The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1915-12-02
VIENNA BEGINS To
FEEL PINCH Of
THE WAR
Food Prices and Coal Jumping
Skyward During Recent
Weeks as Result of Exhaus-
tion of Vast Stored Supplies.
t~Auoelated Press corre.pondeneeI

Zurich, switzerland, Nov. IL
After fourteen months Vienna is be-
ginning TO realize the effects Of the
war. which hitherto had left little
outward mark on the life Of the Aus
trian capital But In the past few
weeks prices Of food have advanced
by leaps and bounds. Coal IL becom-
ing scarccr and dcarer, just as vim
ter is approaching Clothing has dou-
bled IN price. And altogether the ma
mediate outlook for the great masses
ct the population is extremely dis
NAL.
Much Of the trouble Is due to the
army having taken ninc-tcntns OF the.
strong, ~ablc-bodicd laboring men FROM
the city. Hardly any tenmstcrs are.
left and great quantities Of Hour. pro-
Visions and BAL are wing In the rail-
way warehouses n yards, causing a
serious congestion. The situation is
30 serious that the city Is taking steps
10 use the municipal street railways
for bringing goods 90 the storekccp-
ers In the city. Switch tracks are be-
ing laid to the mills and railway
yards at a cost OF $50. 600.
Another cause of the present high
prices OF food Us the manipulation OF
spectators, who are hiding large
stores of provisions, and 80 creating
an artificial shortage In the markets
Immediately best fresh butter went
up to Sl25 a pound-at winch price
nobody could buy more than a quar-
ter OF a pound at u ~timc--large
stocks suddenly came On the market
and prices fell at once 10 a dollar
Convinced that huge stocks of food
stuffs were somewhere In existence In
the city, the Vienna police have just
made % thorough search of an the
storage warehouses, resulting in some
surprising discoveries. Among the
provisions concealed In these places
were found hundreds OF packages Ut
rice, flour, sugar, cheese. canned
foods, chocolate, currants, tea ana
come ana condensed milk. steps are
being taken to lind cat he owners.
who will bee vigorously prosecuted for
cuuspiriug 10 rainc the price OF food.
Although the new Hour Is now IN
the market the supply In the retail
bakeries Is very limited In the poor
or suburbs people gather around the
stores as early as 3 O'Clock In the
morning, and by o o'clock the crowd
Will number ANYWHERE from 500 Co
! 90 persons, mostly women and chill
dren The bakeries open ut Z and the
dgn Of sold out" Is generally put
up hcfur, n o'clock Later corners
can ger nothing. Many poor persons
earn 20 couple Of cents buyiug nour
for their ueiphhor- who do not cp.,
TO stand for hours iu the street these
cold autumn mornings.
Since tho military authorities zee
| Questioned all the stock OF rubber
tires boz the country. and even took
away those actually 100 use con- the cars
uf private owners automobiles have
almost disappeared from the streets
of Vienna There are mo- NOR" motor
cabs the few cars still seen are either
occupied hy urms officers or have
some connection with the war.
Nnd there seems tu bee NO end "a
the demands aud appeals for money
for various charitable aud military
objects. The Vienna Ncut Fret,
Prose- mas started since the war be.
gan collections for more than e hun.
drcd different funds and has succcel
ed IN raising over a million dollars
lTh, largest individual b]cucflctiou Is
the Red Cross, for which tho Press,
has collected $4,000. Next come,
the fund tor the blind soldiers. which
4 receives $4,000. Tho other object,
for which the paper hHs made cullcc
lions iuclud, one for furnishing arti.
fetal limbs FOR the wounded soldiers
Tor the families Of rcscryists called {,
tho front. and Tor the Austrian sub.
marines Altogether there are o,
less than 1876 funds Tor some col which
less than ten dollars have been sub
] s,rIhed