Bisbee daily review., 1917-08-26
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Herbert Hoover Explains to Westerners That Careful Administration of Food Is Necessary--Leaves for East
(By Review Leased wire.)

~ HICAGO, Aug. 25.-Herbert c. Hoover, federal food administra- IN tor, explained to editors of agri-
 cultural papers and representa- tives of newspapers from agricultural districts today the necessity for ad- -ministering the supply of foodstues. told of the problems that confronted those who were dealing with the sub ject and asked their cooperation in the work to be done. He objected to the word control" in connection with food conservation. he said, because the administration, in the main. wished to rely on voluntary effort and patriot ic cooperation.
 All sections of the country were rep resented at the conference. Mir. Hoov- CT reached the city at mid-afternoon and after the conference adjourned at the dinner hour, announced he would return east within several hours.
 Fair Deal Promised
 MT Hoover made it clear in a state ment which he authorized later, that the purpose was to deal as fairly with all interests as was possible. and that in order that this intention might be- come a fact it was essential that all should act in similar spirit
 Opinion Was Wrong
 F.. T. Meredith of Des Moines. Ia. who presided at the meeting. said when he went to Washington recent ly to confer with Mir. Hoover he car ried the word that the farmers of the west were against Hoover" because of the fear that they would suffer through price regulation. He said he had found out that this impression was ''all wrong; that the food admin istrator intended to protect the far mer against lower price than was his due" Mir. Meredith said he be- lieved the price as eventually fixed would be a protection to the producer against low price and the consumer against high figure. Shortl yafter the arrival of Mir Hoover a meeting was held at the stockyards. attended by representatives of the packers. the railroads and the livestock commits sion men of the middle west. the pur- pose being to work out a plan for a cooperation of these interests with MT. Hoover and the federal trade com 
 For Even Distribution
 The conference is said to have ar ranged for appointment of joint com mittees of all interests involved to se- cure even distribution of shipments of livestock into the Chicago market SO theer will be no Tight" and heavy days. It is believed this arrangement will lead to the establishment of per manent ''five-day market"
 Denies Pric eFixine
 In a statement issued tonight NIT. Hoover denied there is any founda- ton for a statement that the food ad- expects to fix prices of beef or pork products.
 Before Mir. Hoover left Chicago he was handed a formal request from he packers that he appoint federal immediately to take ,ver entire control of the livestock in- lustry.
 Producers Committees
 The administration hopes to devel- ID by discussion with representative committees of the hog producers. the 'attle producers. the commission men md the packers, the statement says. ,reater stabilization of the industry turing the war and in such a way to ncourage production. to eliminate peculative profits and risks so far as nay be. and by so doing to protect he consumer
 Hoover's Resume
 Mir Hoover's address before the 126 representatives of farm ournals in A tates. said to represent an approxi- nate circulation of 12.0O0 900 readers. Ias a resume of conditions which lead D the appointment of food control pr. which comments on the adminis- ration of that office. He asserted at he outset that the food problems of he present would have occurred Thether or not the United States went ito the war; that they are based on le underlying economic currents and