The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1919-02-07
CHAPTER XVII,


The Economic Situation In Germany.
Ny the spring Of l9it butter anal
inca, had become extremely scarce Ia
Bertha Ny wife had remainea 10
America. where she had accompanied
me In the summcr ot 1915. sud during
her absence dined at hotels and res
tauruntS where the tood was still
rather good In June, 1919, LEFT fer
America again aud Just ~ was leav'
Ing meat cards were ISSUED for the
first time
returned 10 Berlin with my family
In October. 1916. Conditions had
changed considerably Tor the worse
during the summer. I found that
every one who had the money had
bought up every available pound OF
food and soap which had not already
been commandment by the govern.
meut Butter. potatoes, eggs. milk.
nour. sugar. SOAP. bread and meat and
dry groceries were all ratinned and II
was now no loager necessary for WON
en- 10 stand Ia limo In front of the
shops, snnct!mrs cil night, to await,
the morning opening,
Shopping nv tho card system was
very complicated and the quantities
permitted hy the ra,,en cards va small
that u wrll balanced meal was en- i'm
possibility To dine "a a restaurant it
WAS necessary to take whole packet.
fnl of cards and maba "a carshil anAly.
sis Of them hefpre ordering the MIRA
.-er meal which the law allowed
r,ppty boxes were used to decorate
;hc depleted Show windows NJ the
shops. The fact that they were empty
Vas DOT known 70 thr pahls and very
often the windows would be- broken by
hun@ry nlohs who couldn't resist the
sight ~ what appeared 10 he so much
fas'd This led the government 60 ~.
Ter the shorketprrs TO label tho boxes
EMPTY Boxes" 10 order 10 avert such
Disturbances ard riots.
There was eluply nothing to huy sn
itrv f,--, ,'.a+ except substitutes. and az
these Their, were hundreds each worse
'aan the last The remark N things
sct m9ch worse we shall soan H. eat.
luc rats as thr rarisiAus did In ls-V'
brought the r,h'nder; Wei that
wuullrt be- so had What I'm drcad,nc
is the time when We shail have TO b.
content ~lth ratsubStitase go
When ws finally bad CARTS for COZ,
fec substitute gave up Interest 10
substitutes and comalr0eyd 20 patron.
iKe the SPECTATORS. hgnriag that /, WAS
better to risk the penalties Imposed by
the law far sarh violations II tie food
regulations than to ruin eur health
thruurh uadsrnougishgarat.
For a lons sslrse we were ,vsrmi.tetf
20 rsSesve ~peesen;s" q haccr. harn.
SsauSassss. eSSs aud butter frsR rez.
mark, but this wss snaty prohibited
through The snt'grnee Of she Central
Hnsauss 5ss"ilschsft Che Central
SGf1rtS Tor kIytas Fond fFnta tsAer
Countriesl %high fcun1 that II uas
Interfering with the..-- graft
THIS ssstsN Sas formed by a CON
Fssy ~ riever lss 50 business R,Fn 70
hay tesd y~um ltareigu. countries and
sell u IL tAH people. small v~yrcess-
acp q tire proess enlaS 70 tire govern
rHent. II aot os1ly developed tsta =
rec~t xur>esStul enterprise f-wta the
~'se3is>irS & profit its prosperity ~
Nc an -Sr,r'e,i b. graft bet Il r-,'vA'e!
% h&yta t3r she stacker s7nS ~ rh~
f-,suyfstaSS srA >s1ek Ael 5e@s- Jest N,s-
ta-r he; Byrs, tss rva:-sgy 10
N 's 'As'r whr a-vG1s tsvet. 3l5-
tee G.'r three 81 : r.arss ahs-A theF
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