The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-01-03
Municipal Stores Prevent
a Food Crisis in Budapest
BY Operating Provision Shops City Is Enabled Not Only to
Feed Population at Reasonable Prices but to
Supply Austro- Hungarian Army.

being laid out We are OF course pro-
ceeding more slowly than usual with tho
construction of public buildings but this
Is duo 20 the fact that there ore not
enough hands
The municipality has gone into the
restaurant business also. We are pro-
vding three course meals At the price OF
90 to 20 heller tl2 TO ~ cents), which
can either bs eaten in the restaurants or
carried home For the present only
municipal employees or artists tpa nters
and scuiptOrsD IN distress are provided
with these meals We are, however
gradually increasing our facilities su NJ
TO extend this accommodation to other
classes
9TH, high cost Of living during the
las. Few years brought about economic
conditions similar 10 those in the United
states where ~ many hud IL difficult to
keep house. 4 few weeks ago ! started
q subscription. the proceeds Of which
.ntirelv cover the cost Of building n large
municipal kitchen. The construction Will
start ot once In this kitchen meals
'or 10000 families will be cooked daily.
IN each section of the city branch " II
b. opened. where tho meals viii be as
'ribu'cd Every family will then bo in
. position to carry home its meals In
.hr-.ros hntt'"s sten mine hot.
"By providing thousands 81 families
with food We can much better look out
for the nuirltive value of the eatables
than IL possible IN a single household
Thus We are looking after the general
efficiency Of our populatiou---men and
women. pcfhaps I should say especially
the women The Kitchen and restaurant
scheme lifts of their hands great amount
of drudgery and will enable many of
them to engage in gainfu occupations
We work for the future a. n no dread
ful var we're going on, ana those who
now live IN budapest and observe It's
tccnng life can hardly notice the changes.
Ncither the food situation nor tho con.
duct of public business tends to remind
one of war.
The municipality also does its share no
the care Of wounded soldiers, 5000 Of
them being In our charge. The number
Of beds In our hospitals for contagious
diseases has been Increased by 1900"
The statements made by Or Barely.
whose administration ~ one of the most
successful In the history OF the city do
not cover the whole field of municipal ac-
tiyities safeguarding the economic inter
est, OF the population. Tho Municipal
NictuallinE Department. whose head, Mr.
Folkushazy, is AN economic expert oi
European renOwn, induced the Govern
ment To take many measures tending "a
prevent tho soaring Of food prices. AZ
the suggestion of this department the
Hungarian Government first lowered the
tarifr on grains and Hour then put these
foodstuffs on the free list.
Maximum Prices Fixed.
Tho city also requested that not only
the military, but also tho civilian au
horities should have the right to requi
sition provisions that all food supplic'
should be registered. and that every
farmer, dealer contractor. SC, Hhou b,
compelled to file periodical statements o
his stock. The request was granted 10y
the Government, which also adopted tn,
suggestion of the municipality to fix maxi
mum prices for food supplies for tho ell
tire country instead OF letting them b,
fixed In each locality, a. was at flrs
Intended which would have provided op
portunltles for dishonest practices.
For the conservation of live stock th'
municipality encouraged the consumption
Of pork. At the various market place
great fish basins were erected, So that Nv,
fish could be bought In large quantities
by the pOpulace. Bread aud pastry mus
now be sold by weight, and the trader
must publish the prices as is done "A
markets.
Since July 10 Increases In the prize
Of grains have been as follows: Wheat
60 per cent barley. 100 per cent rye
~ per cent. oats ~ per cent. The In
creascs In the prices of other provision
has been: Beef. 20 per cent. veal .
per cent, pork. per cent potatoes, 81
per cent. beans. a. per cent. peas, If
per cent; rice, 90 per cent sugar g
per cent: wheat -four for fancy bread
10 per cent wheat -four Tor ordlnar,
bread, Go per cent. rye -four. ~ pc
cent white bread. ~ per cent. ry
bread, eS per cent; eggs. 90 per cent
tsinco November, 1879, and milk. 4
per cent