THE EMPIRE'S FOOD. SUPPLIES

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 44, 15 November 1919, Page 7

THE EMPIRE'S FOOD. SUPPLIES

9 CONSUMPTION OUTSTRIPPING PRODUCTION SITUATION CALLS FOR •; EXAMINATION By Telegraph--l'ress Association—Copyricht (Rec. November 11, ".'lll p.m.) London, November 111. Addressing tho Colonial Institute, on the subject of .Empiro Food Production, liii! i'ood Controller referred lo diJlicullies of food supply, duo to Iho small homo nruduction, and our lack of organisation. . As regarded Empire supplies consumption was out-oislaneing produclion- The wliolo question of supplies must be reconsidered, and (lie possibilities of Empire production should be placed in llie forefront. Ho was aware thai trusts already had a foothold in coi'lain of the .Dominions, but by bririginur Ihe dominions closer in tra'de relations with tlio Motherland wo could effectively devise raetbons to enable the dominions lo relieve themselves of" the menaco of tho trusts. Lord Milner, who presided, said that hn wasnpi; sure that wo could obtain everything we required from the Em"ire. Although he was an Imperialist, ho did not want to live in an hermetically sealed Kmpirc. On the contrary, lie believed that; d greater development of l.innerial trade iioulo' mean a greater increase of foreign trade, bill if wo re> tained our command of ilie sea, and had proper economic, divelopmenl; within tlis Empire. we should be safeguarded against any interruption of supplies of food and ra.w materials. He believed in tlio L'eaino of Nations, but was not prepared lo stake everything upon its immediate success. After all, the British Empire would supply' the driving force in tlio Leaeue. and the. best way of providing for I his was to enable the Empire to be sel f-supporti ng.—Renter.