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RefNoMS/527/10/5/17
LevelItem
TitleLetter from William B Hardy to Lord Rhondda, of the Ministry of Food
Date23 June 1917
DescriptionGives various problems associated with price-fixing -- notes that fixing the prices of meat or milk requires reference to the prices of [stock] foodstuffs -- otherwise as in the present case, damaged corn that can be fed to animals may have a higher price than corn fit for humans -- other points about locatoin and transport. Suggests that an advisory committee be appointed, as the Germans have done, and gives names he thinks would be good choices.
Extent3pp
FormatCarbon copy
AccessStatusOpen
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