Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-04-23
No FAMINE N
GERMANY, BUT
FOOD IS SAVED
Ieuton Officials Expect Supplies
to Hold Out With Proper
Conservation.
LIMIT TO BE PUT ON BEER
Brewery Output Will Be Cut to Save
sariey-Prisoners Used on Farms
Meat 10 PientifuI-Cut Down
on Cake.
BY OSWALD r. scHUETTE.

Correspondent OF the Chicago News.
Beriin.-Germanys Official conserv
ton OF her bread and grain supple
Ii not regarded here as a promise {
famine 1t Is only an episode in th
all inclusive care with which the &c
man government controls the price {
eggs In Berlin with one hand an
with the other fights against eight M
tons In arms. For Germany's foo
supply is. according to all availabl
statistics. more than large enough t
feed her 65,000.000 until the summe
harvest, even without importations.
1t was only under the abnormal con
ditlons created by the war that tn,
government found any danger that tn,
grain supplies would run short. o
every other item, practically, in tn
national bill Of fare there seems to b.
surplus, particularly Of meat. Blu
bread Is such an important item in the
lie OF this nation that its conservation
becomes necessary.
Inc allowance which has been made
OF nine Kilograms approximately 20
pounds) to an individual each month
ID certainly most liberal one. There
are probably few families of five per.
sons In America that consume 100
pounds of bread or -four a month.
Meat Supply 10 Abundant.
Az FAR as the other food supplies are
concerned. the most important feature
Hes In the abundance of meat. for
years the German empire has done all
In It's power to encourage the increase
OF animals on farms. The result is
that at this time the cattle total is.
approximately. 100000, while the
number Of hogs has reached total of
25,O0O.OOO. In fact, 1t is this relative
~ large number of farm animals that
mas been the greatest peril to the suf-
nciency OF the grain supplies. There
fore. the farmers are being ordered to
slaughter the hogs particularly, and
10 convert them, as far as possible.
into smoked meat, which will be avail
able for future use, without, In the
meantime. eating any deeper into the
national bread basket.
Two interesting items contributed
to making radical steps necessary at
this time. The first was the fact that
the government prohibition against
feeding grain to cattle and hogs has
proved almost impossible of enforce
ment. The government authorities de-
clared that the larger agriculturists
obeyed. but the small farmers insist
ed on regarding their cattle as house
hold pets. Against this even the iron
hand Of the German government was
powerless.
The other item that contributed to
compelling action at this time vas
the changed condition brought about
by the sending of millions of men
from the city to the front. This turned
the handling Of the household treas.
ure completely over to the wives. II
must be stated parenthetically that in
Germany this Is not as customary as
in America. The government author.
tiles say that as a result there has
been Q great increase In the consump-
ton Of bread and other -four products
and decrease in the consumption Of
meat and similar food.
They say that this came because
the soldiers sent home virtually all
their meager pay. But to this was
added the additional subsistence pro
vlded by both government and mu.
nicipality. They found that with this
the housewife discovered It was DOS
sible to eat a meal or two day in the
thousand and one cafes that dot every
big city until the consumption of flour
began to soar at surprising rate.
Never So Much Cake Eaten.
The government officials tell YOU.
with seriousness which demonstrates
It least their conviction. that never in
he history Of Germany has so much
AXE been consumed as in this win.
.er. In fact. they refer to these cafes
IND bakeries as the internal enc
MES" OF the empire. When the war ,
broke out the pig that insisted on eat.
ng grain had this distinction. but
ince then his slaughter has been de-
reed
Another restriction Is in immediate :
respect This concerns the amount !
4 beer to be produced by the brewer.
es For the breweries are great con. :
umers Of barley. Barley is needed.
ct for human consumption, but to :
BED farm animals. And the govern. +
,ent has determined that food for .
lrm animals is far more important
han beer for human beings. =
From food STANDPOINT Germany's O
aviation really lies in the enormous v
apply OF potatoes furnished by last n
ears Grip. Exact statistics are mot =
valuable. but the government consid. n
70 the potato production as inex. =
austio'e. For this reason potatoes a
re being used in bread and in everv .,
oss'ole form for human and animal W
'od' The surplus Of sugar beet Also