THE FOOD PROBLEM IN BRITAIN
STATEMENT BY LORD RHONDDA
QUEUES MUST BE STOPPED
London, December 39. Lord Rhondda (Food Controller), in a speech at Islington, said that every lood queito was the centre of possiblo mischief, and they must and will bo stopped. The Food Ministry will support local food committees in initiating schemes for more equitable distribution. Tho Controller will consider a scheme for compelling customers to Register at one shop tor butter and margarine. Compulsory rationing may probably be necessary, but there was no fear of starvation. The prices of potatoes, meat, bread, margarine, and cheese had been roduced during the last half year, and the cost of living had fallen by 10 per cent. The Ministry's measures precluded the possibility of profiteering, to which the Increased prices wore only slightly due. The committees could prosecute and drive the profiteers out of business. Ho believed that the country was willing to submit to most drastic* regulations as long as the sacrifices were equal.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.
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Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 75, 21 December 1917, Page 6
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167THE FOOD PROBLEM IN BRITAIN Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 75, 21 December 1917, Page 6
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