Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-01-21
municipal food purchasing agents o.,
buyers"
AVOID tHoH'kriDNHss

buyers"
AVOID CROOkEDNrsSS
IN DIS1IRlrUIION
Under this system OF LISTING Gus
toners. irregularities and cruokcauess
I'm distribution Hnd In sailing OF meats
is "voidcd to Il large extent. The Gus,
toricrs az on, butcher cannut uuy @,
another butcher. aud those living In
one diStri,r cannot buy In another dis.
trict. Tlrr Same rue applies TO
bakeries ami buying bread. Fish hay.
a maximum price To prevent cornerins
the mnrkc, or exorbitant prices bu,
do not come under the card distribu.
ton system. One may buy as much
as is obtainabfc.
If. as medical science has sometimes
been inclined to think leprosy is
caused by twp much fish con
sumption. then Germany ought soon
To be one grand leprosy colony. [:
would seem that the Germans ouE Int
soon To grow fms and become slippery
like Il fish. 1t is fish seven times
week and usually twice a day
ON fish days" hotels and restaurants
often have two fish courses on the bill
of fare for luncheon and dinner Most
often the fish are boiled Hausfraus
and chefs in hotels and restaurants vie
with one another in dcvising ingenious
fish dishes. Often they are quite APP
pctizinE. but ! feel that | never want
to look fish in the face again.
Not unErateful for what the dcnizcns
of the hriny deep arc doing to make
possible such economical resistance To
the British blockade, I doubt whether
tho German peoples will weep il all
the fish in the ocean have been caught
when the war is over. II the allies
want To win their war against Ger
many. they should corral all the fish i'm
the Baltic and North Seas.
Wherever ,thc iron heel Of the GOV
eminent is not firmly planted upon food
articles. greed ovcrcon,cs patriotism.
ana full advantage is taken by spccu-
lators and food Insurers. "Csury" and
what Is termed unfair or .'iilegar'
2rofits and "exorbitant prices" are
riSidly pursued and :evercly prosecuted
by municipaIi and government authori
ties Germany and the German people
would not tolerate some of the "sky
rocketing" in prices that observe here
in New York
FouItrY comes under the meat cards,
ana is listed as meat included in the
III
is difficult to control in production and
distributions: therefore. no maximum
prices have as yet been placed on
poultry.
TREMENDOUS DEMAND
CAUSES HIGH PRICES
This and the tremendous demand for
1t, in view Of the scarcity of beef, veal
and pork. has resulted in unprece-
denied prices. large fat chicken
ranges from $3.50 to So: goose, the
greatest OF all German dclicacies, from
Slo to S22, according to size A breed
ing SOW may bring anywhere from $40
to 500. An idea of the value placed
upon milk COWS may be gathered from
the fact that good COW. sells uD To
WOO. One COW is worth more than two
horses.
The raising of poultry and rabbits
mas received tremendous impetus
through the scarcity OF meats and the
h'Sn prices. The scarcity OF eggs this
winter Is in no small part due to the
keeping back OF eggs for Matching
purposes.
IT is not Understanding the situa
ton nor overstatins it>whcn say that
rood in Germany is scant. but Their,
Is enough to get along" There is a
wide range between scantiness and
starvation
"hatever the scarcity of food NAV
DC at home. the people are willingly
sacrihring and. when necessary, draw
their belts notch tighter, for the
benefit of the troops at the front. The
soldiers contribute largely to their own
subsistence in the territory occupied
In the trench warfare, where the troops
remain in the same position for so
many months. they have cultivated.
planted, sown and harvested the soil
behind their trenches.
! More than $4,000 hogs. according to
| heures given me now are being fed
and raised by the troops in permanent
| trench positions. Every regiment from
| Riga southwark toward Warsaw. has
IT'S reEimcntal garden and truck patcn.
! II has it's poultry yard and potato
patch. They have their cattle in the
! east
| Pillow FIELDS UNDER
VERY GUNS or british
The same is true in the west in
| France. ] have seen German soldiers
| with horses OF the artillery used for
pulling the guns. unhitched and at
! tachcd TO the peaceful piow. pillow
ing in the fog OF early morning UNI
| der the very guns OF the British
was with two army corps in France
| which had their own dairies made
| their own butter. and had creameries
! in which professional cheese-iuakers
| from their ranks had made large sup
| plies OF cheese.
| They had their own breweries, which
| sold beer to their own men at . cents
| bottle. "A soda bottling works put
| ting out soda water at less than |
cent a bottle. Each had large
! slaughter house.
Eoth in the east aud In the west.
each army, which is made UP of two
/ or more army corps, has it's "aRricul-
! tural general staff" which directs the
! filling of the soil and the sowing,
planting and harvesting in their re-