The state herald., 1916-06-02
Jsuton Officials Expect Supple,
to Hold Out With Proper
Conservation
LIMIT TO Be PUT ON BEER
Brewery Output win % Cut % Save
earlsy-Prlsonsrs ussd On Farms
Meat 10 Plsntisu1cut ooWa
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BY OSWALD ?. scHverrs.


Correspondent Of the Chicago Nsws
Berlin.-0ermany's official consseva.
tion Of her bread and grain supplies
ID not regarded here - . promise Of
famine. 1t y only an episode IN the
al inclusive caro- with which the Ger
man government controls the price Of
eggs in Berlin with one hand and
with the other hshts against eight ma
tons in arms. For 0ermany's food
supply 10. according to all available
statistics. more than large enough to
feed her e5.0ee. 900 until the summer
harvest, even withoat importations.
II was only under ths abnormal con.
ditions created by the war that the
government found any danger that the
grain supplies would run short. OF
every other item. practically. in the
national bill Of fare there seems to be
. surplus. particularly oe neat. But
bread is such an important item In the
life Of this natjoa that IT. conservation
becomes necessary.
The allowance which has been made
Of nine Kilograms approximately 20
pounds) to an individual each month
ls certainly most liberal one. There
are probably few families Of I've per-
sons In America that consume 100
pounds OF bread or flour . month.
Meat Supply 10 Abundant
As far as the other food supplies are
concerned. the most important feature
lies in the abundance Of meat. for
years the German empire has done all
In It's power to encourage the increase
Of animals on farms. The result 10
that at this time tho cattle total Il.
approximately. 2.,00O.00o. while tie
number of hogs has reached total Of
25,000.000. In fact, It is this relative
ly large number Of farm animals that
has been the greatest peril to the sus.
nciency Of the grain supplies. Thsre
fore. the farmers are being ordered .
slaughter the hogs particularly. and
to convert them. as far as possible.
Into smoked meat, which will - avail
able for future use. without. b he
meantime. eating any deeper fnte ~
national bread basket.
Two interesting items contributed
to making radical steps necessary at
this time. The first was The 6nce that
the government prohibition aeainst
feeding grain to cattle and hogs hes
proved almost impossible OF enforce
ment. The government authorities Do.
clared that the larger sgricultur1ses
obeyed. but the small farmers insist-
ed on regarding their cattle ~ house
hold pets. Against this even the lrua
hand Of the German government ~
poweriess.
Tho other Item that contributed y
compelling action at this time ~
the changed condition brought ah0ue
by the sending Of millions Of ~
from the city to the front. This turned
the handling Of the household trsa9
ure completely over to tho wivee. y
must be stated parehthetically thae y
Germany this is not as customary -
In America. The government authoe.
tiles say that AZ result there ~
been great increase In the consu0D.
tion Of bread and other -four produces
and q decrease In the consumptsoo q
meat and similar food.
They say that this came becauoe
the soldiers sent home virtually On
their meager pny. But TO this woD
added tho additional subsistence m
vlded by both government and nu-
nicipality. They found that with THU
the housewife discovered II was poe
sible 10 eat meal or two a day IN the
thousand and one cafes that dot every
biz city until the consumption Of nour
began to soar at a surprising fatA
Never 30 Much Cake Eaten.
The government oficiais tell you.
with seriousness which demonstrates
at least their conviction. that never IN
the history Of Germany has no much
cake been consumed a. In this win.
ter. In fact. they refer to these cafes
and bakeries as tho internal enc
niles" Of the empire. When the war
broke out the pig that insisted on sat.
Ing grain had this distinction. but
since then his slaughter has been do
creed.
Another restriction Ia In immediate
! prospect. This CO ncerns the amount
OF beer to be produced by the brewer.
ies. For the brow cries are grcnt cor
rumers Of barley. Barley Ii needed.
not for human consumption. but to
feed farm animals. And the govern.
ment hns determined that food for
farm animals is fnr more important
than beer for human beings.
From n food standpoint Germany's
salvation really lies IN tho enormous
supply Of potatoes furnished BY last
years Grip. Exact statittics are mot
available, but tho Epvernrrent consi1'
ers tho potato production ~ insz'
haustible. For this reason potatoes
are being used In bread md In evsfy
possible form for human and animal
food. The. surplus Of sugar sss4 ~