New Britain herald., 1917-09-21

and, finally, 1t Is a matter Of luck IT a person gets the first place at this or that stand.
 ''The Berlin Municipal Council, that has been aware for a long time of the complaints of the retailers, is about to work out a system by which every retailer will be supplied in turn. That the existing shortage can be relieved through such a new organization seems more than doubtful. The main thing is, and remains, that goods can only be distributed when they are on hand. It is interesting to note that the inspector reported that from Wer- der and Caputh only two-fifths of the quantity brought in last year are ar irving. With all this it is certain that considerable fruit is being sold on the sly, and is not brought to the regular market, as it ought to be. It is lucky that the importation of vegetables from abroad has begun. Even though the quantities now available are far from meeting the demand, the impor- tation of foreign vegetables, the dis tribution of which is carried out in a really model fashion, will enable part of the population to buy fruit and vegetables. although under great difficulties"
 The Tageblatt also reports that the Imperial Union of German Fruit and Vegetable Dealers has declared itself in accord with the maximum price policy of the Prussian Bureau for Ve- getables and Fruit and that the repre- sentative of the Prussian Government in the district of Kleve has put an end to the extortionate prices for whortle- berries obtaining there by issuing a decree barring exportation of these berries, under penalty of six months in jail. The price had risen to 50 cents a pound.
 Although a report from Berlin via Stockholm, sent out Aug. 20, told how the potato ration had been raised from five to eight pounds per headSper week in all Germany, stories reaching London about the same time outlined Herr von Waldow's plans for taking over the entire potato crop of the Elm pire and pointed out that holders of allotments of land around Berlin who had spent a laborious summer tending their potato plots were feeling very indignant that the food controller in tended to take away their potato tick es altogether, and insist upon their consuming the potatoes of their own growing first, and these only at the rate of three quarters of a pound B. day. These growers, who mostly be- long to the poorer classes of the popu- lation, had hoped to save up their lit- tie store for the time of need at the end of the winter.
 Drought Harms Crops.
 Contrary to the official report pub fisher about the potato harvest, there is evidence that the drought has in many parts ruined the early crop, and it is uncertain whether the later crop will be much of a success. Some of the German newspapers complain that the only things that the hot, dry season has produced in abundance are cucumbers and caterpillars.
 While the food situation in Ba- varia is not so acute as in other parts of the empire, the authorities of the South German kingdom are taking no chances regarding the future and are doing their best to see that they are not eaten "out of house and home' by their North German Summer guests. As evidence that the food shortage is not so great in Bavaria the Neue Zurcher Zeitung reproduces a bill of fare of the Passauer Wolf hotel in Passau, dated July 6, giv- ing very moderate prices for a wide range of meat dishes, and comments to the effect that these rates are much lower than those prevailing in even a third class Zurich restaurant Among the dishes on the Passau list were stuffed pigeon, with salad at 25 cents; stuffed filet, 30 cents; OK tongue with noodles, 2S cents; calfs head, 2S cents; pickled liver, 20 cents; saus- age, 25 cents; potato salad, cents, and cherry jam, cents
 In Berlin suasage made out of rab- ] bits is the latest delicacy.
 BOMB IN SHIPS CARGO.