule at prices in excess of the maximum selling prices herein fixed shall be punished as provided in Section 3 of Commonwealth Act Numbered Six Hundred as amended.

Done in the seat of Government in the field, this 6th day of November, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and forty-four, and of the Commonwealth of the Philippines, the ninth.

(Sgd.) SERGIO OSMEÑA
President of the Philippines

By the President:

(Sgd.) ARTURO B. ROTOR
Secretary to the President

Reference: Appendix to Executive Order No. 24

Source: Malacañang Records Office

Office of the President of the Philippines. (1944). [Executive Order Nos. : 1W – 109]. Manila : Malacañang Records Office.