Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1917-02-13
Meat Supply Is of ScantieSt
and Foods Not Controlled by
Government Are at Prices
Beyond Reach of Poor.
LONG LINES OF WOMEN
STAND BEFORE BAKERIES
Conditions Grow Vastly Worse
During Five Months, Says
Reporter Who Reached
Stockholm From Capital.
tAs-oCIated Press Correspondsncs.,

tAssociated Press Correspondencel
Stockholm, Jan. 20.-Food condl-
tions in Germany have changed great
ly for the worse In the last fivA
months. The correspondent of the
Associated Press, who has been away
from Germany since the first week in
August, has just returned from
stay of three weeks in Berlin. He
found that many staples of food had
altogether disappeared from the mar
kets others had grown so dear that
they were beyond the reach of any
but the well-todo, the daily allow
ance of potatoes had been reduced to
ten ounces and that either a Short
ege of flour or disordered distribu-
ton of it among the bakers had re-
suited in long lines of buyers stand
ing for hours in front of the bakeries.
Prices ire Held Down.
Maximum prices OF foodstuffs, con-
trolled by the government are still
very low for potatoes and bread. and
toes cost only ~ cents, the standard
bushel of 60 pounds, and bread lit
tie less than 1-2 cents pound.
But the potato allowance Is insuffi-
cient for persons who have little but
bread and potatoes to eat, and has to
be eked out with turnips.
1t had been hoped to allow one egg
II
Berlin, but the last one-egg allow
ance was made some five weeks ago.
and another is not promised until
February. When the correspondent
left Berlin in August. it was still pos
stble to buy cheese. Since the end Of
August there has been no cheese on
the market. 1t is said that consider
able quantities are being imported
from Holland, but 1t goes apparently
to the front, except for small guam
titles allowed the restaurants and
hotels.
Canned Food Regulation.
Another serious reduction of avail
able foodstuffs has been the eXpro
priation for control by the govern
ment of all canned edibles. Four or
five weeks ago the dealers were per-
mitted to sell a fractional part OF
their stock, but only two cans on each
bread card. Permission to sell a fur
ther part is expected to be granted
again soon, but the dealers are to be
compelled to open each can before
selling it, so as to force the buyers
to consume it at once and not
hoard it.
The weekly allowance Of meat of
all kinds in the greater Berlin mu-
runs from s IA to 8 "a
ounces. The cheapest varieties cost
about so cents pound; the dearest,
~ cents.
Fats and Oils Expensive.
One of the most serious depriva.
tions continues to be the lack of fats
and oils. The weekly allowance of
butter and margarine. together, is a
little less than ounces person. Oil
is SO expensive that it is out Of the
reach of the great majority. The AS
sociated Press correspondent paid
1912 for about thirds of a pint
of hazel nut oil, to be used for frying.
Goose fat costs $3.50 can of IT 3-5
and is the only fat, except
vegetable oils, that can be bought
a card.
This insufficiency, OF fats In the
Gaily ration shows itself in an almost
feeling OF hunger. The
correspondent, experiencing this him.
self in the first days of his visit, re-
marked on it.
II feel hungry all the time" said
the person addressed.
Everybody Hungry.
Extending his investigations, the
heard similar express
sions from all sides. The most bitter
came from soldiers at
home. When the writer last visited
the front, in July, the mems rations
We're ample in every respect, and
there is no reason to believe the same
Is not true today. The soldier at home
thus notices the difference more keen
ly than do those who have had grad.