The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-21
"Germany Will Pay in Gold for Every Bit of Food We Give Her," Says
 Boyden ADMINISTRATORS HEAR, MOWERS "HANGMAN" Many Interesting Addresses Made at Conference of State and County Food
 Administrators
By W. J. ROLES


 Until the peace agreement is signed by all belligerents and President Will son issues proclamation announcing that peace once more reigns on earth the government does not intend to re- linquish control of the distribution and prices of foodstuffs. This is the message R. ". Boyden, chief of the enforcement section of the national food administration, delivered to the county food administrators of Ala bama yesterday.
 There has already been a relaxation of the regulations and it is expected that further notifications will be made from time to time, but the machinery devised for food control and regulation durlhs the war will not be disrnantled until the final act of war is ended. MT. Hoover, through his personal representative, MT. Boyden, announces that just as fast as 1t is possible to do so without endanSer- ing the lives of the people and the fo- ture of the nations associated with the United States in the war all food re- strictions will be removed, and until thai time comes he urges the people to con serve as they have done in the past. Germany will pay Tn gold TOT every bit of food she gets from this country. It will be paid tor out of the mill ions of German owned dollars now in the hands of A. Mitchell Palmer, alien enemy property custodian, and your own Lee Bradley We will let Germany have 1oou supplies whenever MT. Hoover decides that she is entitled to it, and ne VIII satisfy himself by proper lnvestlgat'ohs before sending it there," MT. Boydeh said i'll response to questions asAed as the meeting yesterday:
 Ten days or two weeks ago MT. Hoover summoned all state food administrators to Washington for conference Pfesi- dent Wilson met with them and SaVe them 30 minutes talk in the course ol which he let it be known that he con ceived it to be the duty of America to supply the needs of the peoples III the | countries associated with the Unitea | States In the war, and the peopie l the neutral nations, and to the extent I that it may be necessary to prevent an l archy and bolshevikism to the peoples 1 of the enemy nations.
 FOOD GREAT FACTOR
 ..The message I bring to you is the l thanks of MT. Hoover and his apprecia- ! actuated you in the time of war when | he ho,;es and expects will continue youl 1 zeal and patriotism in the future, salo l Mir Royden Food has been one Of the I factors in the winning of the war hiic l F will not say that food was the man l factor, the winning of the war depenoeu upon the want of food by those hshtlns against us and the supplylng ol iooe | to those fighting with us.
 dryyn through r. ! hie to your own Paul Earle and the l women in the homes, we have had the heartiest cooperation and through tha' means alone was 1t possible to make tiis 1 administration success.
 I ..T was a respectable lawyer in Mas l sachuserts, now l am Hoover's hangmah l I have charge of the enforcement see- tion of the food administration III when l capacity it has been my duty 10 see | tbat the regulations were enforced, to i fix, the punishment of yiolatorS and see i that fines were paid. only by means or the baclxground of public sentiment Was | 1t possible to enforce the regulations. 1 This part of the work must go on Ihe fighting Is over but the food admlnlstla a | tion will last until peace is signed anu ! during the period between the signing ol l the armistice and the pfociamaeioh o. u tneace we must carry out the intents ana l nurnoses of the food regulations act. But ] it is our intention to remove the restric- 1 lions just as fast as possible FroHl- eering and hoarding must be prevented.
 That will be harder to accomplish no" that the fighting is over than It Was | before hostilities ceased We're all re- strictions removed now it would be pos sible. and probably would be the Iact for men with money or credit to buy up All the food and put any price they saw fit mon it. It is to prevent just sucn 2 condition that the administration VIII continue to function until peace Is oe- 1 clared
 l UNFAIR LIST NEXT.
 ..rhe day of the Red Cross payments
 is over. and henceforth instead of as- sessing d fine for violations of the regu- lations dealers refusing to obey will DC
 placed on the unfair list. their licenses revoked and their places closed. super vision will continue; inspections will pt
 made just as they have been made 1T
 the past. The inspectors are not always
 looking for trouble; they will exercise II discretion and if possible, by instruc- \ tions and education. bring the unscrupu- lous dealers to a relization of the. i'm portance of obeying the rules and regu- N lations
 .The food administrators efforts from
 now on must be concentrated on con