American poultry world . heir flocks on account ofthe present excessive prices charged forgrains. This led Mr. Hoover to make the fol-lowing statement with emphasis:— i50 Per Cent Reduction Talked OfDo not be surprised if there is a 50per cent reduction soon, in the pri-es of feedsfor meat-producing animals, including poul- try, as compared with the prices that werebeing paid in early August, or before theNational Food Control Law was enacted. TheFood Administration realizes this condition,is studying the situation you have described,as applied to all meat-producing stock, andrealizes that if
American poultry world . heir flocks on account ofthe present excessive prices charged forgrains. This led Mr. Hoover to make the fol-lowing statement with emphasis:— i50 Per Cent Reduction Talked OfDo not be surprised if there is a 50per cent reduction soon, in the pri-es of feedsfor meat-producing animals, including poul- try, as compared with the prices that werebeing paid in early August, or before theNational Food Control Law was enacted. TheFood Administration realizes this condition,is studying the situation you have described,as applied to all meat-producing stock, andrealizes that if the civilian population, alsoour armed forces, National and Allied, areto have meat products, the level of cost ofproducts and the prices to be obtained forsame must be adjusted on a basis of reason-able profits. All this has to be done, let us under-stand, in the face of war conditions, but itMUST BE DONE—and without avoidable de-lay. That now, is our big problem. So faras the meat supply question is concerned, this.
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