The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1918-01-17

dare not or cannot impose sunTversa
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 vii
receive a premium Of 20 per cent OF
the price paid, not to exceed BOO
marks. This arrangement has caused
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 to about One-sixth those
Of peace times. Receipts scarcely suf-
fee to take care of the privileged Gus
toners, invalids, 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 dairies and
farms. 1t has been very expensive
method, yet the situation Is 30 bad
that the town has decided to extend
| it still further
German speaking Austria has long
been jealous of the comparatively Ia
vorable food situation in Hungary. and
recently the disaffectton has become
acute. It Is charged that Hungary is
feeding herself bountifully and leaving
the rest of the empire to shift as 1t
can. For whatever Hungary fs 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-
tive bodies of both states.
It was said that recently lard from
Hungary had been sold I'm 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 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 diff
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 states control Is be- |
ing extended to almost all food sup |
plies. There are indications that the |
system Is going to be estab-
lfshed before winter shall have far ad-
vanced. The use Of fat and margarine
by bakers and confectioners 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 be planted have
been strictly limited in some cases
to not more than 40 or so per cent Of
The paintings of normal years. A pre-
MUM has been offered for increased
areas Of land under the plow The
is going to requisition the
entire crop Of sugar beets, the factories
will convert them into sugar, and this
will be turned over to the government
It a fixed price for distribution. The
rice demanded of the public will not
re increased.
Although Denmark is, in proportion
o area and population, one Of the
greatest agricultural producing and
exporting countries in the world, it is
ow confronted with shortage Of al
nOst everything. The cOuntry's out
er production has decreased alarming
=, and there is demand for ration
ng. The government is undertaking
0 substitute the production Of butter
o as to reduce prices; that is, to ap-
ly to butter practically the same rule
hat was applied to bread in England.
he English government Is subsidizing
read to the extent Of about $4,000
90 a year, thus making it possible to
ell the English loaf of war bread for
our and one-haif cents.
In Norway the government and the
zeal food authorities are working to
erfect a ratiOning system In time to
ave. the country from disaster this
inter. At Christiania big scheme
'r storing reserves Of food has been
orked out and some % warehouses In
ariOus parts OF the city are being
ocked. Under law passed last May l
lie government has established q mo- {
opOiy Of the import Of wheat barley, p
ITS, rye, beans, peas and lentils and I
her grains and meal used for human Il
'od except rice and potatoes.