Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-03-07
OVERNMENT Of
FRANCE BRINGS
FOOD COST DOWN
People Crowd About Barracks
Opened by Americans and
Buy All Fats They Can Get;
Then Go TO Theater.
tsy ,osr,.o ,corsAl srse,A, LEASED WIFE,


Paris March (by the Associated
Press )-The French governments Of
fensive against high cost of living
started this morning, when nine bar
racks were opened for the sale of
foodstuffs direct from the government
to the consumer
The barracks, are situated in the
most congested and populous poorer
quarters of the city correspondent
of the Associated Press visited several
of them, outside of which long lines
of women, hatless, with disheveled
hair and blue from cold. awaited pa
tiently their turn to be served,
The crowds were kept cheerful by
the barracks, reading: Rice lie a
pound" beans, 49," lard. So" "ham,
S." shoulders, So" fat backs, So"
breasts, boneless, CO."
At the barracks in the Eleventh
ward the correspondent was informed
by Inspector Pierre that already 1900
persons had been served up to neon
and he expected to serve as many in
the afternoon.
All Want Fats.
The people everywhere were neg
lecting vegetables and asking for fats,
of which everyone took the full quota
allowed--two pounds.
Mrs Schmidt. manager of the bar
racks. asked the correspondent to
translate the marks on eases from
the United States, and she led the
correspondent to a storeroom where
bags of beans, stenciled New York" :"
We're piled beside huge stacks of cases
of lard mpI "a "Chicago," she
pointed to case on which there was
conspicuous red lettering and asked,
"What kind of goods are these ?"
The stenciled words read. "Stow-
away from broilers'
The correspondent translated, at
which the manager was greatly
amused. Then the correspondent
pointed to small black lettering,
reading: Hams, Wichita, Kansas"
American Competition.
Walking to another barracks the
correspondent asked butcher the
price of pork. This was dollar a
pound and ham was $3.50 1t was
suggested by the correspondent that
the same goods could be obtained at
half the price at the Vilgrain bar
racks, at which the butcher disdain-
fully replied Eyes, but it is dirty
yellow American pork"
But the customers departed for the
barracks, and the correspondent was
treated to a great verbal outburst of
uncomplimentary remarks.
One of the barracks is totally Am
erican, being formerly used by the
American army. Four of the nine
barracks opened belong to the Ameri-
can army: and others were put up by
the French.
Grocer Is Pceved.
It is expected that when the store
close this evening $4,000 people will
have attended and that not less than
SO, 900 pounds of foodstuffs will have
been sold in Paris the first day at
reasonable prices.
A grocer near one of the barracks,
in reply to a question, said:
II am in favor of low cost of liv-
ing. but cannot meet these prices.
Why should Vilgrain pick on me?"
He said his receipts had fallen off
more than so per cent.
Returning, the correspondent noted
a great line formed outside the the
ater Francois, awaiting an opportun-
ity to buy reserved seats at tonights
performance at SO each. BY strange
coincidence the play on the boards
was a hitherto unproduced comedy by
Victor Hugo, entitled "Shall They
Eat"