The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-10-17
Austria, Credit Gone, Debts Piled
Hiqh, Called Financial Nidhtmare

/ Deficits are met with n daily out
put Of tho printing presses, which
grind out millions and millions OF
kronen.
The fundamental thing that n
lacking Il an established and reeog'
nixed authority.
One.thlri ot tho population % Aus.
trla Is In Vienna. which IL located IN
the northeast corner of tho coun.
try. The municipal and provincial
govvrnments OF vienna arc In the
hands OF the sociai.democrats. They
have imposed many unwise meas.
urcs. A. an instance. the prohibition
aEninst any increase In rents has I'm.
pcriicd property rights. THE income
from apartment houses II not
enough to pay for broken window
ginsa-
An American we know II living In
handsome io.room apartment front.
Ing ono OF the Vienna parks. on
Rlveraide drive Il would bring 49,.
GOO or moro a year In rentals. The
occupant pays In American money
s. a yrar.
l fear that too many Of the stu
dents OF the Austrian question have
approached II from the local vuw-
point OF Vienna alone. Certainly we
saw none OF them either In tho agSi.
cultural districts. tho industrial cen.
ter OF Lima or IN the numbering
regions Many Americans are visit.
ms saixburs. but tho opern II the at.
traction there.
VIENNA ALONE rs
POOLS PARADISE.
We motorcd day and q half and
saw but few automobiles. In Vienna.
tho hours of labor have been abort.
enca. wares have advanced with the
decline Of the kronen and industry
has continued on tho down grade.
our first meal In Austria was at
Bregenz II IL located In tho Tyrol
region on tho extreme western
frontier The food supply was short.
but fortunately Fishermen had
brought IN from the lake that day
good sired catch. The cost OF the
meal for four persons was two hun.
drcd thousand kroneu. Before tho
war that would have been approU.
ma;ely $4,000. The krone was then
fifty thousand 20 the dollar. IL h
now approximately ono hundred
thousand.
There was no evidence Of under.
nourishod children IN tho aEricul.
turai regions. nor In tho mountains
Tho crop yield wns fairly good: the
fertility OF the soil has suffered some
because Of tho high cost OF chemical
or bone fertilizer. Men. women and
children were laboring In tho fields.
wheat had been cut and threshlng
4 was going on.
/ Every grain counts not only IN
Austria. but In other countries ~
well. This was shown by the fact
that children were picking up heads
Of wheat that haa 2 lien Off the STALK
during me harvsd Wv saw this In
Bavaria, Austria and Cxechosloyakla
We entered Vienna az night time
The place was poorly lighted and
cherries. There IL n Shortage II
coal. and. unlike Switzerland. Aus.
tria has done practically nothing
with her water power resources. the
ehiee reason being that the ffsps
hurgs and tho ,unker class owned
tho coal mines under tho cid order.
Tho people Of Vienna were the most
hopeful we saw anywhere Az trny.
eicrs know. u was . beautiful city.
In many rssp~css. n stu 10. The
visnnese love the place. Their num-
bers have been augmented By the
thousands Of Germans who had been
living In cid servia and In other sue
ce,sion rsnfes. They are devoted to
music.
HUNGRY CITY -
HE.tRTE>ED BY MUSIC
| During tho most strcssfui times.
tho authorities found II easier 20
provide music than food. The masses
attended the opera and went back TO
their homes with reinforced
morale Was ever moro sublime
tribute paid 70 the artY This picture
of conditions II drawn IN order that
ws may not minimize the difficulties
that attend the task OF rehabiIiiating
Austria believe sho can live.
A hopeful. II not confident. spirit
Is expressed by Col Chas. Causey.
an American OF successful mining.
engineering and railroad experience