Show WALTER SHEAD voluntary control fails HERES ERES how voluntary agreements on controls work with the patriotic industrialists and business men of the nation the citizens food committee along with the secretary of agriculture worked out a voluntary plan with distillers to save about lour four rn million illion bushels of grain a month by the simple expedient of not distilling whiskey most all whiskey distillers agreed but one manufacturer of neutral spirits was wag not covered in the agreement so what happened whiskey distillers use neutral central spirits in blending their whiskies so this manufacturer of neutral spirits quadrupled his production doubled his price of neutral spirits and used eight million bushels of grain a month during the entire period of 0 the agreement hence the government lost about tour four million bushels of grata grain a month instead of saving it distillers were forced to pay double the price for neutral spirits and this lellow fellow reaped a harvest at the expense ol of those who 19 agreed reed with the government to do the patriotic thing and save gave grain for starving people in europe when consumer credit controls went off november 1 mall mail order houses at attempted t t to 0 make a voluntary agreement among themselves es to limit credit all ali agreed but one result all of them now are competing with one another in offering the lowest credit terms |