Food control, Mr. Clynes went on to say, had been
justified by its results. Rationing had worked well, in spite of the inexperience of its controllers, the trades affected by it, and the consumers. No doubt the consumer had been exploited at times by the "profiteer," wholesale and retail; but that impost was not wholly avoidable. Some regicns, Greater London for example, had been more severely restricted than others. But the main points to keep in view were that as a people we had had a sufficiency of necessary food ; that the health of the children, which is a sure test of national nutrition, had not suffered ; that under rationing there had been one law for rich and poor, in regard to the supply of staple food ; and that our resources, satisfactory at present, were likely to be enlarged.
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