COMPULSION SHOULD BE AVOIDED
THE FIXED PB-ICES PROPOSALS.
"LONDON, 24th February. Speaking in the House 'of Commons; Mr. Walter Long, Secretary,of State lor the Colonies, said'that voluntary rationing, to some extent, was being evaded. He warned the House against haste in. adopting compulsory rationing lest worse befall them as had already been the case in Germany. He believed' that if a.. little time were allowed the people would keep to , the rationing, system. The Dominions and Colonies were affected by the restrictions and felt ■ th^m severely, but had met the Government in a spirit of extreme generosity and goodwill. . Regarding home production _*and tha fixing of prices, Mr. Lloyd George wished him to say that "two .years before the period, of six, years terminated the Government proposed that the whole thing should be reconsidered with, a view to; , settling what should happen.when the ' six years has expired. As a practical farmer-' himself, he would -say that the prices for the cereals named by Mr. Lloyd George would not open up to farmfirs such a golden prospect as was likely to tempt- them to break up land that .would be more beneficial to them under the hoof than under the plough. -
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Evening Post, Volume XCIII, Issue 49, 26 February 1917, Page 7
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