El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-04-03
TAKE
PLACES Of MEM
In FARM WORK
Austria Hungary Is Making
Desperate Efforts to Raise
Big Food Crops.
SCHOOLS GIVE UP
THE LARGER PUPILS

VTENICE. Italy. April 3.-Next TO
" war. Hungary is devot-
ing her greatest energies TO ag-
rfeulture. IF we can only obtain suf-
ficient labor says the government,
the next harvest is secured" Con-
sequently everything possible Is now
being done to provide for the spring
work on the land Tens OF thousands
OF boys and girls have been released
from attendance at school; married
women and girls are being pressed
into service. and adult male workers
are as eagerly sought after as are re-
cruits for the armies in the field
Children Taken From schools
BY a special decree the Austrian
ministry OF educatlon mas or eeSsd tas-I
in the country districts al children IN
the three higher grades, that Is Of Il.
Is and IA years OF age are 70 pc eI-
cused from school, in order that they
may work in the fields OF at home
The school authorities are instructed TO
organize this child labor in a system
attic manner. so that the best results
nav be obtained by employing them
in districts where help Is most needed
They Will be formed into groups IN
sort Of military manner, the elder boys
acting as under-Officers- 1t Is thought
that this viii encourage the cnlldren
in working. besides inspiring them with
patriotic sentiments
Few Men Are Left
So many peasants have been called
10 the army that there IS very little
adult male labor left in the rural dis
. tricts. And the few men who are there
show no great inclination to 90 to
work. and so far have steadily refused
TO enter into the usual contracts for
harvest work, hoping by waiting that
the government viii compel them to
work when the time comes. And as a
empowered local authorities to force
able-bod men Of all classes 10 work
in the fields in case Of necessity, for
wages at the current rate in the dis
trict-
In addition to securing all the labor
possible the government is doing its
best 10 encourage the use OF machin-
cry on the farms. The ministry OF
agriculture has already agreed to sub
sidiZe seed sowing machines with a
grant Of $50 each, and viii do the same
with harvesting machines when the
crops are ready
The field work Of last fall is said 10
have been very satisfactorily per
formed, and now it is hoped that BY
all these eLpedients the problem OF the
spring work viii also be solved so that
in the end the next harvest VIII not
fall far below the average
Food Doubles In Price.
From the official reports Of the
Vienna markets IL appears that many
OF the most important articles OF daily
food have more than doubled in price
since the outbreak Of the war. seven
months ago Flour now costs eight
cents a pound. and dried peas IL cents.
compared with four cents last July
Split peas cost Is cents Lard costs
30 cents a pound which IS exactly
double the price when the war began
Eggs now sell at three and four cents
each. instead Of two cents Beef costs
anywhere from IS TO 80 cents a pound
according TO the cut. and pork from
- 10 40 cents Horse flesh, the con-
sumption OF which is now steadily in
creasing. cannot be bought for less
than ten 20 16 cents pound. as com
pared with eight cents last summer
Sugar has risen very little, costing now
eight or nine cents = pound. scarcely
half a cent more than before the war.
Bread, however. has gone up cOnsid-
erably and costs now from four to six
cents q pound The quality is misera-
bic. as IL contains only fifty per cent
flour: the remainder being a mixture
Of corn. barley and potato meals
Petroleum is quoted at so cents =
gallon. as compared with IS cents last
July. and soft coal has risen in the
past week 70 SO a ton Both these.
and especially coal. are often difficult
TO obtain at any price owing TO the
lack Of transportation