SPEAKS TO BUSINESS CLUB ON QUESTION OF PROFITEERING

At a meeting of the marketing group of the Business School Club in the Colonial Club last night Mr. Irving S. Paull spoke on the work of the Joint Agricultural Commission of Inquiry of which he was the former secretary. This commission was instituted by Courses recently to investigate the conditions of food production and the question of profiteering in this country. Mr. Paull quoted prices on various foodstuffs, comparing especially the price of production and the final selling price, and showed that though there seemed to be such a great difference between the two, it could be easily accounted for by the increased cost of distribution.

"We are trying", said Mr. Paull, to string a balance between production and consumption. Every time we over produce we must go through an idle period till our products are consumed. Our present scheme of distribution caused the great deal of waste which must be put down. One cause for this is the bad location of distribution centers, which necessitate constant repacking and reshipment."