Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-10-30
Help Herbert Hoouer,
For He IS Helping You
At Gm Personal La, He's accomplishing Wonders or Every Man, Woman And Child In The United States
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It IL to the credit Of the grain ex-
change men that they not only re.
ceived this notification In the right
spirit, but that they accepted 1t, and
with the highest patriotism endorsed
the food administrator in tho takins
OF Of their commercial heads.
When this agreement was entered
into, Hoover was without power to
take other action than to obtain vol
untary agreement.
The price Of -four at that time waa
ST per barrel. It Is now selling at
an average price throughout the
United States Of less than $11 per
barrel, and when the new crop has
been equitably distributed it will
stabilize it at oven less than this.
The normal consumption OF -four in
the United States is about 100000
barrels per. month, which saving, at
Sc per barrel, would aggregate $780,
900, 900 per month. In actually, the
real saving could not be put into
figures, because no mans mind can
accurately measure Just what would
have happened to wheat through
speculative influences had no action
been taken.
But three commodities are as yet
under license-wheat, sugar and coal.
However, many other commodities are
lation November /. This will enable
the food administration to keep the
people of the country 80 informed
upon the prices at which the retailer
receives these commodities from the
wholesaler. that he will be able to
measure what the retailing and de-
ltvering systems are costing him.
This is in line with the now-known
fact that none of the recent advances
in sugar price was made by the
wholesale interests, and In harmony
with the clearly defined policy Of the
food administration to elmipate so
far as possible exploitation Of foods
as between the producer and con-
sumner. This work has, as yet, been
largely formulative. After November
1 1t is hoped and expected that stabil-
lied conditions will obtain along many
lines Of the peoples interests.
200 Branches OF Foodstufns
Businesses Called In Conference.
Since the food control law was
signed by the president on August 10,
the food administration has had CON
%ferences with representatives of more
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in %foodstuffs and has been in touch
with the brightest minds in all the
various divisions Of this commerce.
Out of these many conferences have
come many helpful suggestions. which
have been or are now being formu-
lated into the regulations into which
most of the foodstuffs have come
through license.
Aside from q power to license,
which is confined entirely to manu-
featuring in the larger : businesses.
about the only legal remedy the food
administration has is the penalties i'm
posed upon. boarding There. is abso-
lutely no power vested in the food
administration to govern the distri-
button or the prices which are OBJ
tanned at distribution, whereas in
other countries these powers have
and are being constantly enlarged.
In England now virtually every form
Of food is under governmental regu-
lation with maximum prices ordained.
The work Of the United States food
administration is not national SO
much as international. Our first
burden is to see that the armies fight
ing the battles for world democracy
are properly supplied with wholesome
FOOD. Perhaps second La the necessity
for keeping the assurance ever before
the people Of the allied nations that
their food requirements are to be met
The fact that food is more essential
as Americas contribution to the waI
than either men or munitions has
been ID often stated as to make repe.
tition needless. but it remains, never.
theless. true all the time.
Through a perhaps understandable
misconception Of the real duties Of the
food administration, the people of the
United States, to q too large degree,
have been prone to measure its sue.
cess by its ability to reduce prices.
Greatly Decreased Prices Would
Gut Down Food Production.
As a matter Of fact there cannot be
the increased stimulation In produc-