South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-04-14

goes ropy ne check disease hy leaveuing the
dough more sharply los baking well. and by washng
utensils with acids but the public must cooperate
by storing bread cool, airy places. CLOSED bread
TINS are quite unsuitable for storing war bread durns
hot weather because they veritable forcing
srounds Tor the bacteria The bread should be kept
either under wire cover or huns up like ham in a
Germany has worked ont the calory system TO great
extremes and the number Of calores required for dit
erent aSes. and for various occupations s. the basis
ot food DISTRIBUTION But Do was said that the balance
between the fOodstutfs required and those actually
+ assured showed a surprisius deficit one authority
stated THAI man ensased in lisht work required 2f5o
cdoueS day but received only 1900: that doing
heavy work required $500 day bur only 1900.
That men doing the heaviest work needed 4200 10
. 5000 day were given only 1850. Women
TO their smaller size and weight put lesser
allowance. Special exemptions We're made for
\ EN- with unborn and newly born infants
Men and women OF advanced axe cot about two
thirds the number of calorles actually required.
YOUNG PEOPLE AFFECTED.
. The greatest deficiency seemed affect those be
tween and is although many of these were obged
. to take over the work of grown and
pected attend school or continuation classes.
Tn Austria the control of foods has been conducted
alon- similar lines Thus coffee
was formed. The government fixed the selling price
and authorized the committee to make supplement
tary charge.
/ The common pressure of hunger seems 20 have
united the Czech and German workmen Austria. FOR
the time being, in protest asans the food situation.
During recent food disturbances in Morava j
proved that thousands were earning less than S4O6 "a
week and few as much as S6.09 In north Moravia
hundreds OF weavers were earning SLAP week and
less
In Austria, in spite Of maximum prices it was
shown that $3.50 per kiosram CO. pounds was paid
In Austria too the cattle trade company played an
important part. Pig farms up that
and manased by the military authorities The Hun
which all piss offered for sale In Hungary,
too, all potato fields were registered; whole crops
were taken over 10y the state, and many pigs saught
cred for lack of food
+ In Vienna there were long waiting lines before the
fat coal and soap shops. Last summer people slept
waiting line In Budapest long lines of people waited
patiently hours get only a gram OF
/ In September Of 1917 the retail prices OF meat IN
\ Fore quarters of beef s1.ss to se2a per kilogran
(22 pounds; hind quarter beef S147 TO $244; veal
$O.93 TO So.97; mutton, $I52 TO El62; pork S15S;
lamb, S1.42 to $3.50
n Bullocks intestines were supplied to consumers at
one kilogram head. Apparently an Internal ORGANS
We're eaten. Retail prices were given follows:
II BullocBs' lungs $O.47 $3.50 per kiogram CO.
pounds liver, So.75 to SoS1 brains $O.75 TO $0Si;
kidneys SOL to SOS; cows udders $o.34 TO $o26
tripe SO1S to 1920.
market hall about O'Clock in the morning.
n PRICES IN VIENNA.
81 other meat prices of the Vienna districts were as
Horse tongue, SOL per kHosram. or % pounds:
raw horse lung so 20. cooked horse lung SO24: horse
served horse sausage SO.93; horse meat SAUSAGE
I SOS3; horse fat, s1.32
u Fresh-Water fish, such carp and pike brought
Il STAG and $1.52 a klOgram
The daily peace supply Of milk in Vienna
quarts and further diminuton feared. In
prvsse homes the milk ration had been almost sus-
pended for children, due 70 the insufficient sup
ply of fodder Consequently the Strengthening OF cows
assumed threatening proportions, and II was claimed
that the milk supply Of Hungary would fan within
measurable period and that the direct disaster "ould
result
Last fan the weekly potato ration kHograyn
for each person.
- Cabbage could not be consumed except in small
quantities bought sold by the people, but
handed TO the designated sauer kraut manufac-
1
Vienna at prices ranging from SOFA TO S024 per klo
gram. disappeared from the market but later reap
peared m sDOt al sos.
= The whole sugar supply was requisiuoneI 5y the
state. Barley chcory, and bees were used az
substitutes for coffee
persons eating in restaurants were required
q cards and plan under way restrict restau-
rants meals day. at noon and in the efenlns
Public kitchens were nuch USED IN vienna in - -
these 40 600 persons were fed powdered milk was
I used and extreme economy praciced i'm every item
In such place the midday meal cost iio *o-fV 60
SO.46
with the following principal points.
potatoes unobtainabIe butter ration. yry -
< ounces per household each month; milk supply, bad
in quality and quantity with allowance for each inai
-id1al only O6 of quart: sugar supply. unsatsfac
tov allowance of 900 head OF cattle promised reduced
sos; only 100 wagonoads Of coal available IN place
of $40 wagonioads needed.
great part of the population was suffering from
hunger children were suffering both physically ana
morally aud there were several thousand child beggars
'on the streets death increased daily, and
diarrhea spreading at alarming rate IN greater
! TERRIBLE CONDITIONS N TURKEY.
Tn Turkey food conditions were terrible last ran.
and no doubt today. a member Of a neutral
family who arrived i'm switzerland last summer said
I'VE Constantuopole because 10 was Impossible
THING The food-card system mas prodlced the most
Ipitiable results How the population be rauoned
when there is censuse Besides. the government
|depos are the greater part Of the time. empty
-,r MANY weeks bread Jon Cousautnople smelled of
petroleum but people dynE from hunger nothing
8, q uneatabe. Even horse and goat meat is luxury
cd for ffrn rIIn Tp -Ila