Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-01-19

The pcorlc held on under Batocki's
( management. l;o!ta were frightened.
IN" the gigantic rl:.n OF putting an en-
tire nation upon racions WAS carried
out The nation, almost literally can
,;Ig be saih, was fed upon the waatacc
OK peace tunc.
In order uiat the American reader
may better undo rStand how ths M.
dupc. let nim picture tho vast savim.
Th'cn Il card system ct housekeeping
mrSt effect in aby American town ~
city. The average American family o.
three consumes two ioavcs Of bread y
day, one and ono half pounds OF meat
ono dozen potatoeS. hair - pound Of
butter. two eggs ;.ud quantities Of 9th
CT foods In tho homes OF the we'll
;o.do and Of tho Wealthy. eggs are
| used BY the crate and butter 10y ,h
G:kim. while all manner IL roo,igtaff
ar, rccklcssly wasted i;catrict The
consumption of bread to live slice =
day. allow u pound cf ihcat 10 each
Individual. week., allow 10 each nnr
cec week. onc-uuartcr rf pound
of butter aud carr: uul ,his thrift. not
only in the homes % thc we'll to-'i" aud
wealthy. but IN public cnthrr place
and III" aNrraec American tonu On
city. would. in all Likelihood. iind it.cif
getting along Oh even less than three
quarters OF is normal consumption
/ while its very poor would DC better Of.
than they were under normal cond-
lions.
surplus Divided Among All.
The War Sus'cnnnc" once tork tho
surplus Of the wcll-t"-do and div'Ecd
Il amons all. !, food an nrtiHci,'.
evenly dist ibLtcu HyStcn. vr thrift
u"om every individual ~ the empire.
! which eliminated countless source or
! ""5taSc. A. examples, II was no
longer permitted 10 feed potatoes ana
ccrtain grains 10 live stock putatuc.
wcrc no longer allowed 10 .poil IN
dark cellars: meat was a'aughicrcd ~
wanted anu Was 30 handled as 20 max.
almost every part or the animal scrv-
as 1000. viii tho exception az the
horns The amounts OF grain divcri
cd for tic production Of iccr we're -
vcr"ly rcEtri"tcd. Tho manufacture OF
candies w.S practically lone away
with The manufacture Of cosmetics
INTO which fats enter. Was abolished
An3 another important olc'ncn, Of
waste was eliminated ~ Gjv'n. fco1
stun tho RICH, OF wa> on tho railroad,
thus bringing about It's expeditions
distributions TO Tic people AMI t" pi"r-
- storage plant.
The central Purchasing cricc. or So
ri,tE. under the Food cricc which
coiuple,ely controls all clacsec Of ga
pic foods IN which the pinch of shar,
lps is fcl. is tau'nmou;lt to q co-
operative purchasing organization, rr,
j?.o0o.oon members us "rEantzutior
uuG operations viii he STUFFED WIN
greater interest after thu wnr thau
tho campaigns of Won iiindcrhurr \
present. the dealing nf this once. MT.
urail%, arc shroudcd 'u a. much ir,-.
terry a. possible. TIC German ~. w.
papers nav" rtrea,ediE cautioned t'"tr
'c:,dcrs ~ tn" necessity ~ ~ fratr:nl
FROM bringing THIS Organization INTO
ihc forcgrounG of interest IN .ui,- va,
Dis'ribution Not Yet Perfect.
Tne food Office haS not Yet achieved
II perfect cnualizattor Of food diatrt-
In ton f.,r I..t
tics III the nay az an rycn-handcd par
tton .; the food products Of ma
t"n among all OF it's pcopl. can Ia
readily appreciated Sayuuy has iroh
aliy suffered. and is sin suffering the
most kecnly. In THIS state the rati"rs
arc loweS, The cities have suffered
more than the country districts. How
ever, tho ra,ion- arc hcinE more thor
oughly cquali-ed all tho tine. as tho
machinery of tho W.r rood uiiicc do
rclopS
Tee food Office has devoted half %
It's cndeavor toward incrc4cirr the
production Of needed fuodsiufs 90
cupicd lands have been brought uudcr
cultivation All available land in Ger
many is now under use ~ farm oi
pasture land. y legion OF Hubp,itu,c
foods has been devised. including sub
stituic coffccs. substitute buffers. cr:
powders ana milk powders The mills
powders arc served with cold water ia
hn' Calcs. 5nu INC resulting mixture
tastes Ink" swcetish chalk. There arc
also substitute whip cream for war
cake. II ia hard 10 decide which is
The worse, the cream OF the cake
Needing the advice Of the food OF
flee. many Germans arc keeping goats.
thus providiuS themselves with a Ger
tain supply OF milk. Poultry raising
has become popular Win tho people
Of tho suburbs y great inany FAM.
lies have taken M rabbit breeding,
killing each week their own SuDStln-
tlal meat dinner. one Of the most
recent admonitious Of tho fool oilic"
was that the people should carefully
gather. n the coming weeks OF rincn-
lng time, tho lands Who'll. crop Of
nut. Is nuts are rich in oil.
When the complete history Of tho
food Office is written, IL Viii compos.
II sccicioE ical document OF cnErussirs
interest and moreover IL will largely
embody the story Of central Europe'S
II be