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Food speculators blamed for high costs in District markets
National Food Administrator Herbert Hoover and Dr. B L Wilbur outline a plan to stabilize prices and curb waste by eliminating middlemen, boosting local canning and storage, and promoting direct farmer to consumer sales. A Washington district inquiry cites farmers shipping through six hands from field to table, driving up costs for city shoppers.
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Herbert C. Hoover
National Food Administrator
District of Columbia
Maryland
Virgina
Washington
Congress
Middle Atlantic
Department of Agriculture
Baltimore
Philadelphia
C. F. Nesbit
Nesbit
Middle West
Wasiinet Ts
South
Smith
Virginia
North Carolina
Delaware
L. Burdick
New York
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