The Sentinel=record., 1915-03-14
SPECULATORS FORCE
 UP PRICE IF FOOD
GREAT INDIGNATION AROUSED AMONG PEOPLE OF VIENNA
 AND BUDAPEST.

here from Vienna shows that many articles of daily food have more than doubled in price in the Austrian capi- tai since the war began. and thai there has been secret speculation in foodstuffs which has aroused the in- dignation of the people in both Vienna and Budapest
 It is alleged that many refugees from Galicia who have money are em- ploying their funds in speculation in foodstuffs Exploiting the necessities of the small storekeepers and the con suming public is regarded as a poor return for the shelter and hospitality offered to the tens of thousands Of the half starving fellow countrymen of these Galicians.
 This trafficking in food supplies is carried on in secret chiefly in the coffee houses. Through agents sent to the provinces large stores of food are bought and retailed at eXorbitant prices to storekeepers. As these agents were carrying on business without proper trade licenses, they are being prosecuted and more than fifty of them already have been ar rested.
 Authoritative quotations of the Vienna markets disclose the fact that flour now costs cents a pound and that dried peas are II cents a pound, compared to f cents last July. Split peas now cost 15 cents and lard 40 cents pound, which is double the price they were selling for when war was declared. Eggs bring and 1 cents apiece, compared to their for mer price of cents each. Beef is sell. ing at from 26 to 90 cents a pound, while pork brings from 24 to 40 cents. The consumption of horseflesh is steadily increasing. Today it costs from 10 to 16 cents a pound, com pared to 8 cents last summer.
 Sugar, thanks to the beet product, has risen very little. It now costs $ or 9 cents a pound. which is only half cent more than before the war. Bread has gone up considerably and now costs from s to F cents for a two-pound loaf. The quality leaves much to be desired as it is only 50 per cent flour The remainder is a mixture of meals made from coTl, barley and potatoes. The Vienna bakers, famous for their excellent bread, do not seem 10 have leaned how to mix these ingredients adyan- tageously.
 Petroleum is quoted ,at oa cents 8 gallon; it cost % ceuts last July. 50f. coal has risen 10 Sla ton and it .s difficult to obtain at any priee.
 Next to her eftCrrs .1 The field ol war, Austria-HunEaFg 5s uoa levoting her greatest euarGes 50 agr1cu.tura. pursuits Announcement put oat a. the government ou t-e s195ect Ot labor says:
 If we can obtain sufficient .aaoT the next harvest is assured
 The war having robbed the country of most of it's ablebodled men, tens of thousands of boys and girls have been released from the schools. and together with the married women. they are being pressed into service. By a special decree of the Austrian ministry all children between 1z and A years of age are excused from school work and this host of child labol is being organized systematical- ly like an army. Tle older boys are acting as officers. Certain peasan, laborers in the rural districts net serving in the army have been uumiL ling to work at the old wages They demand higher pay. This made nee essary legislation whereby they are HOW being compelled 10 labor at the old wages.
 By distributing seeds and agricul- tural machinery the government has done all in it's power to stimulate farming and it is hoped that the next harvest will not be much below the normal