Show FEDERAL CONTROL OF MEATS URGED agricultural department I 1 INSISTS N PRESENT quotations ARE MUCH TOO HIGH only method of causing reduction of price to consumer la Is government action which will force the prices down wellington federal supervision of ilia packing ae und distribution 9 0 f ineat products Is declared by the lit dr of agriculture to be the only for the present situation la in which meat prices to the consumer are so high that heis ho Is denying fi and lit in which prices pi ices for li livestock espella especially alid y beef and lambs tire so low that tit aliu la losing money the department emphasized eliat save food signs arild now to be disregarded ns as to meat luent especially belf beef and wheat products lanced ly by tile the largest wheat crop on record and wl alpi cattle ruined raised lit in response to tle five denia nl for meat production for foi the aminy now maturing tit alie a peo pit lile the department assorted midst that nol necessity for conserva tion of such foods any longer exists A survey of tha meat price situation tit llie of department atilt thiet file lie excessive retail price now existing ore are not justified by wholesale alc quotations tat loni ions prices to tile the producers have declined since uie the war it was said but prices paid by the con have not materially lessened the only solution the department believes Is more s strict federal supervision |