The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-05-11
CONTROL IS
KEYiTOFOOD
SITUATION
-HERRERT 4. HOOVER
If Uncle Sam Takes
Charge There Is
Plenty
$40 FLOUR IF THE
MIDDLEMEN RULE
Can Be Sold For Half
Present Price By
Government
-HERRTRT Z. HooNER

NEW lORk May li.-It IS 40 70
the American people Co say whether
the nation shall fast or FEAST during
he period OF he war according 10
He-bert g. Hoover hesd az be Rel
gan relief commission and the man
who may be food dictator OF the
United states
In a statement last uisht. urginc
the adoption o. the drastic food con
troll bill now before congress. Mr..
Hoover declared that unless the GOV
ernmenr acts The price 81 -FOUR will
20 10 So per barrel before the year
ends
With government control be as.
serted. tAe present price can be re-
duced 40 70 so per cent. still With a
reasonable return 70 the producers
Mr Hoovers statement IN part fol
lows
Anertrs problem ror ore q
famine. ,o- - have uov and wIl
hsv. mes. Noaf a large Eurplus. our
rrChleu IL after tnc proper p~cte
ttru = fnt own people 20 give 30
ou~ Alltes ire LAST ounce ~ srrDins
OF Vhf~r are capahls
Trtrrfs~r th~ nation rsecs = food
control fof tu-o purpose r. reEu-
late prices zuc tn increase the SUR
r'us tftel pro'iAnE fcr cur norm al
cons 01rttrv. Hiii haze toEetre~
WITH canada surplus for our Al
Yes equal o. 0nl' 80 per cent 81 the
take rrosd measure 81 control Ne
can. With a. httie disturbance 70
economic ra-hire~r as reed be- fHr
~ ,hem IN additional 20 per cent
Thar losf evan tneE w b. q rr-
satt foaf ard vert 4nce Ne CAM
tor IRE prcte err - cape bic ~ sol
ton n however The whole -li
allie and neutral ls % have - IN
r"Sti icted run ~ our market IN
competition with each ofhef snd IN
competition with the sosculst To-
g. wheat before th~ year D. over
Large measures - food control de-
ncr mean arbitrary Lnt@~ftr~nc- wffh
tr- rsreEsArv s~orornfc ma chinery ~
trade They mean that every branch
= called ~ BY he government ard
forge thesnss Ives INTO link from
when -" contrr opiaf~d chain viii
protect producer, legitimate distr tu-.
toy and c0nsumer.
For instance an assured that
me Afle 4caM LhrT1nr NfN not rea -
81 80 pei : Jshei for the 1915 HheAt
harvest YET the price % wheat in
Sew YORK today Is sS2s per bgrhei
and dour a So per barrel which all
rs attendant hardship and dtsiocs-
zion - social ard Industrial life
have NO hesitation In saying
tfat II the able patriotic men rep
ressnting the majority ~ each
branch q the food trades were called
in and clothed with the necessa ~
powers to force the swaN minority
90 skunk that exist in every f-ade.
on result would be that AT equally
sctritUus -Four based or even s. 81
wheat could be sold n Sew York
for good zeal under - per hs-rei
and evrry trade would receive 80
Legitimate i1cft "a thout control
Z p-c NAY sec so Sour before the year
is oct and total dislocsricn re
asEes and consequent q si0catior nj
Industry and living
on the ether hand II we ovfrcons
4 the submarine and II ~ open other
/ markets 90 ouf allies w mas $50
wheat at 3 huahei and four und eY
- In ary event with sufaClent con-
I troll the price - -four can be reduced
/ b. ~ pr c-nt 20 81 per cent and A.
the ra-'s tine tire produ~er treated
in liberal manner
Without am form p control
az iiksly % see an even worse sit1-
alton thar THE high pricrs prhesii nx
resulting from tire unrasfrAIned
drain IN our V'h~st abrnad " =
possible fhss th~ last 'hr.s ron-bs
o. next year re may be bare ~
hr-adst9nt IN thta .0NrfrV
Food ~ontroi foes not near bread
csrds 70 me American people r
means he broad c0uservsftofl ~ suv
food The better handling hs rl NINA.
ton Of waste ard specnls ton - ~
prUpe' control FOR America tif gov
~rrrtrr' woul1 ask rrI
f~ofD me ,rd't euRi ~pr-n '~1
he est r'sufv brft seiv and way'
frtrIr- af1 z 0srfc. rart taiff
rfl Fe frufvE pt.r yf.
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