The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-08-07
'CALORIES" WILL
DECIDE WAR


Fhey nGht the wars. pay for the
vars and starve for the wars. That
= the bitter truth OF the case.
Persons that have moderate 20
arge salaries or incomes never real
u get pinched when the cost OF liy.
ne goes up. They utter the loud
-oxr. but they are not vitality hit
With the workers II is different
story. They get the bulge and It
hurts.
Unless there Is a corresponding
Increase In wages.
In Great Britain the cost OF liv.
ng has Increased 81 per cent in two
sears. In the same time. wages
ave increased, IL Is estimated. an
average of ~ per cent But many
wages have much exceeded that
1gure, and II you include the gov
srnment's separation allowances a
sastly greater wage fund has been
distributed than was ever known
here before.
In Germany in the same time the
sost OF living has increased 1873 per
sent. But because Germany's out
tide commerce has been paralyzed,
ser export and many other manu-.
lectures partly or wholly suspended
nd her allied industries crippled,
here has been less instead OF more
Demand for labor. and the average
Increase of wages has been slight.
Very few working people are bet.
;er fed because OF the war; millions
are worse fed.
The average poorer class German
d now beginning for the first time
10 show plainly the signs of di-
ninished diet-show il in face and
b girth.
That is to say. ne Is shy OF calor-
es.
In July many municipalities be
gan 10 feed the poorer people at
public expense. and thus a large
part OF the nation was getting its
meals. such as they were. al mum
:ipal kitchens. For more than
rear II had been 20 a great extent
IN rations-that is, all the poor had
been. The rich could always get
snough. and can now.
These rations and the municipal
meals are calculated on the basis
81 ZOO calories a day for each !
adult.
But your scientists long ago de-
sermined 2,40O calories day 10 D.
he minimum for normal life
In Great Britain the present aver
sge consumption is said 10 be 5000 /
salories day.
So the German worker is shy 200 |
! day OF the minimum supply and !
probably 1900 a day OF the amount |
he more fortunate British workers
pet.
The German governing classes are
nil keen for war: they have plenty /
n calories. Millions OF German |
Workers are dead weary OF war and |
are beginning to demand peace.
In the last month there have been
nenacing outbreaks in Berlin two,
Munich (three). CoblentZ. Bruins
wick. Osnabruck, Msdgeburg. Col.
,gne two. Aachen, and elsewhere,
One that rather startled people was
IN the Berlin suburb OF CharlotteD.
,urg.
Still more significant are the rev.
dictionary circulars and appeals
hat, in spite of the police and the
riders, are being scattered IN great
aumbers. have seen two Of these !
and they are sizzling documents
One roasts the government and the
yther tominous sign roasts the
kaiser.
Add now the fact that one peace
demand OF the allies is likely TO be
The retirement OF the whole tribe
~ Hohenzollerns. and you can see
az almost on the edge OF huge
changes.
told you at the beginning 10
keep an eye on the workingman; he
would be king pin OF the situation.
Behold him now In Germany, doubt
less unbroken in spirit, but getting
empty OF stomach and accumulating
grudge against his rulers-sfter
two years OF H.
In that state he is likely 70 settle
the whole thing
No calories. no war,