New-York tribune., 1922-01-29

~. g" "'oer FOR meat rio.,
IN inc morning because by tn. t,.
the delivery boy is a. .b. '"e
the price has awaited b.va.. 'o0'
reach Of the household pock.+h.s' s'
Fish used to be the subxtitut. for . ra.'.
but since the Czechs stopped II. " ~
ing in the Danube the nr;c. "sa-
up 2So crowns pound. withou. s. f..
or meat the poorer households, -.
Austria's psradozical capital rr,. ."
back on vegetables. Rutab.s, :. ,' -.
chief ono available, and il ,,..
20 crowns pound. Farmer, ws'
bring in meat and eggs oft., d..,."
pay in paper crowns, den.,d;,.
stead clothing. pianos, bric...b,.. ."
other necessities or non-n.c.ss,t;.. :.
accordance with individual whsm
The gift Of an American do,l.r
Austrian is the most prcciou, ,,.,
available. And hi. or her .n.hr.;''
rises or falls with the raj. =.
change.
an american crossing the border a.
Austria back into Switzerland tnJ-,'
Austrian currency shrivel md doe.
TO almost pre-war Quantities Of sr,.s
francs. But II. dollar a. reckonsd -
Switzerland infates again a. the
Franco Ssies border 10 cro,aed. FL,
every Swiss franc there are two and
half French francs, whereof fourteen
or thercabouts represent one dollar
Even Little Rolio--if he ha. b.sn
travelling in France this last year,
might answer for the dolla, Ia .h,
republic. Does the ii-franc eauiyalens
Of the dollar buy any more than .h.
fvc-franc equivalent formerly bouxb.
in Paris? The answer, Rollo, il, i.
does not. Tnc gvmastlc dollar in P.,ls
buys dollars worth, most generally.
Mr. Hylan might be interested to
know, however, that the Paris subway.
have succeeded in raising their sa,.s
and still the ride-as far a. From
Bronx Park 10 Brooklyn Bridge-ecs.,
all the way from two 70 three and
half cents, acc ord;ng 70 vhethe. there
is blue, red or green paint on the car,
first, second and third class. Tazjs
are cheaper in Paris than in New Yor.
and gasoline is more expensive. Cooc
bcefsteaks cost lot, but, like New
York, the price depend. on whore they
are bought or eaten. Good grade, Al
snaile are cheaper in Peri. than il
New York. Wheat, corn and oats cot
about the came. Rye, bourbon. Scotch.
cognac, eau de vie, ~in rouge and vin
blanc are considerably better and far
better in quality.
Paris Shopping Gamble
1t requires a visit to the Rue de
Paix-the Fifth Avenue Of Paris-hov.
ever, to find that the dollar can, among
its other accomplishments, eiys very
good imitation OF the disappearing act
a Ia New York schedules, and tls
spender is wiser after he has passed
the New York customs oficisls snd
paid Uncle Sans tax on his "Christ-
mas gifts" Ii he has spent consid-
cradle sum on perfume in the Rue De
Ia Paix, Uncle Sam desires just 50 Per
cent, as on some other luxuries from
that same quarter.
Whatever the antics Of the dollar in
France, pass it over the border into
Germany and watch it expand iron
its Il francs into nearly $50 msIls Of
varying purchase power. Roll it ever
the Austrian border again in the fern
OF German marks and the expansion
becomes something like the difference
between the rolling SNOWFALL at tie
beginning and after 3 good rell It
gathers bulk as it passes from Ar'-
tria into Poland and becomes urmsa-
ageable once over the Polish line IN
Soviet Russia.
Not counting Russian rubles, fnsn-
cial expert, using figures Of current d
exchanges three months ago, has ns-
ured that the possessor OF 6oV,ooe
Polish marks would be worth seeu'
$1oo. Passing these bales Of PoIiss
paper into Austrian crowns nc wol'a
then own about 100000 Of these-Jus'
enough for a Viennese speeulstor 20
have a one night hing in his own eas'-
tai. Taking his 100000 Austrian crown
into Germany at that time wculo s's
him about 1900 German marks. FRO"
Gerany to Belgium or France, however
the German paper dwindled 70 i''v0
Belgian or French francs. A trip across
the channel to England at the time W.
expert made his computations gave w
owner Of S100 just $40 shilIinss'
q pounds sterling.
Visitors to General Aliens kh's'
land territory generally agree 'a'
Wall Street probably will be inv'0ss
by these American troops when sae'
do return home. There are hunofeo'
Of postwar doughboys in Coblens WV
are watching the rate Of exchange ~
tween the dollar and the mark cIos.,
than the "Wacht sm Rheir," or . ~"
Street broker watches his ticker =,
The American soldier is paid once
in the acrobatic American o''
lar. Let the mark show . sign OF We
sring downward and ne goes to vs.,
mau bank and converts the pay enss'
Then he sits back with a paper ''s