El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-03-30

the people bread up 10 al least the
middle Of February
Army Gets All the Meat.
The meat supply is used for the
army A slaughter prohibition tnat
appeared provides that meat may not
be delivered 10 civilians to soldiers
behind the front. to members Of the
ministry, or 10 the royal family
Draught cattle, labor and agrlcul-
tural machines and implements are
everywhere lacking. and with the
seed corn used up for food, the Sc
curing OF supplies for 1918 has be-
come extraordinarily difficult To
expect help from Russia is hopeless
Even II grain were imported, the
traffic arrangements are completely
disorganized owing TO lack OF coal
and serviceable rolling stock The
railway from Jasy to Russia Is al
most completely blocked with de-
fective material and all the other
lines present the same picture OF
confusion and disorder"
II has been shown that GERMANY
IAINIEDIATELY AFTER THE WAR
CANNOT GET RAW MATERIAL FOR
HER INDU STRIES. Quite apart from
the breakdown Of the transport sys-
TEN, which has caused a coal famine,
many Of the vital raw materials are
already practically exhausted This
supply Of cloth OF any kind for civil
lians has reached the vanishing point
and so important are paper fabrics
for the -ersat" clothing now made
Of paper, that a decree has been is
sued prohibiting the export Of paper
or cardboard manufacture.
Nothing to Make Clothes With.
A shortage Of raw materials for
paper fabrics is anticipated; the Ber-
liner may be able soon to replenish
his stocks OF paper underwear. Many
clothing concerns are closing because
there is no more cotton thread, and
clothes can no longer be seWed to-
gether, but have to be glued Even
glue is running short, and the gov
eminent is issuing recipes for the
manufacture Of a substitute for glue,
which people complain looks like glue
but viii not stick.
In the great Industrial districts OF
RhOnish Westphalia and Upper ST.
lesia THE COAL CRISIS HAS COM
PEELED MANY FIRMS TO SHUT
DOWN. Americans " i'll be interested
to hear that the same issues that
made trouble in the United States
this winter have come up in Germany.
The government is considering the
compensation OF Workmen thrown
out Of their Jobs by the coal short
age. COnsiguments OF coal on the
railways had to be confiscated by the
authorities to keep important ammu-
milton factories going. In the upper
number OF freight cars applied for
in the first week Of February could
be obtained, and more than 100000
tons were reported to be stored
awaiting shipment Schools and the
ters have been closed in many parts
OF Germany because they could not
be heated.
German Railroads Crippled.
But while in America the coal
crisis was temporary. caused by
billiards and administrative confu-
sion, in Germany it viii continue and
get worse, because the breakdown in
the transport system is permanent.
and the NEW ROLLING STOCK,
RAILS AND LUBRICANTS TO RE
STORE NORMAL CONDITIONS. To
SAY NOTHING OF THE LABOR, I
CANNOT BE SECURED. After theI
war, the transport crisis is bound to
continue until the allies consent TO {
supply Germany with the material !
which she needs to put things right. |
Metal industries are affected
not only by coal shortage, but by
the disappearance OF vital I'm
ported Ingredients used In manu-
facture, that must be replaced
after the war by the allies The
scrap iron supply, in spite Of Ger
many's great iron mines in the
regions OF Lorraine filehed from
France, does not meet the de-
mnnd in Silesia because OF trims
port breakdown while the boiler
Industry Is repolfed to be suffer