Arizona republican., 1917-09-23
COUNTRY'S GALL TO STOCKMEN
 FUR SERVICE

Since his return last week from at tending the conference in Washington of the Advisory Committee OF Live stock Industries with MT. Hoover. the rood Administrator and Secretary of Agriculture Houston, Dwight E. Heard has been receiving many in qulries as to just what the plan of he Food administration is as to live stock, and in response to these in iuiries made the following statement yesterday.
 While MT. Hoover has been given tremendous power as administrator O. the Food Control bill, he hopes to secure effective results, not by any methods of dictation, but by cooper ltion with those in the various in- 1ustries which come under his con- trol, or as he puts it, he suggests that hese various trades police themselves under government patronage.
 .'Mr. Hoover, who comes to this work with a remarkable record for trained efficiency realizes fully that n being asked to speed up pro- duction, which must necessarily he lone at a profit to the producer and decrease the cost to the consumer,
 that he is being asked to handle an
 exceptionally difficult and very in
 tricate problem. Fortunately in every
 line of industry, the leaders Tn the
 industry are offering to MT Hoover
 genuine patriotic support, and if this
 whole plan of food production and
 conservation can be based on -fe spirit of patriotic service with the full understanding that definite plans will be evolved which will provide for the continued prosperity of the pro- 1ucer and at the same time will elim- nate speculation and eXtortionate profits and save all waste in dis tribution. tremendous. practical re- suits which are bound to reduce the price of food to the consumer, are sure to be obtained.
 "The keynote of MT. Hoover's work is efficiency, service, and a willing 'ess to sacrifice for the n-thiic good He impresses all who meet him sv thoroughly with this spirit that one industry after another is voluntar- l fly placing itself under regulations which are in the public interest.
 In his address last Wednesday tC the War Conference of the Chambers of Commerce at Atlantic City, MT Hoover said, speaking of high food prices and the need for price control: z" It is true, high prices reduce con- sumption, but they reduce it through the methods of famine. for the burder is thrown onto that class of the mos limited means, least able to bear it There is no national conservation ir robbing our working classes of the ability to buy food. Real conservation lies in the equitable distribution of the least necessary amount and in this country we can only hope to obtain il by voluntary self-denial and voluntary reduction of waste. It is obvious tha our people must have quantities o food and must have them at prices which they can pay"
 The largest question of the hour i: price fixing, for the suspension of tho law of demand and supply is forcine our hand in every direction.
 We will find as we go on with tho war and it's increasing economic dis. ruption that one commodity after an. other will need to be taken into control We will, however profit by experienc, if we do not lay down hard and fas rules. but deal with every situation or its merits. So long as demand ane supply have free play in a commodity we had best leave it alone
 Tn the conference of the represen. tatives of the live stock industry on tho fifth, sixth and seventh of this month Continued on Page Two)