Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-09-24
BERL|N'S SUPPLY
OF MILK DW|NDL.ES
Cows in Germany in Poor Con-
dition, Owing to Lack
of Food.
TICKETS ARE NOW IN USE
Complaints Still Received Re-
garding Method of Dis
tributing Potatoes.
TICKETS ARE NOW IN USE

trlbuting Potatoes.
BERLIN, September 23.-Milk tickets
nov have been in use for more than
three weeks. but. although they I'M
doubtcdly are very useful and help
10 secure a more just distribution Of
milk in Berlin, they have nevertheless
ia some respects proved a great dis
appointment to those who hoped tina,
wien tickets were introduced there
you'd no longer be those long lines OF
women and children outside the places
where milk is sold.
II the milk tickets have failed in
this respect, there is only one reason.
which is. however, Il very plain one.
ana that il that The quantity of milk
( coming into Berlin is gradually de-
| rrcasng and has been decreasing for
many weeks. This fact again is due
10 the fact that the mich cows ali
over tho country from which this city
dfaws her milk supply are in poor con
dltion, owing to lack OF food and at
:ention.
The attempt now is 10 be made TO
lot only babies and small children have
whole milk. while others will have 10
lac satisfied with their ration Of
altimmed milk. But tho housewives Of
Berlin are protesting violently against
this. claiming that milk skinned by
modern methods contains no more nour-
ishment than as much water. and that
! 20 put them on skimmed-milk rations
| Immediately after reducing tho butter
and oleomargarine rations to onc-thi-d
amounts 10 starvation.
DENMARK SAID TO nE
ESJUYINt. PROSPERITY
At the Stettincr Baanhof the othe,
hay arrived Gcrmanys most famous
operate bass. Johannes rocnrs. of
Frankfurt. Returning from Denmark.
MS native country. where he had speut
SIN weeks. he said the Danes arc roll
ING IN gold ana divide their time be-
tween specializing on the Stock r.x
hhnEc ana spending their casily- .arucl
money. while Copenhagen ana ever.
resort are full OF wealthy Germans re
cUpcratns after their harGsnips at
nome and regaling themselves wi,h
i"oa' so as to be abb. to face another
rtrio" OF semis'arvaiion when they
return 10 their business here
The singer was loaded down u,itb
provisions OF all kinds Travellers re.
turning 10 their homes I'm German,
from Holland or Denmark are allowed
10 bring with them food for their per.
sonal use. and he had taken full adj
vantage OF this. Slung across his broad
back-he is six feet three tall--he car
RED two big Danish hams. his trunk
contained whole tub Of butter and
about half hundrcdwcigh, OF sau-
| sagcs, ana he carried a dozen OF back
ages OF various sizes all containing
food.
The food dictator, Herr Won B,tocki,
is doing his best 10 cheer up the peo-
pie Concerning this years harvest.
which was favored by the weather. he
says
The crop is considerably bigger than
that OF an average normal year. The
bread rations will be incrca sed and the
closer the blockade the more intense
VIII be our food production The meat
ration, which is now uniform for the
whole empire. probably will be further
increased. and altogether we are pro-
Tidcd with everything We require until
the budget of l9l7-lS. have every
reason 10 hope that Hungary will send
us the surplus OF her rich harvest in
return for German manufactured goods,
as result OF the negotiations which
have been conducted for some time at
Budapest"
in the organization OF the potato dis
tribution are not abating. Local eXpor
prohibitions. which are still allowed 10
remain in force in a multitude of COM
munities throughout the country, are
hampering seriously the even distribu-
tion OF this article of food which is the
mainstay Of the poorer part of the
population. the working classes and the
minor officials, whose salaries are abSO-
lutcly insufficient with the present
prices OF food.
The Berlincr Tagcblatt publishes a
typical letter from n reader who says:
81 have small plot OF land near
Berlin. and in obedience 70 the public
warning that every inch of land must
be brought under cultivation. ! planted
mine with early potatoes. Naturally
wanted the crop brought to my house.
in this city, by rail. that ] might
have enough potatoes for myself and
family. The railroad, however. refused
to transport them, owing TO the local
export prohibition, and even though
the local council declared the potatoes
to he my own property, IT had no eff
feet.
AS | did not want the whole crop
of about 200 pounds to rot, ] had TO
carry them to Berlin on my back Each
journey cost me over n mark and n
half go cents). so that my own po-
tatoes cost me marks tsl2O) a hun
dred pounds aside from the time and
labor. | shall certainly not repeat tho
experiment."
OYSTER DEAL Frs WARMED