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Show 4tt PRICE TiidilE DECRIED If EOHHTl cop? of Food Administration Administra-tion Ii Clarified by Hoover in Statement to tlie Public. SUGAR AND WHEAT j ONLY CONTROLLED j I Active Work, However, j Has Been Done to Prevent Profiteering, and Regu--rIation of Fair Profit. WASHINGTON. -; - General -.v:e--.v.r.? cn crK'uU ur.U products is TVt a iv rt of th? policy of tho foo-l ad- j :c!n!s:rxtion and will not be -itt-Mr.ptod, 1 yoed Administrator lKwer f-aid tonight j :ri itatement destined to rea.ss.ire lir-iers apprrhens'.ve th.it the povevn- ; rr.tr.t miffht set mnxlmurn rrU'-.-s on vh.t trey har to mX ! Tr.erw appears to b a Rrwat dp.il of jr.i!nfcrniCor circulatM ATO!ii;st tho trricuItur.U communities na to the rolhy m-d boo pa of th food ad ml ids", return with relation to pric-flv.r.." 5.M Mr. Hoover. "I wish to say at once ur.d em-rhathMlly em-rhathMlly that the food adminis'.r.itton In r.ot a prloe-f:v!r.j? NV.y, except ro-jarj ro-jarj to cert. i in conirr.oUt.es which are j jcar dominated by wholly abr.omuU j c v rs e as c o m n e r c hid r e a. '. ! o r. a, an t the sjTound!nr factors with rvt;.ird to whi.-h j ar uch as to project, great dar.pers both fyra.ir.st the farmlr community and at j the saraa the cocsurtilr.ff oommur.tTy. ! Two Regulated. 'The two commodities under re?ulaticn are sv--at a:fc' wheat. "With tho further ; ei??tion of cases in whhh !t lias ir.- j tervened, purely as a friendly intermediary ; erweea or-sumied producers and consume con-sume rs, th e food a d m i r. i s tra : i on 1-a s no, authority and no desire to fix rrices on j the products of agriculture. . I Tn wheat we were faced with a single ; purchasing agency and proportionals pur- j chases o the whole were such as to : the price. Any relationship with i fTTs agency by our offi :ials In li -niting ; " their operations thus becomes ahs.du'e . s rnce-fix.ntr. and It hir.ts a question as I whether it would b done openly ar.d i 'd-Vr re ii y at the w i i . e : so v e r r. :u e n l j 0tU--3ai.-. Joined Allies. : "In the matter of sucar. it his 1 aer. common business p ruder. :e i" w:' h the allies in a definite contract i;h trie-Ciiiaii trie-Ciiiaii authorities ad to pr r-, ra'her than , Irare It to fluctuations, whi h would ar:.e frcrr. short s-; ; les and irre-lar shitjr.hi , fr::: ties. ! "Ths food a5m:m-tnu:on has r-e- n a-'- 1 timely er.-jaeJ m the 1 u ;: ion of prof.teerir.g' an j specula t ion in the d:s- ! tr.bjtion traies by rrgu'.tli.s the profits ! ca a pre-war t-as:s. ! "A still greater duty ha teen the "Jiir; tenar.ee of an even course of f. od ( i jtrihution, in tr.ese t-rr.& s the er-at dlocatloa. The law -u" supply and ce- ; r-j.r.d has teen serious y w t- riVreu with . cz:r. the ias: thrp -r.cnv-s :y virtue i e: the camulative irrezuhirity and d:s- ; tir:-ar.ce In railro? ! ?ri ns"rrta i on ti r i ; cc-r.5e-3uent delay of months in market. j.g, t.-.e harvests.' j |