The Corpus Christi caller. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1918-1987, 1919-11-21
REAL test OF
POLAND COMES

ll ltAlN9LD y, ltNlfIpI
WlthSAW. Poland Tho real test Of
rolnnd is stii to come. and u viii prof..
ably como this winter
The ministry ls none too firmly scat
ed, aud diHshtiainotion over food con
dltlona. profltcoflnR and high prices
iA brow log steadily.
There 10 stan great unemrlOy mont.
fuel ln expensive. transport aud nous
ing conditions aro bad
The head of the lnbor ministry Al
cxnndNr ifiAtor. told ms that on August
I There we've ISL. 900 Workers idle hali
~ them heahs Of families
The Socialists are taldnp advantage
OF the growing rehabilitation 90 90.
mnud that the government "Htop the
war uu The holHhnyiHta"
No Food Scarcity
Tor Some Months
Therc BE- no actual food scarcity Ia
Poland. nor viii there Doe Tor some time
she has seven eighthH Of the grain
sho requires until The next crop
The striking fsft 20 thut while Poland
hnf within the country more and bet
ter food Than most Of the central Eu-
ruufan countries most OF fhn people
are no heitcs or than thr people va na
lions with sctnty supplies. in nll the
DIE towns food Gueues are common
BAD distribution. inability OF the
government 90 stop boarding md prof
teerinR and Of course transport aro
the answer
The government has fixed prices on
grain and other foods and Ok ahlc to
control most of The blg estates pro
ducr, bot 10 openly c0nfefHeH it8 iunhll
llts 10 Ret the peasant faImNf8 to acii
iut government prices when they can
get two times aa much by Illegal adiea.
bolsheVist Leaflets
Still Appearing
Leaflets and posters that appear oc
csionally urging revolution. show
that boishrviet forces are atll active,
But the government officials are not
worried about armed revolution or
Russia over again" us they are about
ministerial criHlA. which seom certain
land perhaps strikes ana riofng
Whom The minister Of food rcalgned
recently after e press campaign do
imanding better food conditions some
Of the newspapers said that he ought
/ 10 90 10 JAIN for failure IN such an an.
I important matter as food
+ In WarsaN ~ the expensive restaur
auts those who have the money can
got tho best OF practically everything
sold in good New York hotels FROM
| thoiseat steaks and chops 90 ire cream
/ 90 aay nothing of some native ifho.
an Aemcrlcan never heard or such lt
] 'N "NNU NNNNNlN OF HNNNf NIlNNNa .fINfflIU
/ cuoumhers lobster mustard etc
/ Owl When You Get
/ Bill-S25
! But dinner ific that costs aboui
100 marks. 80 az the present exchang,
hut AT par. and 10 the average Pole. rem.
rescntng $40 10 s25 Tho averag,
Polish workman must feed hia familS
on tenth Of that. Unemployment dole
run from 3 TO marks o. dny for
! fnmfly
/ Tho poorer people know there is foo,
iu the country. and they are ccttiut
Sick Of a. scraping for scaniy ration
because the government cant keep foet
out ~ tho underground channels
/ The peasants nre politically power
Hui and they have shown no incllna
iion 10 let their produce 30 ~ govern
ment prices when they can got mucl
more.
As Minister Of Health Janlszewsk
told me.
'for i20 years u has bean the t-tl,
OF every good Pole 90 evade ond dis
I obey the oppressive laws imposed D.,
/ The nutocrats Naturally u Be- hard foi
them TO get into the habit of oheyina
law"