The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-11-30
GERMANY COMBATS

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+ than half "A pound Of butter. mar
gsrine lard, or a substitute. per per
son. Butter cards fer the week are
distributed amons restaurants and
hotels which are Supplied on a basis
of 10 per cent OF the quantity con
sumed III October A municipal butt
ter supply bureau has been Opened
TO commandeer the entire available
supply.
j Small items which appear in the
I German press revea the situation in
-ntAaft-e~irs. ff1r- ter.r-v-r,t t3.-esi.tt4
have been heavily fined for violating
the order forbiddiug the making OF
pastry cakes of any description, The
bakers claim that they only made
honey cakes Ten bakers Of Ben.
nectenstoin and brunswick were
fined s20o for selling bread without
bread cards. Upon q Berlin firm a
! fine of s25o was inflicted for selling
POTATOES above the maximum and
iconceaiing stock and commodities
I Protest Against Prices.
= The Norwaerts protests against the
prices Of beef. Bacon and lard, and
complains that it is Impossible TO buy
butter in many parts of Berlin. a
!
writes to the VorwRerfs follows
The prices fixed by the Rundesrsth
I for the sale OF pork ore too high. f,x.
orhitant prices are charged for less
edible portions of the pig An OPP
tportuniiy should be afforded 70 the
! poorer classes to buy the less valu-
able parts OF meat At lower prices"
The Tageblatt describes the mar
! ket scenes In this wise:
No sooner does one wholesale BUTCH
er hang out half pig than a crowd
OF retailers storm the shop and there,
( is a violent struggle to see which
shall first stamp the carcass as his
own The price is not discussed or
the other conditions of the sale that
comes afterwards. at which scenes of
unparalleled managing take place. 1t
often happens that half a dozen butch
ers stamp the same carcass IN their
eaeerness to gain possession Of If. and
I by doing SO they render the future
disjointing of the animal much easier
/ II puts one in mind of the wild scenes
which were witnessed long ago in
California In the frantic rushes to
the gold fields
t The same paper prints the follow
ing:
, AT the urgent request of the presi-
give publicity to his declaration that
it is an injustice TO be the blame foT
/ the present conditions. particularly
\ those relating To the supply of pork
and sauage, on the butchers. If in
Il many butchers shops no more pork.
sausage, bacon and lard can be OBJ
tanned. 1t Is found to be due to the
general state of scarcity from which
the butchering trade suffered the
!. 1,,tth
respondent that 1t is only by an i'm
mediate radical change of the Federal
Councils regulations that the most
\ bitter aggravation. already SO distress
full in the conditions OF an underfed
population. can be averted."
Discussing the meatless days, the
) Leipzig Neustc Nachrichten says:
I Must Adopt More Meatlcss Days.
THE scheme has not been crowned
! with the success that was promised ct
first. The adoption Of two more meat
less days week has already become
imperative with most families. These
cases of prohibitory act result in no
economy. Whatever comes second
among those Wellto- do families which
use meat every day, 1t Is the custor,
for the purchases to be made the day
before More important than all is
the consideration that il we try to
save our livestock and economic in
our use of butter, milk. fats, equiva lent
substitutes for these articles must be
found These are already being pro-
duced in considerable quantities, but
even at this early stage there is mani
Testing itself slow, but steady. rise in
price of these very substances. IL the
process of constantly rising prices OF
original food products, which moved
the authorities TO such drastic action,
is repeated in the case OF the substi-
tute. we will simply find that we have
tharnessed one horse in front of another
at the rear OF the cart
What sort of progress shall we
make If that comes To pass? Have the
authorities asked themselves that q,es-
ton %
To Feed On Wood.
The most surprising development in
the situation comes in the announce
inent of the latest discovery of a Ger
man scientist. who has been seeking
substitutes. The Vossische says that
Priyy Councillor Professor Baberlandt
has earned the gratitude of the nation
by a mastery address before the
Agrarian Club on the digestibilfty and
nourishing properties of wood. The
lecturer showed that fats, oils and
albumen are obtained in abundance
from branches of the lime trees, and
that feeding dogs on daily diet OF
birch wood and oak has been produc-
tive of the best results Wood PUN
itself is remarkable for it's digestive
properties. but to render /. even more
easily assimila BILE 1t is desirable to add
certain chemical substances with
which II has an affinity.
professor Zunz declared that by
boiling wood with diluted acids, in
GLIDING organic acids such as Tactic
acid, more perfect separation OF
ocellulose parts is induced and the
whole mass becomes appetitlzing and
hlghiy nutritious. 1t is thus seen that
German forests contain enormous
treasures of food material. the cheap
est and most easily obtained varities
sucn as will yet put shame to the wick
ed hopes of the enemies.to force us