FOOD PRICES
BRITISH GOVERNMENT UNEASY
MULTIPLICATION OF TRUSTS.
(UNITED PRBSS ASSOCIATION.—COPYRIGHT.)
(AUSTRALIAN-NEW ZEALAND CABLE ASSOCIATION.)
(Beceived June 18, 8 a.m.)
LONDON, 17th June.
Mr. C. A. M'Curdy, Secretary for the Ministry of Food, announces that owing to the expectation of a further rise in food prices next -winter, the Government is considering the resumption of national or inter-Allied purchases of essential foodstuffs to stabilise prices and abolish . speculative buyers. The rapid multiplication of trusts to maintain high prices is proceeding at an alarming rate. The American Meat Trust's growing power. and control of the world's meat prices are causing the Government uneasiness.
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Evening Post, Volume XCVII, Issue 142, 18 June 1919, Page 5
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102FOOD PRICES Evening Post, Volume XCVII, Issue 142, 18 June 1919, Page 5
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