Minister Popitz: Placing of the burden of increased prices on the consumer is possible when the difference is only small.
The other possible method is sales monopoly or wholesale monopoly of certain goods.
Minister Schacht: It is recommendable not to influence individual, large fields, for instance textiles, by prices; but to concentrate funds for the monetary subsidation of other fields of raw materials.
Minister von Krosigk: The question cannot generally be judged theoretically, but only practically with the use of individual examples.
Prime Minister Goering: At first, the specially urgent petroleum question is to be treated.
General agreement to that.
Minister von Krosigk: Present experience is that the beginning of new methods of sale or price guarantee by the Reich results thus, that soon new and cheaper production methods are found. This recommends a not too sudden expansion of production.
Prime Minister Goering: Waiting for new methods is no longer appropriate. Plan of the Reich forestry office for the utilization of wood is ready. Import of timber must be cut down in any case; strongest demands on German forests to be preferred at present and can be advocated.
It is to be decided, whether at the beginning, a risk bonus over 6% profit is to be granted.
Minister Schacht: turns against higher profits than 6%. Guarantee of interest-bearing is to be preferred, and must be sufficient.