South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-12-17

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probability you will get 5000 in
stead Of the $500 for your dollar
and you just hate to lose money.
If you need a new nat a rich
velour, the kind that cost SIS in the
states. it can be bought for $3.50.
/ And a guide who has been in
/ America and whip speaks your Ian
/ guage with an accent that is unim-
\ peachable and Knowledge OF every
/ choice bit of history OF this place
\ viii charge you, unless you bargain
( colby. 5000 marks. You can beat
| him down to so cents. If you are
\ inclined.
Go TO a joyous place for dinner.
\ the kind that furnishes 10 cabaret
acts Of a character that would pass
/ muster in the biggest vaudeville
houses in America. You find il
/ crowded. Women in evening gowns
and men in full dress are mixed with
/ those who wear military uniforms,
/ chiefly French.
Fine Fair is Cheap.
Order a great dinner. for you are
hungry now. Begin with pate de
fois, that choice del.cacy of the Ger
mans Have a soup. some fish, a
venison steak, a salad and ice cream
served in fancy moulds and coffee.
Be sure that YOU take a couple OF
residents Of other countries and per-
haps they viii drink, during the
course of the evening, two bottles
I of champagne and when you have
/ settled the bill, you discover that
You have paid something less than
half cf the $40 bin which you had
early in the morning.
You wonder where the people
come from who sit at these tables
and who order an endless succession
OF wine bottles. You begin to believe
tina. Germany, with her pretense Of
poverty. is N reality the richest ma.
ton in the world and that they
live Upon the best Of everything
You begin to believe that here =
/ a Victorious nation. celebrating It's
triumph and denying itself nothing.
And. Judged by the American dot
lar. this is true For in dollar val
ues. YOU set more here than is Of
I fercd I'M any other country.
An American working man with
1 $50 a week might live like the mill
Honaires at home. The stenOgrapher
who draws So a week in an AM
ericaQ city could dress better than
the wife Of the most affluent Of
oklahoma oil men after a big strike.
A neWsbOy with his pennies after
his sale of "piuks' could splurge
harder than the most petted and
pampered son Of an American
Crocsus
German Workman Suffers.
And then YOU notice that the glass
windows of great stores are broken
and in the evening are carefully
suffered TO prevent thieves from
breaking I'm. You notice that the
crowds which assembled in the
great cabarets differ much from
those that YOU see early in the
morning hurryinE TO work.
For the German. the prices which
TO YOU seem ridiculous are eXtortion-
ate and so far beyond his reach
that he has revolt in his soul and
brick in his hand
UnSkiled labor earns. in this in
dustrial city, an average of 5000
] MAJ rs 4 NtN-N- III AllaL Oh your
adding machine and reduce il 10
dollars at 1900 for each William.
The cost of that hat for which
YOU have paid $4,000 marks the day
before becomes a different thing.
II Is the entire earnings OF three
weeks for the laborer. nearly two
weeks for the skilled carpenter or
printer or mechanic i'm the factory.
When YOU discover that each loaf
OF bread costs him 500 marks. a
;hinS that anrOys YOU If YOU think
/ I'm terms of dollars and cents. Won
find that the German worker has
O problem Of existence
Food Riots Occur.
The food riots in this district.
which occurred two weeks ago. were
/ caused by the high prices. It was
the direct action protest against the
excessive cost Of living In a single
night. evidently by a carefully or
gained mob. stones were hurled
through the plate glass windows
Of the great stores and the displays
Of clothes and food carried away
before the German police could pre-
vent the depredations.
They lasted but an hour. but that
hour was significant hour. for II
told OF a desperateness that grinjs
The man who works at least 10
hours a day.
The only satisfied people are the
walters in hotels. There are enough
! Americans who lavishly dispense
thousand mark bills as additional
tips. 20 make them wealthy
The most significant comment
which You hear is that the family