The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-05-21
STATE MONOPOLIES
URGED FOR GERMANY
Control Of Cigarettes and
Sugar After the War
Advocated.
BEER SHORTAGE FEARED
specia, Correspondence TO Tur SIS.

Special Correspondence TO TuI StN.
BERLIN. Via Amsterdam. May IA
weeping ems OF State Socialism
M Germany after he war IL seen by
some OF Germsny's foremost writer's on
economies and finance. Thus Prof.
Jare OF Munich University. in an article
contributed to a leading economic re-
view, outlines a number Of epoch making
financial, reforms which ne contends will
become Inevitable after peace has been
concluded.
The writer argues that STATE mouopo
lies, such as the control Of the manufac-
turr ana sale of cigarettes aud OF the
production and sale OF ugar. will he
among the reforms to be introduced
after ihe war. A sugar monopoly by
the state il already under cont.mpla-
ton. lie points out. The To'1iichc RWnd-
tchdt says bo.h monopDies were consid-
cred even before the war.
Some OF the German papers are in
clined to see a silver lining in the dark
clouds hat the British food blockade
has spread Owe" the economic horizon
Of the German ompire. Under pressure
~ the blockade, they say. industrial and
commercial C;ormauy has been com
PEELED to intensity it, organization and
l. devils, new WAYS and means which
might nos have beer otherwise though:
Of.
According 10 a., D.a',cAc Pdrito.
D. 'nts-foT'cspJti'a. for instance. tn
authorities If /. number OF towns. large
and small have been forced by the ne
cessity of providing the highest possible
supply OF foudstuns for the urban pop
ulatiuns To- start farming on tno'r "
account. hi. tho paper points out.
must necessarily increase tu a great
extent The numb. of cattle Tor s'aush-
tering and the available quantity NJ
mix. vegetables, POTATOES and othr.
produces. T,Is a number 1f towns. ~
narrower and Maiu2. have bought landed
estates for municipal cultivation, which
d To- Improve the supply nf milk and
pork 10 meet The needs OF the poorer
masses Of the inhabitants
''r1e city OF Frankfurt-on-the-Mai an
raNs the paper. has decided to erect a
muni'iual slaughter house for killing
r.ss. while Tim has undertaken chicken
farming On = large scale. 'obleutz. on
tire other hand is purchasing "A uumne.
OF mill; knc ard has decided 10 keen
about 2no swine ~ municipal property
Meanwhile q scare has been spread
throughout Germany In = ~naragrnph In
the loSSisch" I"ituhG headed 10y tn"
sinister question Beer catds ' II is
suggested that the national b-N-tag. y u
shortly share the fate OF bread. POTATOES.
butter and meat
I've price OF beer has been Using
steadily during the last few months AMI
a'rcld, the traditional itre mugs or
hooks have been replaced In many publ "
places ~ quarter litro glasses. which r
good deal 'esS than half a pint. The
price has gone M about threcfolI.
TIT N~a'ihurs,n /eifu1D. an organ for
brewers says that Tin All likelihood beer
,arcs Nl nave 10 ho introduced unless
the brcvories are allowcI 80 receive more
barley
The Introduction ~ q '~.ro.i,i over
Termnntcd beer which requires the uss
ol su-ar. is predicted by the brewers
Of \pTth Germany. "O;lcrNise.' ; is
added. cit IS possible that they Mi b,
lcff entirely without beer jus. N the
hottest months OF the year