The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-11-18

is avoiding waste and is utilizing many
things hitherto neglected. Just because
we have learned to do all this we are
in respect to the vital necessities ac-
tually much better off this second year
of the war than we were the first.
"First of all we have bread, because
this time the entire crop was taken III
hand by the authorities at the very
outset of the harvest. The supply of
breadstuffs has been assured for a
year. A little while ago we were able
to increase the bread allowance by two
ounces.
eve have potatoes. The potato crop
this time is splendid, perhaps a record
yield. We have vegetables and fruits
We have a great sugar surplus, which
we are not exporting and we formerly
did. We have cattle and meat in guam
titles, which in the opinion of many
statisticians, are even too large.
Germany went into the war with a
cattle stock of 22,00O,00O head Only
Russia had more in Europe Our herd
of 1880, 900 hogs is more than that of
any other country. In this gigantic
stock of 100000 animals rum which
reserve of food, on which, i ,onditions
became grave, we could draw.
GAS is well known, we did draw on
| the stock of hogs at the beginning of
this year in the mistaken idea that our
potato supply seemed dangerously
| short. We slaughtered 100000 swine,
stored the meat in refrigerators and
converted it into timed provisions. In
| II ~, IL
| happened. The defamation of our stoc k
of hogs was almost fully made up by
the natural increase of our cattle
stock, which was somewhat reduced by
slaughter, but not dangerously so.
''That is the state of affairs. Many
| things have grown scarcer, but we can
and shall hold out. All the measures
of the government, all the discussions
and conferences in regard to the food
supply are occasioned only by anxiety to
insure that the food which actually is
in the country is distributed uniform
~ and justly at prices which the en-
tire population can pay.
''That is the meaning of thc brea5
organization, the potato regulations, tho
no meat days, the maximum price
/ scheme and all the other remedial pre-
cautionary DEGREES. The prices, whicl
have risen violently, partly beeaus, o
the conversion of Germany into s:n
gle besieged fortreas, provide the pro
ducers and middlemen with new pos
sibilities for speculative profits.
''It is against this phase of higl
I1Ices that the government, after lon,
hesitation, now has taken action. Gu
= scheme of organization is the prineipl
, OF fortress nusJaudry ira. e1erred t
. tie entire nat Of 6S,000,G0 inhabi
tanta. -
The Norddeutsche Allgemeine Zet
tung says:
''With Christmas at our doors w
appeal TO the federal council to modif
the regulations with. respect to the US
of wheat f1ouy-cream and eggs. If thes
! are enforceHttb the letter they'will d.
prive for the first time in history til
German people Of their tradition;
: Christmas cake. What is more, the
will rob the heroes in the trenches {
innocent joy.
4 1.-The people have resigned then
selves to the blackish bread and coars
pastry. They will be equally statistic
with coarser selections of cakes, b,
II they certainly long to see their tabl
II graced this Christmas, as for age
II with the typically German Christm;
II stoll. To make these cakes, howeve
Il 90 to 80 per cent more butter al
II wheat flour than is used in ordina1
II pastry is needed, even if the usu
| addition Of cream is abolished al
= vegetable fat substituted Surely a br
ter famine has not yet been reached
such an acute stage that this lit
luxury should be denied long sufft
< ing self sacrificing people,
~ The Hamburg Fremdenblatt says:
''To speak of fat famine is n
4 quite correct. Such condition cou
: be said to exist only if the employing
- of fats in the proportions hither
II available were impossible. 1t Shot
II be an easy matter at the present lin
Il To reduce the daily consumption
II fats per head if the population
II an important proportion without Il
II being deterrent to health This
H necessary.
II Economy in fats can be realty
u cilitated by the substitut If al
fetal honey, syrup, beet juice and |
oils for butter in the PREF ration
fish and vegetables, replacin4 che,
IN with fruit. Soap in the usual 70
" should be entirely dispensed with
favor of washing powders compo.
mainly of natural alkalis, which v
serve all purposes.