The Benson signal., 1918-01-12

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regulations upon them. In SaxOny ar
rangementS have been made to reim-
burse farmers who would import from
other states cows and heifers in calf.
Farmers making such purchases will
receive a premium of 20 per cent Of
the price paid, not to exceed 300
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-
flee 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 so 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 disaffectiOn has become
acute. 1t Is charged that Hungary Is
feeding herself bountifully and leaving
the rest of the empire to shift as 1T
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-
tive bodies Of both states.
1t was said that recently lard from
Hungary had been sold in Austria at
nearly eight times the price 1t would
have cost in Hungary. The same gen.
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
rationing system is going to be estab-
lished 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
government 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
at a fixed price for distribution. The
price demanded of the public will not
be increased.
Although Denmark is, in proportion
to area and population, one of the
greatest agricultural producing and
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now confronted with shortage Of al
most everything. The country's Dut-
ter production has decreased alarming
ly, and there is demand for ration
ing. The government is undertaking
to subsidize the production of butter
so as to reduce prices; that is, to ap-
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 O,OOO,-
600 a year, thus making it possible to
sell the English loaf of war bread for
four and one-half cents.
In Norway the government and the
local food authorities are working to
perfect rationing system in time to
save the country from disaster this
winter. At Christiania big scheme
for storing reserves of food has been
worked out and some 25 warehouses in
various parts of the city are being
stocked. Under law passed last May
the government has established mo-
nopoly of the import of wheat barley,
oats, rye, beans, peas and lentils and
9TH grains and meal used for human
food except rice and potatoes.