Show ability to purchase raises living standard chester dowles bowles in a memorandum on price policies makes several observations of interest to farmers the price policy must not contribute to any repetition of the collapse to farm prices following world word war I 1 the ability of our farmers to puri filase chase industrial products and genet ally increase their standard of living has been improver during the war period with sustained high purchasing power formers farmers and their families can furnish one of the ho largest and most profitable markets for industrial products acts the 0 P A pricing policy calls for the elimination of price control as r rapidly a P idly as possible the wartime lack of balance between supply and demand made price control necessary when supply and derri demand tind come back on balance price control will not be needed |