The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-01-03
Poor Crops This Ncnr.

In view Of the extraordinary situation
tho ylctuulling Of the city of budapest
goes on In a surprisingly normal manner
OF course the prices Of certain cummodi-
ties have scared Ia unreasonable heights,
but this Is due rather to business condi-
lions than 20 scarcity of provisions. This
II especially true with respect to sugar.
The prices OF grains are startlingly high.
This years crops were rather poor In
Hungary, harvest operations having been
nterfered with By the outbrc ak Of the
war Nevertheless, as result Of Gov
crnment DEGREES making II compulsory To
mix wheat flour with -four made Of rye,
lrain, potatoes and rice. there Will be an
adequate supply OF the ncccssarics of life
TIL the next harvest.
Eggs have been cheap, even though
We have to export many to Germany,
on account OF our alliance with thar
country. on the other hand. our meat
prices are practically normal. We have
also taken measures to assure cheap
meat In future for the general public
The municipality spends daily almost
hundred thousand kronen for cattle. We
are also storing up enormous quaint
ties of pork.
These satisfactory conditions are due
to tho fact that the municipality has
/ promulgated measures regulating both
tho prices and quality OF provisions
Some years ago We organized municipal
provision stores, which buy foodstuffs in
large quantities and retail directly to tho
public at reasonable prices. These mu-
ncpal stores are located In public places
and IN the city parks, and their opera
ton yields a considerable yearly profit
allowing reasonable interest for capital
4 invested. and hitting also the accu-
| mutation of "A considerable reserve fund
I'VE have also a large municipal bread
tNkery, and we have just decided to In
a L ffast
daily. The municipality has organized
| "a cattle market credit bank $50 per cent
| OF capital being furnished by tho dty
| of BudapesD. which lends money to
| farmers as well as TO wholesale butchers.
| and In doing n yearly business of 400,
| 100000 kronen. All the markets arc
| built and owned by the municipality.
and AT all times efficiently Inspected and
supe rvlsed. Any dealer who commits an
/ offence IL excluded.
Much Food Exported,
"Our satisfactory condition is due also
| to tho fact that foodstuffs are normally
one OF the chief exports OF Hungary. We
now not only supply our own needs but
are, besides, in a position to send large
/ quantities OF provisions to Austria and
/ to Germany. The fertile areas OF Hun
gary. fortunately. are situated in the
! Interior. and not in the war zone.
] no nunUtT OF unemployed In Buuu-
pest II not very high Before tho out
| break of the war II was 10000. As
many Of these have been called to the
coors. the number has decreased AZ
| present there are not even as many un-
employed AZ In some other years when
business was bad In fact, factories COM
plain OF the scarcity of worklngmon
The majority OF those unemployed arc
| clerks who have lost their positions ~
"A result OF the war. The number Of UNI
I employed cared for by the municipality
" $4,000, about the same number az In
| Vienna.
at tho city Hall wo do our work
with n smaller force, but with increased
zeal, Twenty-Five hundred OF tho en-
pluyees arc now on tho dring line Do
spite this fact we not only attend Ia
current business but carry out new un.
dertakings. We are building IL new
| municipal bath house at n cost OF H.
900, 900 kronen, which will be ready by
next year. our improvement works
have not been interrupted at all. An en-
tire section Of tho city. called Tnban.
IL being regulated and rebuilt, and
! through a complex mRzc OF narrow, old
fashioned streets n splendid now thor
ouGhfare, tho Elizabeth Boulevard, is