Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1918-02-28

iii IOlluuSG III l0SS Illdu d year..
1.-THE price paid, not to exceed 300
marks. This arrangement has caused
violent complaint because the prices.
IOf butter and milk are already fear
fully high and the consumers complains
that the farmers are making immense
profits from producing them.
!: From Frankfurt comes the report
that a. present milk deliveries in that
city amount to about one-sixth those
of peace times. Receipts scarcely suf-
flee to take care Of the privileged cus-
toners, fnvalids, nursing and expect
amt mothers, and so forth. A large
share Of what is actually obtained Isl
produced by the municipal authorities
from their municipal diaries and
farms. It has been a very expensive
method, yet the situation is so bad
that the town has decided to extend
it still further.
Dissatisfaction in Austria.
German speaking Austria has long
been jealous Of the comparatively IA.
vorable food situation in Hungary, and
recently the disaffection has become.
acute. 1t is charged that Hungary Isl
feeding herself bountiful1y and leavingI
the rest of the empire to shift as 1T!
can. For whatever Hungary is will
ing to send into the German speaking.
regions outrageous prices are charged,s
and the subject has been discussed
with painful frankness in the legisla-,
tive bodies of both states.
Is 1t was said that recently lard from
Hungary HAD been sold in Austria at
nearly eight times the price IT would!
have cost in Hungary. The same gem
eral situation prevails as to many 9TH
er Hungarian food supplies.
The Hungarians complain with equak
rancor that they are charged excessive,
prices for all manufactured articles
produced in Austria. The two gov
ernments have been trying to agree
upon a general policy Of leveling down
the prices of both. But at this petni
they are confronted by the same diff
Guilty which has been so many times
experienced in Germany; no system of
price control will stretch inadequatel
supplies to the point of adequacy.
In Holland the states control is be-;
ing extended to almost all food sup
plies. There are indications that the
rationing system is going to be estab-
aished before winter shall have far ads
wanced. The use of fat and margarinei
by bakers and confectioners ard by.
hotels, restaurants and clubs in pre-i
pairing food has been prohibited. The
government has guaranteed prices for
wheat, rye, oats, barley, etc.
AS to crops not available for food
the areas that may be planted haveI
been strictly limited; in some cases;
to not more than 40 or so per cent of;
| the paintings Of normal years. A pref
mium has been offered for increasedi
areas of land under the pillow. The
government is going to requisition thei
entire crop of sugar beets, the factoriesi
I will convert them into sugar, and thfsi
will be turned over to the government
at fixed price for distribution. The,
price demanded of the public will not!
be increased.
/ Although Denmark is, in proportions
to area and population, one of the
greatest agricultural producing and,
i exporting countries in the world, it is;
now confronted with shortage Of ali
most everything. The country's butt
ter production has decreased alarming,
liz, and there is demand for ration-
ing. The government is undertaking
Ito substitute the production of butter:
so as to reduce prices; that is, to ap-
/ ply to butter practically the same rule
] that was applied to bread in England.
The English government is substituting
bread to the extent of about $4,000
900 year, thus making it possible to
, sell the English loaf of war bread for
four and one-half cents.
In Norway the government and the
local food authorities are working to
perfect rationing system in time to
save the country from disaster this
winter At Christiania big scheme
J for storing reserves of food has been
i worked out and some % warehouses in
Z various parts Of the city are being
stocked. Under law passed last May
the government has established mo.
nopoly of the import of wheat, barley,
! oats, rye, beans, peas and lentils and
other grains and meal used for human
, food except rice and potatoes.
! Clawed by a Hawk.