The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-02-13
Work Under Direction Of Herr Won
Batocki Breaks Down Com
pleteIy Under Shortage Of Sup
plies, According To a Report
MANY STAPLES HAVE NOW
VANISHED FROM MARKETS
Conditions Reported To Have
Changed Much For the Worst
During the Last Month and
Germany Is Facing Starvation
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A-fTOCKHOLM, February 13-Infor-
~ nation secured here by the CORE
- spondent of The Associated Press
indicates the almost complete collapse
Of the work Of the government food
supply bureau under the chargeof Herr
Won Batocki, due 20 the rapid diminu-
ton Of the available supply Of eat
ables. The information received, re-
gardeds as authentic, indicates that
Turing the past month the food condi.
tiona have changed very much for the
worse, resulting in practically famine
conditions for the poor, and suffering
even for the rich.
Many food staples have vanished
from the market altogether during the
past hve weeks, while others have
risen 50 ~ price % TO be prohibitive
except for THE rich, while even for
them the supply is strictly limited.
II had been hoped that the supply Of
ggs would be such that it would be
,0ssible to- allow. eath person 70 hqfe
one eng 6vefys two weeks, but Tor the
past ave weeks even this has been found
imp0ssible, Il.
There has been no cheese obtainable
since last August and the weekly sup
ply of meat has been cut down until
the allowance now varies from only
five and quarter to eight and quar-
ter ounces a week. Even with this
allowance the poor are unable TO Sc,
cure any meat at all owing to the price.
The very cheapest varieties now cost
sixty cents pound.
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scarce at that. There has been no milk
for anyone except invalids and babies
for some time. EE
Potatoes and potato bread are, cheap
and form the main food of many, but
the quantity Is insufficient to satisfy
the demand Of the hungry, who are
forced to eke out the supply with
turnips. 'taaa
No Butter LINES
There are no longer butter lines, and
few potato lines that began to form
during the last month Of last year have
been done away with. Organization
has done that, though It has failed 10
supply any more butter than there was
on hand in the spring or any more po-
tatoes than there were In November.
On the contrary, there is much less
butter than there used TO be, fact
which is attested by the comparison of
fifty grams allowed each person per
week now as against 250 in the spring.
There are less potatoes and the visible
supply at very best will last until next
July--when a new harvest win be in.
A summary of the German food sit
uation today shows; Very little butter,
with little If any prospect that there
viii be more in the immediate future,
An equally small amount Of margarine
OF other substitutes for butter. A sup
ply Of meat that does not bid fair to
increase, because there Is so little feed
ON which the cattle can be nourished
and fattened. A minimum amount of
sugar, since less than the usual supply
of sugar beets was raised in 1916, and q
part Of the supply has to 60 towardf
making chemicals. An almost complete
failure of the potato crop, so that the
bread ration is to be stretched - with
barley instead Of potato -four, to the
consequent diminishing of the beer pro-
duction. An almost negligible supply
of coffee and very slender amount Of
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On the Credit Side
On the credit side of the ledger stand
the vegetables that were raised in great
quantities during the past summer, and
that with German thoughtfulness and
system have been dried In great quan.
titles and will be available for the rest
of the winter. Likewise there are
great quantities Of marmalade, or near.
marmalade, which have been stored up
ms substitute for butter. The substi,
tute is very poor, but better than moth
ing, a.># S-#t
The average German will insist that
Rumania stands on the credit side OF
the ledger too, and that II is big item
But il is extremely probable that the
amount of food found in Rumania is
far smaller than had been anticipated
Turkey, Bulgaria, Hungary and Aus
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