Evening journal., 1918-01-29

4Copsrieht, 1918, by the Newspaper En-
tcrprise Association.
Il Is Gods truth that the farmers of
America shis night are feeding 20 their
cattle better food than millions Of hui
mans in Germany and Austria have had
at times
Cow Deets and straw bread-can YOU
Imagine human beings keeping alive
on such fare?
Well. German people did, and because
they did, one must feel that no prya-
lion. no pressure Of any sort can he
made severe enough to start a general
revolt among the civil population Of
the empire. II ever a revolution comes
in Germany. it must have soldiers in
t And The soldiers viii never revolt
for lack Of food or clothes. They have
plenty OF both.
Cow beet Is American for mangel-
wurzel. 70 is raised both in America
and Germany as feed for piss. 10 is a
hardy vegetable, cordy and unpalai-
able but more or less rich In sugar,
and. therefore nutriiive.
Straw bread is made from a sort of
aour or bran produced by grindlns the
dried stalks Of wheat and rye 70 Is
mixed with rye flour, and The combina-
lion Is most unpalatable, although not
entirely lacking In nutrition
The cow beet and straw bread are
or the German bin OF fare at present
"a proof that CONDITIONS IN GER
MANY ARE BETTER TODAY THAN
THEY WERE AT THE CLOSE or LAST
WINTER. 10 was then that the potato
stores became exhausted and recourse
was had 90 the cow beet
The advent Of the COW beet into the
fealm Of human foods has given that
lowly vegetable a prominence in Ger
man politics that IL could never have
attained in a million years Of appeasing
cattle hunger
IN December, 1917. a meeting of 40
mayors Of leading German cities was
held TO declare war on The COW beet
and erect barrlcades against It's return.
The German people grow bitter at
The mere mention Of The COW beet. In
hate IL ranks second only to England.
The cow beet. 70 seems, was put intod
the soil unobtrusvely, and in secluded
sections Of the empire. by order Of the
food directors, when it became appar-
ent that the potato crop would not be
sufficient to last through the winter Of
1916. The mayors demanded TO know
whether any such action had been
found necessary In 1917.
They declared most positively that
their people would have no more Of the
COW beef It would be better said they,
to restrict further the potato allowance
now, than TO test the temper of the
people with the cow beet, should the
potato supply fail toward The end Of the
winter. Further, said the mayors. IL
was common talk that the arisiocratlc
agrarians, or land owners, were feeding
potatoes to their piss. II that were so,
how could the potato supply last2
The mayors were assured that the
potato crop would prove ample for the
year, and the report about the agra
rians was denied The cow beet, the
mayors were told was or the menu
for good. The mayors adjourned and
went home satisfied.
Now wouldn't 10 be an odd page in
history If the calculations again should
go awry, and the cow beet should come
back. bringing with it the germ Of re-
1oluhon2
Living conditions in Austria are
vastly worse than In Germany In
Switzerland / met an American family /
who had lived IS years IN Austria and (
who had left there at the time America /
declared war on that country. The
women Of the family had kept house
hold accounts carefully over a period Of I
wears. They said that In 1917 it cost
The family 1--WE times as much TO live
as In 1916.
Even at that they said. 1--WE were
not able 10 live as well as IN 1916"
Bread and potatoes are the only foods /
that can be counted upon by the mass
Of the people in Austria, and even their /
supply Is limited.
The Austrian government has held
down the prices Of these two articles. /
but has been compelled to cut the al /
lovances to a point that makes living /
difficult II these two foods were al /
lowed TO follow their natural economic /