Arizona republican., 1917-08-11
GOVERNMENT TAKES CONTROL OF FOOD SUPPLY WHEN NAME
 OF PRESIDENT GOES ON BILL
Republican A. p. Leased Wlre1

of the administration food survey and regulatory bills
 1 Formal announcement of Herbert | HOover's appointment as food admin istrator was made at the White House soon after the measures were ap- proved. and tonight MT. Hoover set forth the aims of the food administra- l tion in statement declaring it's pur- l pose to stabilize and not to disturb conditions
 | Every effort will be made to correct price abuses made possible by abnor- | mai times, MT. Hoover said, but dras- tic measures will not be attempted until it is seen the purposes of the ad- ministration cannot be accomplished through constructive cooperation with food producing and distributing indus 1 tries.
 The very existence of corrective powers, MT. Hoover declares, will tend to check speculation and price infla- | tion.
 | "The business men of the country, I am convinced" says MT. Hoover's
 statement, "as result of many hun dreds of conferences with representa- tives of the great sources of food sup ply, realize their own patriotic obliga- | tion and the situation and will fairly and generously cooperate in meeting l the national emergency"
 1 The two measures signed today give l to the government sweeping war time
 powers. The regulatory bill is designed
 10 put food distribution under direct government supervision and a pro-
 vision added as an amendment extends
 an even more drastic government con- trol over coal and other fuels, which
 include the power to fix prices and
 authorizing government operating of
 mines. The survey bill is intended to encourage production and gives the government authority to keep up con- tlnuous census of the amount of food
 stuffs in the United States. It will be
 administered by the department of agriculture
 Both the food administration and the
 agriculture department have been
 i.ady since long before the bills were
 passed to go ahead with the work. The
 lood administration has assembled a staff and already is enlisting the coun- , try's women in a household saving campaign. Meanwhile the federal trade commission, authorized some time ago to conduct an investigation into food , prices with special reference to anti
 trust law violations, Is gathering in formation which it will turn over to the two agencies and to the department
 of justice.
 The first move of the food admins l, tration will be to bring about changes , in the system of distributing wheat and in the manufacture and sale Of
 flour and bread. It will take up next
 the production of meat and dairy foods The food commission has investigators
 now in the flour mills and in the meat packing houses.
 In his statement tonight MT. Hoover emphasized the obligation the United
 States owes to it's allies in supplying , an abundance of food and urges re
 uuced consumption by the American people.
 { We have in our abundance and in our waste" he said, "an ample supply f to carry them and ourselves for this f winter without worrying. If We fail. it
 IS because individual American citizens
 nave Tailed to see and do this loyal ma a tlonal duty. We shall invite all
 classes and all trades to sign a volun- teer pledge to cooperate with us in |. the undertaking and so become as much . members of the food administration as we ourselves are"
 Herbert Hoover's statement outlin- . e Ing the governments purposes in ad mlnisterlng the food legislation fol- = lows:
 The hopes of the food administra I ton are three-fold. First, to so guide l.
 mOdltleS as to eliminate vicious specI L. g lation, extortion and wasteful prac a uces and to establish prices in the es- o sential staples. Second, to guard our s exports so that against the worlds s . shortage we retain sufficient supplies
 TOT our own people and to cooperate II with the allies to prevent imitation of n prices, and third, that we stimulate in r every manner within our power the ir saving of our food, in order that we
 may increase exports to our allies to A point which will enable them tc
 properly provision their armies and to II feed their peoples during the coming e winter. u The food administration is called H. lnto being to stabilize and not to dis IS turb conditions and to defend hones ss enterprise against illegitimate compe $, tltlon. It has been devised to correc l. the abnormalities and abuses that hay, 10 crept into trade by reason of the worlt lo disturbance and to restore business a.
 lar as may be to a reasonable basis.
 The business men of this country
 1 am convinced. as a result of man,
 hundreds of conference with represen
 tatives of the great forces of foo,
 supply, realize their own patriotic ob
 ligation and the solemnity of the situ
 ation, and will fairly and generousl,
 Cooperate in meeting the nationa
 emergency I do not believe tha J drastic forces need be applied to main
 tain economic distribution and san Q. use of supplies by the great majorit ,r of American people, and have learne ss a deep and abiding faith in the intelli r- gence of the average American busi
 ness man whose aid we anticipate an id depend on to remedy the evils develope to by the war which he admits and de CT plores as deeply as ourselves. Bu
 if there be those who expect to explo iv this hour of sacrifice, if there are me nd or organizations scheming to increas to the trials of this country, we sha
 not hesitate 10 apply the full, tn nd drastic, the cnercive powers that cor
 gress has conferred upon us in this ir id strument.
 id Tn forcing the measures of the ac m, it is not our intention to proceed wit ,ie host of punitive measures but ratht
 by coordination with the variol ,r- trades to effect such constructive reg ,s- ulations as will render gambling. e, aw tortion and other wasteful practice of w