El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-11-30

mouth The Czechs have done little
to help their German neishborA
Buying mp Grain
The Instinct Of self preservation Is
driving townspeople out into tne
country to buy up all the grain or
flour they can at six krouen- 10 heller
(s1-22l per kilOgram Slightly over
two pOunds). About one-ninth OF the
Inhabitants OF Vienna are engaged
in the knapsack trade IN potatoes,
and a very profitable trade. thanks
to the rewards offered by Illicit deal
ers, hotels, restaurants and private
hospitals and persons with means
The authorities must cease 20 be 50
complainant to the wishes OF moneyec
classes and have some consideration
for the masses OF people
Defend kn1psack Trading
Both publications deplored private
contract mills which ground grain not
under government control However.
Prague Workmen, stoutly defended
knapsack trading as the only way OF
getting sufficient to eat They held
knapsack trading was Justi1iable be-
cause the state failed to provide ade-
uuate supplies Neither Austria nor
Hungary has central government con-
troll OF food supplies ike Germany
Hungary has put the ban on Aus
TRANS coming in TO get food The
Vienna Arbeiter Zeitung recently
commented upon the shooting by
frontier guards OF poor folk endeav-
oring TO cross from Austria into Hun
gary 10 get a few pounds OF potatoes
The case was not exceptional Die
Zeit in its issue OF August Il, says
Some $50 tourists. including children.
arrived at Oedenburgs where many
intended 10 visit relatives. The sta
ton was closed by the military au-
th0rities and the crowd was guarded
by 80 soldiers with fixed bayOnets-
Those who could not prove they lived
in Hungary were detained Later
reaching Vienna Neustact at mid
night At a. m they were delivered
TO the customs officer One or two
women attempted 10 escape and siI
shots were fired"
Bakers Protest Prices.
Bakers protested against the gov
eminent regulated price OF bread SC
an increase has been authorized. a
IS ounee loaf, containing only a small
Ter ce2t Of wheat flour. selling at IS
cents. The government makes this
price possible b. heavy subsidy
The Neue Freie Presse remarks the
financial position OF the government
makes II impossible for the state 20
continue longer paying the deficit
in supplying townspeoDle with bread
and flour.
Prices in Cracow are typical Cheese
Is $3.50 pound; the p7ewar price was
10 cents Beef has risen from 20 cents
to IS a pound: -four from cents to
81 a pound; milk from cents 70 60
cents 4 quart
Advertisements IN Trieste newspa-
pers are pathetic One family offers
new sheet, a pair OF white glace
gloves and a pair OF opera glasses for
any kind OF flour or fat Another Of
fers a piauoforte for beans.
Wealthy Pay Any sum
Vienna restaurants are falling into
two ciasseS-One where war prof.
teers and wealthy clients pay any
foolish sum demanded FOR = meal. and
the other which caters to professional
workers and persons OF moderate
means Some OF the latter have closed
because ofsinsufficienc supplies. The
Arbeiter Zeitung. quoting prices. says
At an inn frequented BY small Of
Hcials and the poorer professional
classes in Mariahilferstrass on
meatless day could be obtained soup.
Is cents egg and mushroom, $40.
eggplant, 81. and q plate OF mixed
vegetables. sL20."