Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-01-16

dare not or cannot impose universal
regulations upon them. In SaxOny ar
| rangements have been made To REIN
burse farmers who would import from
other states cows and heifers In calf.
Farmers making such purchases will
receive premium Of 20 per cent OF
/ the price paid, not TO exceed 3OO
marks. This arrangement has caused
I violent complaint because the prices
Of butter and milk are already fear
fully high and the consumers complain
that the farmers are making immense
profits from producing them.
! From Frankfurt comes the report
/ that at present milk deliveries In that
/ city amount 10 about one-sixth those
/ Of peace times. Receipts scarcely sur
I fee To take care Of the privileged Gus
( toners. inyulids, nursing and expect
ant mothers, and so forth. A large
/ share of what is actually obtained Is
/ produced by the municipal authorities
/ from their municipal diaries and
/ farms. II has been a very expensive
method. yet the situation Is so PAD
/ thnf the town has decided 10 extend
/ It still further.
/ German speaking Austria has long
been Jealous Of the comparatively IA
/ vorable food situation in Hungary, ana
/ recently the dlsaffectlon has become
acute. II is charged that Hungary Is
/ feeding herself bountifuly and leaving
/ the rest of the empire to shift as II
| can. For whatever Hungary is will
/ Ing to send into the German speaking
regions outrageous prices are charged
and the subject has been discussed
with painful frankness in the legisla-
I tive bodies of both states.
| 1t was said that recently lard from
| Hungary had been sold In Austria at
nearly eight times the price II would
have cost In Hungary. The same gen.
erll situation prevails as TO many 9TH
er Hungarian food supplies
The Hungarians complain with equal
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 point
they are confronted by the same din
( Guilty which has been so many times
/ experienced In Germany no system OF
price control will stretch inadequate
supplies to the point of adequacy.
/ In Holland the state's control is be-
( ing extended to almost all food sup
plies. There are indications that the
rationing system is going to be estab-
lshed before winter shall have far adj
vanced The use Of fat and margarine
nv bakers and c0nfectioners and by
hotels. restaurants and clubs In pre-
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 he planted have
been strictly limited; IN some cases
70 not more than 40 or 80 per cent OF
the paintings of normal years. A pre-
/ MUM has been offered for Increased
areas OF land under the pillow. The
government Is going 10 requiSitlon the
entire crop Of sugar beets, the factories
will convert them into sugar, and this
will be turned over TO the government
at q fixed price for distribution. The
price demanded OF the public will not
be increased.
Although Denmark Is, In proportion
70 area and population, one Of the
greatest agricultural producing and
exporting countries in the world, 1t Is
now confronted with shortage Of al
most everything The country's out
TOR production has decreased alarming
Iy. and there is a demand for ration
ing. The government is undertaking.
70 substitute the production Of butter
SO as to reduce prices that Is, to APP
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,
600 year. thus making IL possible Il
sell the English loaf Of war bread fol
four and One-half cents.
In Norway the government and tbs
{ local food authorities are working &
! perfect n ratiOning system in time tC
save the country from disaster this
winter. At Christianla big scheme
for storing reserves of food has beer
worked out and some Or warehouses IL
various parts Of the city are beinG
stocked. Under n law passed last May
/ the government has established a mo
nopoly of the import of wheat, barley
oats, rye, beans. peas and lentlls anC
! other grains and meal used for human
food except rice and potatoes.