New Ulm review., 1920-11-24
POUND OF PORK /.
COSTS OVER S.
u = {. tFf. e s n
POTATOES QUOTED AT SEVEN
TO SIXTEEN DOLLARS A
HUNDREDWEIGHT.
COST OF BREAD is THIRTY.
FIVE CENTS A POUND IN
WESTPHALIA.

doubt, in other sections of the Father
land, as we'll, if you want to make a
newly married young couple happy,
don't present them with costly silver
ware, furniture or other high priced
household goods as wedding gift
just send them a couple of pounds Of
meat, a bushel or so of potatoes and,
say, rs pounds of good American wheat
flour. These things, or either one Of
them, would prove more acceptable
to and would be more greatly appre-
ciated by the recipients than any
inedible wedding gift imaginable, not
excluding snug sum of money. 4 y
Eatables High and Scarce. a'
For eatables are not only high in
price, but the supply is very limited
in Westphalia, as elsewhere in Ger
many, according to letters received
by local people from relatives and
friends there, so that even those in
habitants, who are blessed with this
worlds goods and are comfortably
situated, financially, experience great
difficulty in securing the bare necessi-
ties of life.
Little Meat in Three Months.
Henry W. Rolwes, janitor at the
courthouse here, recently received a
letter from his nephew, William Then,
dated November Is, 1920, in which,
among other things, the writer states
that he and his wife had only eaten
few pounds of meat since they were
married on July 20 Of this year, and
that this meat was presented to them,
Or they would not have had the
pleasure of enjoying it, as their finances
would not permit of such "extrava-
gance."
Mr.. Then conducts a bookstore at
Salzbergen, bel Rheine, Westphalia,
Germany, and also writes for news
paper, according to his letter. He
was just recovering from a four
weeks siege of la grippe, during which
| time he and his wife were barely able
| to exist. .,., ..sr
| Interested in America.
The writer inquiries about our presi-
Dental election and would like to
know whether it passed off quietly,
indicating that people there had
gained the impression that the cam
paign would occasion rioting in the
United States. Another matter that
seems to have awakened the interest
| of Mr.. Then and his fellow-citizens
was the great catastrophe in Wall
street some time ago. It appears that
people there still are of the belief that
It. was a bomb explosion, while sub
sequent developments have proved
that the accidental discharge of a
large quantity of dynamite was the
cause of the wreckage.
| Meat Cards Abolished.
The letter to Mr.. Rolwes states
that meat rationing cards have been
j abolished in Salzbergen and meat can
now be purchased without the war
time restrictions, always provided
j however, that the purchaser has the
necessary funds. Pork, for instance,
costs % marks per pound, which,
| figured according to the pre-war
fvalue of a mark, which was 23.8 cents,
would be six mills more than $5.23.
y It seems that the lifting OF the govern
Z ment restrictions on the purchase
Of meat has caused the price to ad-
/ vance. This is not unlike the cost OF
Z certain commodities in the United
u States, which also went -rocketing
J, as soon as government restrictions
) had been removed.
I Bread Cards Still in Force
: Ha Bread cards are still being issued IN
Salzbergen, according tosiMr Tihen's
letter, and the cost per pound, is s15l
marks, or nearly Sc cents. Farmers
!, ask from 80 to 40 marks per hundred
weight for potatoes, and in some in
: stances the charge is as high as &c
!, marks for the same quantity. These
are prices Of foodstuffs that one alb.
: solutely must have in order to exist
writes Mr.. Then, "and if man does
not receive big salary, he and his
family must do without the most
ESSENTIAL living u necessities.a THIS
prohibition has not made the inroad!
e upon the personal liberties Of The
u German people, as it has in tht
.sunited States. is evidenced dSbyia state