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Show RELATES SHOBTAGE OF POOD if FRENCH Minister of Provisions for France Tells Newspaper Troubles of His Bureau. PARIS. Feb. 11. "I know that there are vl.-ues i Fans in v. hi. h they j ay l.ttle attention to tr.y rec ;:lai loris." said Victor Poret. minister of yvu :s:ons, in an i nter it w whu !i the Mat:n rahhshes tohiy. "Or.r a'.hes know t..s. too. When I ak th.eni to make some effort to provide pro-vide food for i;s. thry r,:,i" poli'.e'y: 'No, Mr. M ::hsier. ;.ou ate Joka.;:. You la. k nothing in Frar.i.e. Wivn we want a cood me J ve go to I':irls.' "When they -ay ihi," th.e minister -on tinned. "I fee! hke a millionaire ho is tr ir.c to borrow a d dlar frorn a j"oor n.an. O.ir alhe? are r:!:;. so far as .ii-!--a ranges ;:o, r jf :n that r?peot only. We ;i?t rid'.n-li.i: 1- s ll .in we cor.F.i:'. e. Our ahhos are re o-: :i .r. , ;;-;s and wt'iM be co-n:r.-jed n:ore e,uK-kl" if i not :or ti e faot t ":a t tey frequent only tl e b-st hotels and rt.-'a,:r.inu-. Hut ail thai to the vtvser.t I have Ven like a sa:nekoe?er su rrour.de i by j. oaoh r a ra : r: s t w h cv.i he had no r : h t to rro-veed. rro-veed. but p.-.rhamer.t h?.s ciwn me greater rowers and we ?: all see ;.e;h.er anyone cor.t'.nues to "a::ch at tve restrjoilons imposed im-posed by the food ro.initer. T.e'e w.K be ro more tea. be'ween and 7 u'e!o-.'h. no more astry, fane s.'.nd'.eS.hes iw.C i : n r y breath. 1 had h ? r e d that vol'in-tary vol'in-tary restrictions wou": i be sufficient, t ut tl:e Fren-;h pe-r: t-eiseve in eiualitv, and If one refuses to ohey the res ric-tions ric-tions a:l refuse." M. Foret h-aded that the shor'ase of gasohre was ?.aii,e: the cifet of rc-.u: drp fo-;d prices, ieoause dralers were una'do To tour the rour.try and buy up chickens, butter and other artiUs at h.eh pr.ees. A cur.ous ttatdre ot" ti e s.tuation ' is that, although the country". hr-ad ration has teen redurd to crams, the al io wane e for inmates of prison remains |