Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-12-03
FOOD SHORTAGE
4 ADT0WORS
! ]. IN NORWAY
Felt as Result of
Embargo Placed By
United States.

Christiania. Dec. 3.-The food sit
uation in Norway has grown from
bad to worse, especially since the
American embargo was imposed. So
long as the commercial relations
could be maintained between Nor
way and the United States, the inn
port of food was about big enough to
meet the consumers demand. Elk
cepta for the steadily increasing
thing could be bought as before, the
only form OF rationing being sugar
which could only be bought from l,le
government stores two pounds at a
time.
* X We're TO Optimistic.
As a matter of fact. the govern
ment and especially the food Min
lister had been too optimistic. When
cablegrams from Washington stared
that the American government was
going to place an embargo on differ
ent articles the answer from the
Norwegian government to the press,
asking how this would affect Nor
way, was that it only meant that
Norway should guarantee that moth
ing would be re-exported to Ger
many. and then Norway would get
all 1t needed.
At last, during the last two months
It has dawned OF the government
that Uncle Sam mean business and
that Norway cannot expect special
favors as a fayorite friend.
Established Grain Monopoly.
After the Importation of gram and
flour stopped the government estab-
lished a grain monopoly taking
charge of all grain imported and pro-
duced here. The farmers are not al
lowed to sell their crops 10 anyone
but the government and at a fixed
price. The nation will be put on
-four o bread r~ations, every person,
adult or child, being allowed rs
pounds Of bread monthly, or l6
pounds of unsifted -four. The people,
however, are instructed to mix po-
tatoes in the bread dough. With
this years crop and the imported
grain in storage, Norway has enough
hoped here that the United States
will grant export licenses for some
of the grain bought there by Nor
wegian importers and the Norwegian
government which now is ready for
shipment.
Norway is dependent on imported
sugar as nc sugar is produced here.
The consumption Of sugar is still n
limited. Candy factories turn out as
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card is in use here, as in Sweden.
Last summer an ordinance was
passed putting motor vehicles and
motor craft on rations Of gasoline.
The result was that automobiles were
used more freely than ever The
American embargo again forced the
authorities to action and the sale of
gaspline for use in private cars was
entirely stopped beginning October l.
HHn ~$4 hr yr>N~0 @~1y rNo~rnS$fal IN or-
crate from 6 a. m. to 8 p. M n the
streets in the city are now as quiet
and free from noise as they were
twenty years ago.
Kerosene Supply Low. 4.
The supply of kerosene is becoming
very low with no prospect Of re-
~placennent. For fishers this is dis
astious as all along the coast they
are using kerosene-driven motor
boats. The country population and
the poor people i'll the cities using
kerosene for light and cooking are
hard hit. as every family is only al
lowed two gallons a month.
The scarcity of fat is felt more and
the population have been using mar.
garine instead OF butter, but. now thai
the ray stuffs for this product are
not allowed to be exported from the
United States the margarine produc'
ton is reduced every week. Grocer:
have been forced to put their Gus
toners on allowance, nobody recelv
ing$more than a pound at once Nor
way is facing a fat shortage and tn,
nation will have to be rationed.
AS for fuel, the people are put OF
rattons, except those who a taxi
care Of themselves and afford to pa!
theXprices for coal and coke import
ed from Great Britain.
Everybody asks: why does not tn
government entirely stop exports /
thereby nor favorable importing
conditions can be established will