HECKLING A FOOD CONTROLLER

Evening Star, Issue 16676, 7 March 1918, Page 6

HECKLING A FOOD CONTROLLER

WHY HIS WIFE DOES NOT STAND IN A QUEUE. A largo crowd listened to Sir Arthur Yapp at Tower Hill (London) the other day, and he had to submit to a lot of heckling, from which ho emerged with at least, honors easy. These of 'the questions and answers : Can you do anything to stop profiteering:'—lt depends a great deal upon what we moan by profiteering. I find in these days there is much vague talk of profiteering. Wherever there is u case of profiteering, chapter and verso should be given, and we will do our very best to bring the delinquents to book. Why not hang the profiteers, and so end tho war?— First catch vour profiteer. (Laughter.) Do you consider that under the present shortage of food we ought to waste grain in the breweries?—A Voice: Oh! shut up. Of course, we should.—Sir Arthur: Tht first industry to be rationed was the brew. ing industry. How was Miss Marie Corelli able to secure 1831b of sugar while my wife has to wait in the rain for hours to get for a family of five?— Well, it's been taken away from her. I don't think she should have been able to get it, and she won't be able to get it in future. Do you know the quantities of .food stocks in the country?—Xo. But you could cct that information?— Well, approximately. Very well, why keep threatening to put the nation on rations? Why the devil don't you do it?—T have not threatened rations. You don't know what you are talking about.—An Interrupter: Well. Lord Khondda does. Does Lady Yapp line up for food?— My wife has not had to stand in queues.— Cries of "Why not?'"—Because she prefers to go without. I have had no butter or margarine for breakfast this week. What about fish and chips? (Cheers.) Why are the fish shops not allowed fat with which to fry the fish?—l suppose fat is the difficulty. One of the biggest difficulties the Food Controller has to face today is the shortage of fat. It has been suggested that there should be an allowance of Boz of fat, but oven this will have to be cut down by one-half. The position is very serious. But so far as fish arid ■ chips are concerned, I think we ought to take a vote. _ All. those who think fish and chips essential, please hold up hands , The largo majority of the crowd imrnej diately responded.