CPA NEWS
i Maximum charges for storage,ware
housing and terminal services are
now subject to control under Maxi
mum Price Regulation 586—effective
{June 1st here in Alaska—as announc
ed by officials of the Territorial
OPA office in Jupeau. Sellers of
such services will'.be informo'.d of
its pricing and filing requirements
through a trade bulletin in the
near future. Any further particular
can be obtained by calling the locaJ
QPA board office.
Previously covered by several
different regulations, this now move
on the part of OPA provides a con
solidation and simplification of
controls over a major field of in
dustry in Alaska. iiPR 586 also
promises to improve understanding
and compliance by those industries
effected, in addition ;t*5 .providing
purchasers of such services with
more tangible means of establishing
the legality of charges made to
them for such services, a need for
hich has been obvious for some'
imc.
Principal services effected arc:
ttorago of goods for future delivery
Including dry and cold storage;
freezing, including "quick freezing*
wharfage end handling; hoist and
crane service; stevedoring, loading
and unloading of ships, cars,barges;
and such subordinate services as
packaging, crating, weighing,baling]
■> rn
but only when p or formed by some
establishment providing principal
service's of storage and terminal
facilities.
Basically this regulation tends
to hold' maximum prices to the March
1942 level with all sellers required
to file a statement in duplicate,
showing their maximum prices, rates,
and pricing methods, with the near
est OT'k field office after .Tune 1st
and not later than September 1st.
Hot covered by this now .regula
tion arc: fur storage, storage of
household furniture and belongings,
safoty deposit rentals, and fcontal
of individual lockers--fohich
services will remain under juris
diction of RMPR 165 as recently
explained to the trade.
PRIBILOF SEAL HERD HEADING NORTH
A very interesting part of the
study bf Fur Seals of Alaska is
the annual "migration of the cow
seals from the Fribilofs. The bulls
winter along the Aleutians vh ilc
the cows travel far to the south
along the coast. In the spring of
the yonr the herd starts on its
northern trek to join the bulls on
the fribilofs who have arrived there
shortly before the cows. In order
to protect the herd^U.S. Coast Guard
Cutters come with then to protect
them against poachers. The young arc
born on the Fribilofs after they
arrive. A recant book "The Sen Cats"
gives an excellent account -.f them.
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