The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-01-23

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clear understanding 90 these two prob
lens Il il necessary TO discuss them
separately. Let Us first deal with the
problem of simply keeping the Bel
gians alive
!. At the lowest estimate there are
sun within Belgium from four to FIVE
million people
?. Al the lowest possible rate one
must allow ten cents day for the
bare maintenance Of each adult This
would provide Just enough food and
fuel TO insure life.
~ through the diary which / kept
! nnd entries like this even as early as
the FIRST week OF October.
Bread IL scarce. a woman told me
Coal Is 5000 a ton-it Is usually
about $500"
Petroleum IL scarce and rapidly
growing scarcer"
Bread Ia scarce: city Government
has fixed the amount available for
each buyer at Is pounds. The City
Government makes up the loss to the
baker"
Brussels alone Is feeding goo 600
, people and as one man put n. we
do not get enough 10 live on. and
Yet We get too much To be- able GO
die"
Everywhere throughout Belgium
there is n marvelously simple gene
rosity-it IS as n all we're saying
nave no right 10 more than IN
other"
AZ the funeral OF an important Bel
glan. the simplest OF hearses was foI.
lowed by only three members OF the
family on food. They felt that thav
had no right To expend on the dead
money needed for the living.
The Sacrifice Made.
one morning n friend and I went
into a small bakeshop. II was early
enough so that small amount OF
bread was still on hand. Through
years of hard labor the baker had
/ succeeded in getting two tiny shops.
FOR the running OF both these shops
ne Is allowed to buy only 900 pounds
OF nour day. At the fixed price AZ
which she Is allowed to sell. her
proht amounted to nine francs. from
Nnlch she mad to pay her rent. her
help and keep her family.
Only short time remained haf,re
she would have TO give ND. The odds
were too great. While nv friend and
! We're talking-and let me saw that
American citizenship Is an omen 40.
same into the very hearts OF the Bel.
glans-two little BOYS came in. one
about nine. the other perhaps seven
They came in silently. the older push.
ing the younger forward We stopped
! talking.
IN deathly stiffness these hungry
mites advanced. They came slowly.
I slowly towards us. their eyes on the
Dread. Then they stopped. With
trembling lips the woman shook her
head 80 she could not There were
Only Few loayes-such a few loayes
Ihree days at the most stretched he.
tween her own family and starvation
Slowly. slowly. without word tho
TWO little boys backed out They
understood
II she could have done 10 she
would. They accept the conditIo,,.
with the stocism OF necessity SIN
with their eyes on the bread thev
went. silent as they had come tb.
org one drawing the little one gently
| away. When they had reached the
door. the woman suddenly burst into
sobs' and selling OF the two loayes
rom her tiny store rushed after them
ana thrust loaf under the arm of
tach OF the children. Then she came
l N"NA anu CIltu ana cried.
n. IN ; another day while going ou busi-
/ 49, thfoufh country district 1 .ar1.
| on a family trudinE YEARLY alone ~.
tRsiIr ba6 hSiy carried LED, a few yegetables in
sisted on giving them "a uft 4. ,b",r
nome. they had walked two hours a.,
I keS me handful OF vegetable. There
h1H heeu no bread distribution that nav
/ one night go on forever ,ruuIsra fir. w.
cases Ike these. such b. th. .Dri. fig5.
! %, ,he people. Eemember I am taikifs
r..
what i Is going to take to Keep tf. Tco-
~ ""Ee, say at the very lowest esti-
tb5s IN ,. IIr the next months. that &c. uu
waiting for HsEt Harvest.
! We viii leave out OF cOnsIJsratl.f.
being q next harvest or Of H.. ,,,,'.i,e
Tons being such that haryaa can be-
soWu lI time. We will deal simply win
requisitiousd b. the German is g "l a. W. 80
support 90 their soldiers fr Vrug..I ii
al.ne TOT -FOUR days VIII not only give
some idea of the quantity ~ food r'r.i-
ed Co ration "a number on mon ma g..
= process n subtraction will paint vivid.
Ihe piutul resources left o. the Bel
| brussels August 20-2t-toooa poY,r-
~ uf'in, @-hhu pounds farIua. 10000
pounds rice or - equivalent boz POTATOES
I one or rise. 800 bounds rGaaf.I ..rr.
go pounds salt $4,000 pounds sgrsr
i',. GU, bounds hay. l.aoo pounds cocoa.
gedinE DAVIS list so. 600 pounds g-
bread. 1000 pounds smoked meat b..
I ".' pounds living cattle. $4,000 pounds
I ~" ur similar grains 1000 coffee B..
Wv pounds salt $4,000 pounds H..
10000 pounds Tea. q. 600 pounds aIr.r
/ tf'.N pounds Cocoa. $4,000 IIfrra Wine
7 august at.ff.UuN rounds uF I.a..
10000 pounds hour. ana tho ea.us n.t...'
days
3 August g3-ss.0Jo pounds of br..r
. and same quantity OF other fHIrru r..
. on if' pre-. ding IHyf
N ..n .Nf.. rHIuIaIrIHHH went fH. com.
T InaUd that if tHs things were ruf Tur.
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hruHs.'. fnH.r. includes tho suburbs .r
.' .I'.I M"I.I Do require. f. .fr H
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Au iNiH was Ir addition f. Hs .H..
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.N create. brussels and fH. Oh. 600 HH.
..... "n fHH province or HrHrH.f Hr.
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fhrir women aud children Hr. #fr.. .r.
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