Black Marketeers Sob, Dump Ill-Gotten Goods
Scrambling Desperately To Get Rid Of Nylons, Shoes, Piece
Goods And Silks
Democratic Advocate, September 24, 1945
After four flourishing years, the bottom finally has dropped
out of the black markets with a refreshing thud. And war-fattened marketeers
are scrambling desperately to get rid of their once precious stockpiles of
nylons, shoes, piece goods and silks at deflated prices.
They took an enormous loss when gas rationing was called
off. Nylon hose, prime specialty of the wartime black market, has slumped
almost overnight from $15 to $5 a pair along Broadway and Park Ave., where the
traffic has been particularly heavy.
The spectacular decline extends to such other black market
staples as meat, used cars and rubber goods. You can even get a little Scotch
whisky if you know the dealer. War-short canned goods, such as imported
sardines and selected salmon and tuna fish are finding their way back to
retailers' shelves—and meat is once more hanging publicly from butchers' hooks.
End of gas rationing caused a panic in the black market. It
was the same in other black market fields, supply overtaking demand for the
first time since Pearl Harbor. Consumers sat back to wait for promised postwar
commodity—of better grade, price and style
Democratic Advocate, September 24, 1945.
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