Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-11-29
Bread Is Scarce, Potatoes ADJ
vance in Price Until They
Are Almost Out Of Reach Of
Poor,
EGGS ARE VANISHING
FROM COLD STORAGE
Government Is Taking Pre-
cautions to Prevent Waste;
East PrusSlan Crops De-
Stroyed by Russians.

Berlin, Nov. 2S.--The effect of the
war. on the prices OF provisions has.
until late in October. hardly made IL
self apparent.
In the last few days. however, :,
sharp general rise has set in, embrace
Ing practically everything to eat ex-
cept meats. which. owing to Ger
manys unusually large stock of swine,
have risen but little and in some cases
not Mt ALL
Vegetables have practically disap-
peared from the market. Some len
ills are to be had but only inferior
eulls. Beans are scarce and hulled
peas are not to be had. Prices of peas
and lentils have risen from seven
cents, the price before the war, to fif-
teen cents, and II is predicted that they
viii shortly cost much more. The gov
eminent recently confiscated all cof-
fee held at Hamburg by English
warehouses. but even with this the
supply ais running short and prices
have Increased markedly. Fresh or
anges or lemons are rarely TO be had,
there are no bananas and pineapples,
except tho canned stock. and at the
entrance OF Turkey into the war the
supply of dates and figs will probably
be cut off.
Egg Supply Is Vanishing.
Cold storage stocks OF eggs have
been greatly reduced and It will be but
a short time before there win be none.
The Berlin Chamber of Commerce
points TO the somewhat surprising
fact that Germany produces only 8
per cent of its egg supply. the remain
ing 95 per cent coming from Russia,
Galicia, Hungary Bulgaria, Italy and
Denmark
Potatoes have reached prices which
are hardship TO the poorer classes.
for which they form the chief article
OF food. Last year at this time they
cost fifty cents for 10 pounds. To-
day the price is s125. Great guam
titles of potatoes must also be devot-
ed to the production of denatured
|spirits to take the place of gasoline,
which has disappeared from the mar
ket because OF the army's needs.
Arbitrary Grain Prices.
The rise in grain prices was such
that, as had been reported. the federal
council was Obliged to set q limit to
them. The prices thus fixed however.
are very high. They are: Wheat.
sf.69 per bushe cit has reached
SLID; barley. $t.62; rye. si.44. The
high price Of barley particularly Is
directly due to the fact that the inn
portation of fodder barley from Rus
STA is cut off In the face of the
smaller supply of grain and the high
prices II Is also to be noted that the
people of Belgium will have to be
supplied during tho coming months,
and Belgium normally imports 1.500,-
600 tons of grain yearly Potato flour.
which generally costs So to $3.50 per
ton less than rye flour, is now quoted
at substantially the same figure. II
rose 30 per cent in two weeks.
100000 War Prisoners.
Another factor is the presence of
more than 100000 prisoners of war
in Germany, who must be fed in adj
dition to the regular population. This
number, too, Is growing daily.
Still another disquieting thing Is
the fact that in East Prussia the
granary of Germany" the crops on
thousands of acres have been laid
waste by the invading Russians. More
over, the invasion came Just when the
farmers were preparing to SOW their
winter crops, wheat and rye. or TO
harvest the autumn crops. Tho re-
suit was the immediate loss of great
uud0IifitS I'll ihptetuiAo anu ftf1 >'ffss
pulsory idleness of hundreds of farms.
This will be felt most keenly next
summer, when the winter rye and
wneat are harvested.
Bread Is Hard TO Get.
Notwithstanding all this. there Is
no fear that Germany win be starved
out by her enemy. The men in re-
sponsible places have. however, felt
themselves impelled to warn the peo-
pie that there must be no needless
waste of foodstuffs The federal
council has decreed that a certain per-
centage of rye flour must be mixed
with wheat bread and potato flour or
potatoes in other forms with rye
bread. In the province OF Branden
herg and in certain other places res
taurantkeepers have been advised not
to furnish bread free with meals but
to make a charge for 1t, to prevent
waste. while bread may not he placed
upon the table In Bavaria unless spe-
officially demanded by guests.