13 MARCH 1920, Page 3

When the bread subsidy was discussed in tho House on

Tuesday, Mr. Swan, a Labour Member, declared that the Govern- ment's policy was " guaranteeing high prices to the British farmers at the expense of the people." That is the exact reverse of the truth, as Mr. Pretyman was quick to show him. The Government's policy is to guarantee low prices at the expense of the farmers, who have their wheat taken from them at 40s. or 50s. a quarter less than the price of imported wheat. Other Members advocated, justice for the farmer, and in the end Sir A. Griffith Boscawen, for the Ministry of Agriculture, promised to ask the Cabinet to reconsider the low price fixed for this year's British wheat crop. We discuss the question elsewhere.