The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-06-19
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FOOD CONTROL sure
lconeluded from Pace u


as the. producers and consumers. He
will try 10 have working with him men
whose knowledge, when combined and
sifted, win supply the most comprehen-
sive information Of the situation from
all viewpoints,
The idea Of creating big corporations
TO handle the various commodities and
to control their distribution, which has
been put forward as among Mr. Hoov-
ef 3 plans, was discarded by him as but
a rumor. He purposes the creation Of
executive bodies, or boards of from four
to five members, which will handle such
commodities as grain, -four, meats and
sugar. Each Of these boards will have
an executive head responsible TO Mr..
Hoover. The membership Of the boards
win be selected with great care from
among the experts who have offered
their services to the country. III,
To Work in Harmony with Allies
II is Mr., Hoover plan that the food
administration as represented in the ex-
ecutiye bodies answerable to him shall
deal with an individual or commission
representing the other Allies in deter
mining the foods which are needed for
the -sustenance of this country and
which are those available for export.
When this conclusion is reached il will
be for the representative or representa-
tives of the Allies to determine on the
distribution among the other nations at
war with Germany of the amounts
which each may import, from this coun-
try. ~. ~
Cooperation with the Allies on such
basis, Mr.. Hoover said, was the surest
way to eliminate the furious competi.
ton created by the allied nations in
bidding for foodstuffs in the American
markets as individuals.
The prevention of such competitive
bidding, he said, was, in his mind, the
first important step toward the stabil-
ization of prices in this country, which,
in turn, was the most effective weapon
against prices which otherwise might
gU beyond the reach of the average
American and bring about a serious
condition of unrest.
1t would be one of the great objects
of the food administration, as repre-
sehted by himself and by the various
executive boards to be created, Mr..
Hoover said, not to interfere-where
such a course was made possible by
patriotic cooperation Of producer and
consumer with the existing trade con
ditions. On the otler hand, the real
object would be to "lubricate the
trade conditions and make them more
happy for all concerned.
Won't Hamper Small Dealers
That there would be food survey
which would inflict hardship on in,
dividnals and small dealers, which
might even include house to house
canvass and the calling in of agents
of the department Of Justice, was de
MED by Mr.. Hoover. The purpose of
Che food administration, he said, was
to aid the small producer and the re-
taller, rather than to bother and hamp.
er him, and authorizing campaigns
would be against big interests, which
might work q real hardship on the coun-
try by the unwarranted accumulation
of commodities in an effort to obtain
unusual profits.
Wholesalers and big operators will
their possession in the hands of the
food administration and his information
will supply any data required for pres.
ent purposes concerning the smaller
dealers Mr.. Hoover. as a result of the
ready response from producers and
operators on a large scale in almost
| every commodity which will come un.
der the present scope of his food ad.
ministration, is satisfied that he will
have little trouble in this direction and
that the reealitrants will be few in
number. T. D..