The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-04-25
AUSTRIA LEARNING
LESSONS FROM WAR
New Economic Forces TO Be
Developed When Great
Conflict Ends.
FOOD PROBLEM FIRST
ny DR.. WOLF WOW sCHrERRp AND

NJ DR.. WOLF WOW sCHIERBR AND
VIENNA. April s-One canno, speak Of
famine In Austria Hungary, but as
suredly OF a scarcity OF foodstufs. To
look at the market reports and to draw
leading. Prices there do not range ex-
traordlnarily high. will quote few
nevertheless. taken from to-day's papers.
I see that choice cuts Of beef fetch
crowns cor about 2l,A0) per hio q is
pounds) roast beef. to 8 crowns
bacon. AZ crowns: lard, 8 crowns
fogash (fsh). 6L crowns: carp, 3
crowns; table butter tunsalted, choice),
~ TO 7 crowns; milk. sL cents per
iitre; fresh esgs. II for 9 crowns; let
tuce. Q TO cents per head spinach. -
cents per kio: homo cheeses 4 to 9
crowns per kilo. and so on.
These prices represent on the whole
advances OF from 90 10 I2o per cent. rs
compared with those before the war.
Still they are. some OF them. not higher
than those ruling At present IN London.
Bread. that 10 war bread" costs IS
heller 90 cents) the loaf OF three
fourths kilo. But all these prices, or
nearly all. are fixed by Law. so-called
order to get the goods at all Is often
glad 10 pay an additional premium Of
his own free will For. as I said before.
there IL . scarrity OF comestibles. espe-
ciaily In certain OF them. such az bread
and meats. Many grades or kinds OF
eatables have entirely disappeared rom
the stores. others are boarded.
Great Bread Problem.
The bread problem as being the mos,
serious ana OF most general application
Is perhaps of greatest interest As re-
CARDS II the duality OF tho monarchy
plays a part Hungary. being an agri-
cultural country. had Austria in her
power Just as soon as England AMI
France issued their prohibition OF the
expectation OF cereals and the neighhor-
ing neutral countries OF switzerland
Italy, Rumsn'a, &C, strictly enforced
their policy OF keeping what bread
stuffs they had within their own borders
Then tire Government both OF Austria
and OF Hungary lost considerable time
in deciding on the best measures to meet
the emergency. Meanwhile the people
of Austria. true to their happy go lucky
disposition. went on depicting their own
cereal stores as though living in deepest
peace Al last the Government woke
UP to Its manifest duty OF providing or
conserving the needful breadstuffs re-
quired until after next crop time. Then
II was discovered that tire wheat was
, nearly gone both as TO Austria and
Hungary.
Similarly the supplies Of rye and
barley were found to be very low O
maize, however. Hungary WAS still pos
sessed OF large stores. enough TO give
a share to Austria Potatoes too wer'
getting scare, so that the German rem
edy Of using potato flakes and mea
to mix with the dough could not b'
| tate ne "A hal In n n hi,
dance. To use this for human food meant
OF course. 20 diminish II for hog feed
That was a bad feature forgot I
point out In all this that the norma
supplies Of Galicia are cut on. The
harvest OF that province with Ito g.,
600. 900 population was partially de
| stroyed last fall by the war. and what
VAS left was reQuislt.oned by the Rus
sian invaders. Before the war GalicIr
habitually furnished Austria with q
per cent OF It's breadstufrs, horses. cat
tie, pigs and poultry.
Have Corn In Plenty.
| But there IL corn. and II the Austrian
were accustomed 10 "A diet OF Indian corr
products we'll and good. But they ar
not And now that they have to bak
their bread and their cake chiefly out o
maize meal tho Austrian bakers rr
! lost ! nave not yet taSteu anyVhlni
| here made wholly or partially out o
| Indian corn that tasted at all palatabl
and appetixing--nothing like our john!
cakes, hoo cakes, griddle cakes, mullins
&C.. that they know how 70 make ~
entic,nE in tho Southern States
However. we have bread OF q kim
and don't need to s,arve, Hut the al
lowance per individual Is small. viz, 30
grams "A day less than half a pound
and from ,ne nth inst on. Just a coupl,
OF days hence, everybody must have
Dread card" to buy any bread at all
Nobody Ia exempt. not even the old En-
peror and his entire household,
In the midst of the war - strong c,ir
rent Of political and economic discus
son has already set In both In Aus
trta- Hungary and In Germany az 10 tn
strong ACCESSIBILITY, may, necessity, o
both empires pooling their Interests afte
peace shall have come once again,
mean their cconomic--agrlcultu IN
dustrial ana trade--interests On,call
Il IN true: nothing 80 far In said OF
that score In fact such discussions ar
rather discouraged as disiracting pub
lie attention from the main Issue, l. Q
the suocessful conduct and conclusion O
tho war. ! will here say. strictly in pa