Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1916-01-07

butter trade have been disorganized.
1t IS reported that one of the most
serious shortages in the Central Pow
ers is that of fats and oils. America,
Siberia and Western Russia supplied
the Germans with butter in normal
times. but these sources have been
largely dried up by the war. Ger
many, itself, produced considerable of
break Of hostilities, has endeavored to
increase it's production. In the past
year, it produced $50, 600, 900 pounds of
butter. and imported about 100000
pounds. 1t consumes, normally 1,070,-
100000 pounds a year.
Little Denmark possesses the
greatest butter export. and, in a
sense. owes this distinction to the
powerful competition of American
grains in the seventies, which forced
the Danes to turn from bread produc-
ton and to concentrate their efforts
upon the production of butter for the
bread. Denmark exports more than
1S0,000,000 pounds of butter yearly,
and its fancy buffers are the finest
made. It, also acts as middleman for
great quantities Of Finnish and Rus
sian butter. The small northern
kingdom has sold increasing qantities
of butter, cream and milk in the Ger
man market since the outbreak of the
war.
"As an Immediate result of the ST.
founding stride in the production of
butter, Siberia's production of this
commodity becoming in a short time
more important than its production of
furs and gold. Russia became one of
the first butter-selling countries in the
world. Special butter trains became a
significant feature Of Russian rail-
reading, and Windau, Petrograd and
Riga became butter ports of interna-
ticnaI renown. At the time of the
wars outbreak, Russia was selling
16o,000,o00 pounds of butter in the
worlds market, of which Germany
was taking 60, 900, 900 pounds. The
Russian production has since, accord
ing to reports, been turned almost en-
tirely into the army kitchens.
THE third greatest buter-dealer in
the worlds market was far-away
Australia, the country with the great
est butter per capita consumption.
Australia sold 100000 pounds of
butter yearly, most of which was dis
posed of in the London market. Hol-
land dealt strongly in butter, selling
yearly some 58,000,000 pounds, and
more than half of this turnover into
Germany. Sweden and Finland were
other important butter-sellers, while
France. though it sold very little but
ter true to its nature, sold that lit
tie as a rich luxury to the discriminat-
ing palaces Of Dondon's West End.
Canada, Austria Hungary, Argentina,
and the United States completed the
list of exporting countries.
England led all purchasers of but
ter taking such enormous quantities
as to consume two-thirds of all the
product brought into International
trade. During recent years. England
has purchased regularly more than
400, 100000 pounds of butter per an
mum. Denmark, Siberia, Sweden, Aus
traIia. New Zealand, France, and North
and South America have all contri-
buted the butter for England's bread
Denmark, today, Is selling heavily Of
its buffers to England. The Siber-
ian source has been stopped up by the
war, and the sales Of many Of the
northern countries and Of France made
more difficult.
Germany follows England as
purchaser Of butter 1t, too. has lost
some Of its most important sources of
supply. Thus, the worlds youngest
market finds itself utterly disrupted
and the two greatest butter-purchas-
ing nations in death struggle.