The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-04-19
NO FOOD PANIC
In GERMANY
EoiBlEs CAM % SECURED N
ANY QUANTITY At VERY
Low COST.
Ferry Tksssasd Freight cars "a
Transport Roumanian Grain Kept
That Country Out Of War.

Ferty Thousand Freight Cara "a
Transport Roumanian Grain Kept
That Country Out Of War.
By James orDenneif Bennett. :
special Correspondent 20 Inteuigencer.
kcopyriGht. 1915. BY The Chicago
fThls beoIns a series Of articles b,
M. os00stt On conditions IN Ger
AxcHEN. Germany. March rs
Forty thousand freight cars KEEP,
Roumania u of the war.
II msy have been. and II may still
be. that there 10 . pro-Russ party IN
Roumania. IL may even be that the
majority OF the class of people who
have relatively little to lose by war
were. II not for war. at least not
against war.
But when 10000 German frssgnt
cars came trundling W the Rouman-
ian border to take grain back to Ger
many, the merchant class OF Rou-
mania said:
We'll. we have grain and oil. and
not much else. to sell. and here are
the cars for its transportation. Why.
then. should not Roumania be neu-
trsl?~
And Roumania, II will be observed,
has remained neutral, and never was
more neutral than II IN In these clos
Ing days Of March
The assembling and swift forward
ing Of the freight cars was q master
stroke not only Of economics but OF
diplomacy on the part OF b govern
ment railway management. Its value
cannot be ov~erestimated.
Other aspects OF the food situation
in Germany ann be more teIIfngiy
nor 20 truthfully summed up tnan
BY the crud ebut exact statement
that st any time anywhere q man can
% o than 10 good for him for a
mara and q half.
For that sum t37h cents, he gets
an excellent soup. o liberal portion or
Rhine salmon or some other fresh
water fish. with potatoes. q meat
garnished with potatoes, beans, and
Swiss cheese with bread. or. II he
does not care for cheese. q jelly ONE
let or an range.
So much for SIN cents. In America
II would cost more than 81. Coffee ID
IA cents extra The ordinary light
beer 10 3 cents for a large glass.
All the dishes are well prepared.
OF course. you can. as in any coun,
try. squander money on your food in
Germany In wer time, but you would
ave hard work to run up such a bill
for dinner az the habitue OF the bes,
restaurants I'm New York and Chicago
pays without q qualm.
U~ndeniably prices Of some kinds OF
food have increased and Il likewise Ia
~undenfabie that the small household
ers feel b increase. The sole differ
ence between America and Germany
In this respect is that In America the
small householder feels II all the time
and complains bitterly. while in Ger
many the small householder feels II
in war time and complains little.
"A for the s~ojourner In this land. he
reads the Food Panic In Germany
dispatches In his English and Ameri-
can newspapers and wonders whence
his next neal II coming. Then he goes
into the beer iokal" OF his hotel In a
town like Aachen. which IL only a few
minutes ride from the Belgian DOT.
der. and eats and drinks for an hour
at an outlay of so cents.
Sunday before last the new Amsri
can consul At Aachen. Henry Damn,
role over to Koln for a days outing
- - Wy VI ONNN NAIL - NnAlAlOU
population and ~ IN full Of soldiers
IL ought 10 feel the pinch OF war prices
more than any other town In the
Rhine province. saw the consul the
day after his return.
Did you have a good Tine
asked.
Yes" said he. though OF course
my %privations we're something TO tell
about"
FOR exampIe7~
We'll, three Of us consular people
went to the best hotel in town and
had q Sunday dinner OF soup. hsh win
potatoes. q meat course with vegeta.
bles, pheasant with salad. and ices
and n bill was two marks nfty foi
each OF US"
Two marks nfty equals s2h cents.
In America pheasant 10 so expensive
that believe n IL considered q speciaI
luxury
other sidelights Of this alleged food
panic IN Germany 7 receive almost
daily when I 90 70 the p~ostoffice 10
send q telegram or register a letter or
get a parcel weighed AZ the weighing
windows one has TO stand IN line ten
minutes because 20 many people have
come 10 have packages Of deiicacies
for the soldiers weighed. Girls who
are sending sweetmeats and cakes 10
their lovers 81 the front. matrons Who
are sending more substantial deilea.
cies 70 their boys. are In line. and n
. a line that e hardly broken all day
long
But 10 come down 10 brass taofsI
made out a list % some OF the prime
necessities OF life and vent over n
With ons h~ousefeeper IN Aachen and