El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-10-27

- AEIS France, Oct 27.-On the
- eve Of the approaching winter,
/ the fourth year OF the war, al
least three Of the great powers Of the
entente allies, England, France and
italy. particularly France. are dis
covered in the most favorable light
with regard to food supplies
Whatever causes may tend to force
an end to the war, It viii not be either
starvation OF coal famine, as far as
France is concerned.
While the harvest OF the most Inn
pOrtanr item OF all, wheat, has not yet
been completed, Indications are that
it viii at least equal last years, ana
preparations have already been made
TO remedy. the deficit between the
crop and the average cOnSump tlon-
Coal has been received sufficient to
Insure the needs Of the population and
the industries for the winter, while
the herds Of livestock throughout the
republic have never been IN better
condition since the outbreak OF hos
tilities-
The scheme OF bread and coal "a
tiOniug Instituted for the first time
in France, and which has been in
force iu Germany since the Inception
Of the war, has led many people TO be-
live that the economic conditions OF
the country were Ear from sarisfact-
cry. but such is far from being the
case and only prudence is behind the
measures thar stern necessity imposed
upon the Teutonic empires three
years ago.
Crops Good Throughout France.
A tour throughout agricultural
France reveals that crops are in ex-
ceedlngly good condition. while the
fruit crop has been the largest OF any
NJ L. u H To-
pears peaches and apples actually are
-ylnE rottlnE on the ground because
Of the scarcity Of labor TO gather
them up This IS true Of the whole OF
france except in some few ISOLATED
spots not areas OF any notable eX-
tent where local hailstorms knocked
the fruit from the trees before it had
time 10 rlpen or where too heavy rain
fails delayed the harvest or caused
the grain 10 sprOut too rapidly.
But what damage the rain and hail
nave done IN some areas has been
more than compensated by the good
II has worked in others, where Il has
given such an impetus TO the growth
OF fodder the cattle are fine and fat,
the cows are affOrding more than the
usual amount Of milk. This has been
made into butter and cheese and large
quantities Of Cheeses have lately ap-
peared on the market at a price thar
called for a drop OF from 81 TO So per
---A--A- "a " clellL- EEalQebs the ATTRACTIVE
prices beef and mutton fetched last
winter have induced the cattlemen
TO increase and preserve their herds,
with the result that all meat prices,
with the exception Of pork, have
taken downward trend.
Neat supply Increased.
Even the constant reQuisitiouing OF
cattle by the French government has
not affected the herds, as may be seen
from the TACT that the government not
only promised to suspend the meatless
days on October Is, but the police are
now tolerating the open sale OF meat
on the two sOcalled 'meatless days" in
restaurants and hotels.
In the Germlgny valley. one OF the
most important cattle centers, for ex-
ample, the herds show an increase OF
> percent over last year During
1916 the herd counted 10000 calves
out Of 5000 head OF COWS and 4O,OUu
steers. This year there are 25,I52
calves These conditions prevail all
over France. The best proof Is the
latest shipments arriving in the mar
ket places Of Paris Beef fell from 81
70 81 the hundred weight deuan5frrr