New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-26
ReAexes Of War

Since May any one in Holland wish
ing to have his shoes repaired has been
obliged to obtain coupon from MS
communal authorities, stating the
maximum price to be paid for the re-
pairinC and the name Of the shoemaker
or cobbler who is toy do the work.
Leather for repair work is delivered to
shoemakers only upon the surrender OF
these coupons. This sort of proceeding
has been made necessary by the estab-
lishment of a Royal Distribution bu-
reau for Hides and Leather, 70 oversee
the Dutch leather industry IN all us
phases. from the slaughterer TO the
shoemaker.
All slaughterers, dealers in leather,
proups of dealers (so-cailed nide
clubs), and tanners must be registered
with the Distribution Bureau. Inc
Minister of Agriculture, Industry and
Commerce fixes a maximum price wnlcn
! the slaughterers may charge for their
! hides. In turn, the maximum price
which the tanners can charge the deal
ers and consuming factories, shoe
makers and cobblers is regulated by
ministerial decree.
In reply TO questions in the Reich
stag recently representative OF
the Treasury stated officially, &C
cording to London advices, that
the German Government had the
intention of repudiating the silver
and nickel coinage at present IN CIR
culation. in order to force me pub.
lie to stop the present practice OF
boarding He said that the public had
been given sufficient warning. The oc.
cupation of Belgium and Poland had
caused a great exodus of money, but
between the end of March, 1914, and
the end of March, 1917, the government
/ had increased the sixpenny pieces IN
circulation by an amount 40 per cent
higher than the normal increase, and
had increased the penny and haltpenny
pieces BY an amount 80 per cent high
err than the normal increase. Conse-
quently the present scarcity OF COINS
could only be due to boarding.
National Liberal deputy suggested that
the issue of new coins, so far from
stopping boarding, would stimulate It,
and he said that the government would
be pursuing an entirely speculative pol.
icy. the effects of which they could
not control.
There is now a good deal of critic
ism of the administration of the Ger
man paper supply. The "Vosslsche
Zeitung" publishes a sharp criticism
of the official waste of paper. IL says:
"The food is ever rising. All sorts
OF Offices, war organizations and other
establishments are perpetually issuing
periodicals, communications and books
which seldom do more than give the
world waste paper on questions which
have already been discussed to excess.
They swallow up mountains OF paper,
which is thus not available for the
most important tasks of the press.
They occupy the printers and binders,
without giving the most modern return
for the precious labor and material
that they use. The supply OF paper
for the newspapers is limited, but ex-
ceptions are made for publishers who
give evidence of the necessity or use
fulness of their productions. In this
way we are arriving at restriction
of freedom of publication, and by a
roundabout road the government Of
fees are creating quite new kind Of
censorship"
Export of uncut diamonds from
France through the post to all Allied
and neutral countries, with the ex-
ception of Switzerland, has been au-
thorlzed.