The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1916-01-13
\ siDE EFFECT on Wan.

''N "''h '"fn'u NptN lhfNN ~
the European conflict. It re-
manned to most recon- times 10
bring butter. and other perishnhl,
goods. into channels of international
trade. The development OF modern
technique. especially tina NJ rcfriger.
alton. and the characterization of cit.
les. regions and OF whole countries ar
the caus"s that have operated To- riskc
butter one OF the important commud-
ties of world commerce.. Before thu
war Europc's butter dishes were hlle 7
with the products of siberia. Argcr-
Tina Australia and New z,iinnd II
l. estimated hat more than 500 ,uoB,-
o0o pounds of butter were sold in IN
tcrnaiionai trade every year.
Today. however. an channels at M
butter trade have been di~sorsanizod
II is reported that one of the most
jserious shortages IN the central pow
Iers Is that ct fats and oii.. America.
siberia and western Russia supplied
the Germans with butter IN normal
largely dried up by the war. Ger
many Itself produced considerable q:
It's home supply. ana since the out
break OF hostilitios has c~ndeavored o
increase its production. In the past
Year n produced 800 o0. 600 pound,
of butter and imported about iio. ooo.-
ooo pounds. II consumes normal.
i.07o. zoe, 600 pounds - veal.
Little Denmark possesses the great
e. butter cNport. and in Il sense owes
IN distinction to the powerful com-
pctiuou OF American grains in tho
seventies, which forced the Danes to
tuIu rom bread production aud To
concentrate their efforts upon the
production Of butter for the bread
Denmark exports more han is0.ooO,-
600 pounds of butter yearly. n its
fancy buffers are the finest made. -
also acts "a middlcinan for great
quantities of Finnish and Russian
butter. The smnil northern khiRdom
has old Increasing quantities OF hut
tor. cream ana milk In the Gcrman
market since thu outbreak of the
war
~ an immediate result ~ the Sibc. 81
an railway Russia ,ook an astounding
stride IN the production ct butter. ~.
hcrids production II his commodity
n' coning IN q short time more ina
pH'tant than It's production OF furs
nd gold Russia became one of tn,
! drst butter-sellinE countries in the
world. special butter trains became
"A significant feature of Russian rail-
rnad,ng. ana Windau. P~etroprnd an
Eiaa became butter ports OF interna-
%tional renoWh. At the time OF tn"
wars outbreak Russia wgs sclling
! Il 0.oOc. ooo. pounds OF butter IN the
worlds market. of which Germany
was taking 90, zoe. 0o0 pounds. The
| Russian production has since. accord.
ins to reports. been turned almost On
tirely Into the army kitchen.
The third greatest butter dealer ~
the worlds market was iar-dway Ans.
tralia the country with the greatest
butter per capita consumption. Aus
tralia SOLD gf.o0o, 900 pounds OF but
4 T-N NH ta..AHN 80 x.IHlu 1000 HI
posed of ~ the London market Ilol-
land dealt strongly In but -, seliinr
yearly some 5s,0oo 900 pounds. lu1
more than hall Of this iurh-oNor into
Germans. sweden and Finland wer"
other important butter sellers, WINK,
France though II sold yer, little but
ter. IRA, to ~ nature sold thai lttlc
~ a rich luxury t. the determinations
palaces Of London's West End cat
ada, Austria-iiungary Argentina and
the United states completed the Int
Of exporting countries.
England led al purchasers Of pu'.
ter taking such enormous quantiti 'f
ls 20 ronsurg" two-thirds of an tho
product brought nto international
trade During recent year Englan 1
has purchased regularly more than
zoe 900 600 pounds ol butter per an
nuuI Denmark. siberia, sweden,
Sw eden Australia New Zealand
France aud North and Sou.h America
u.>, am contributed the butter Tor
EuRlauds bread Donmark today j.
%s,.iInr } cavity OF its buffers 10 Eng
iu m, siberian source has been
stopped up hy the war, and the sal''
~ many 90 the northern countries aui
u. France made more ditncult.
Germany follows England a. "a pur-
hasor of butter A. too. has lost
some of It's mos, important sources of
.upply. Thus, The worlds Youngest
marNet finds Itself utterly disrupt
and ,hc Two greatest bitter.purchp'-
Ing nations ia "A death struggle.