The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-01-21

the bin. Of fare for. luncheon and
dinner Most often the fish are boil
ed. Hausfraus and chefs In hotels
and restaurants vie with one another
in devisinE ingenious fish dishes.
often they are quite appetizing, but
| feel that I never want to look a
fish in the face again.
Not ungratefuI for the denizens OF
the brtry deep are doing to make pos
sibie such economical resistance to
the British blockade, 1 doubt whether
the German peoples will weep II 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
IF, the Baltic and North Seas.
WOULD NOT TOLERATE
.SkY ROCKETTNG" OF PRICES
Wherever the iron heel OF the gov
ernment Is not firmly planted upon
food articles greed overcomes pa
triotism, full advantage Is taken by
spectators and food usurers. ''Usury"
and what Is termed unfair" or I'll
legal" profits and "exhorhitant prices
are rtgidly pursued and severely
prosecuted by municipal and govern
nent authorities. Germany and the
German people would not tolerate
some Of the sky rocketing' in prices
tina, / observe here in New York.
Poultry comes under the meat
cards and Is listed as meat, included
in the one half pound ration per
week. bat II is difFcult to control in
production and distribution. there
fore. no maximum prices have as yet
been placed on poultry.
This and the tremendous demand
~ X "a view of the scarcity OF beef,
veal and pork. has resulted in I'M
V-eoe1feated prices A large fat
chicken ranges from s3so TO IS A
goose. the greatest OF all German DEL
tcsc.es trora SIS to s22. according TO
yre A breeding SOW may bring
anywhere from SIS 20 500. An idea
* IRE value placed upon miich cows
may Re gathered from the fact that
good COW sells up 20 800. One
ccw - worth more than two horses,
The raising % poultry and rabbits
Las received a tremendous impetus
n rough The sea ~c5ty OF meats and the
h.EN prices The scarcity OF eggs
tA.s winter is N TO small part due
- the keeping back OF eggs for
Matching purposes
y is rot Understanding the situa-
t.on nor oye-stat;ng It when / say that
FOOD in Germany Is scant but there
g enough TO get along" There is
"A w.3a range between scancness and
starvation
Whatever the scarcity OF food may
h@ =, home, the people are willingly
s@acr!! sTicIfs ard. when necessary.
draw their belts notch tighter for
the benefit OF the troops ut the front
The soldiers contribute largely to
their own subsistence In the terri
tory occupied. In the trench war
fare where the troops remain IN the
same position for so many months
and harvested the soil behind their
trenches
EVERY REGIMENT HAS IT'S
GARDEN AND TRUCK PATCH
More than $4,000 hogs, according
30 figures given me. are now being
fed and raised by the troops in per-
ranent trench positions: Every reg
lment from Riga southwark toward
Warsaw, has It's regimental garden
and truck patch IT has its poultry
yard and potato patch. They have
their cattle in the East.
The same Is true In the West IN
France. l have seen German SOL
diers with horses OF the artillery used
for pulling the guns. unhitched and
attached to the peaceful pillow. plow-
ing m the fog OF early morning under
the very guns OF the British.
was with two army corps IN
France which had their own dairies.
made their own butter. and had
creamertes in which professional
cheese makers from their ranks had
made large supplies of cheese,
They had their own brewerles,
which sold beer to their own men at
two cents n bottle, and soda bot
Ting works putting soda water at loss
than one cent bottle. Each had n
large slaughter house.
Both in the east and In the west
each army, which Is made up of two
or more army corps. has it's "agricul-
tural general staff" who direct the
filling of the soil and the sowing.
planting and harvesting in their re-
spective districts.
The system of food control and dis
trtbution In Germany is by no means
perfect. II has many defects and
many weak points IT is greatly I'M
proved In the last two months II
was no easy task and no light under
taking suddenly to take over the
feeding OF 70,000.0000 people by one
centralized office. The twenty-six in
dependent states. as Independent and
as jealous OF their rights as our own
States, which make up the empire,
made the task n very difficult one.
LOOK on RUNANIA AS
GERMANY'S SALVATION
Rumania Is regarded by many in
Germany as the salvation of Germany
economically this winter. There are
those who say had the allies not been
so nnMiSe rs to nnsh the Rumnnl In n <