Show control liny food there has been much talk regarding the government fixing maximum prices on the principal articles of food this is mostly talk and when time comes it ills is probable that this country will do pretty much as has been done hi great britain permit the old re t liable law of supply and demand to operate germany has hai tried a price price tegu regulation lation and it has not i proved a very bright success the first consideration at the present time is to encourage food production to the utmost experience peri ence has shown that nothing r to lo encourages good production a as 4 high prices and the second re qui rement economy in food consumption u it also encouraged by the same high prices in fact congress can pass no law that will work as effectively both to in increase crase ix production and prevent watt P he old reli reliable abic and eel bw law of supply and demand 11 but the consumer corn com plains prices will go so high 1 that we cannot afford to eat whenever that point is in reached j A f the people step baying and prices quickly go 1 down to the point t where the consumer is willing to bay the producer must sell what hat he products and the price fixed by the demand i 1 s the price he must accept this is a democratic country and the people will not readily agree to permit the government to put into effect autocratic methods germany very naturally tried it at the beginning of the war var there the result was the keeping down of the prices the discouraging of production and encouraging tion germany is now paying the t price with nith famine stalking over the land and civit 4 the war success to the allies there will AM be gienty of talk about rt rl r L gulting prices but u I 1 Q a 1 safe e bt that it will not come in in nis ca country wary if any price ie is to be fixed it will be minimum rather than ine maxi masini um price for or the first consideration as v e slated stated before is to encourage production denver record stockman |