The Washington times., 1923-09-27
GERMANS MAKE
BEER BASIS Of
EXCHANGE
About Only Equivalent That
Doesn't Lose Value in
Money Middle.
By MINOTT SAUNDERS.
international News service.

BY MANOVT SAUNDERS.
international News Service.
FRANKFORT ON THE MAIN,
Sept. 27.--Rooms for rent, with or
without board; price-the equlNA-
lent OF the cost Of two pints of
beer.
such Is the reply received by a
German girl who, contemplating q
vacation, had written to a resort in
Tiefenbach, Bavaria, to inquire II
she could get accommodations and
at what rates. 1t is an example Of
the financial problem in Germany,
with the mark seesaWing IN mil
lions. The exchange chaos has
made Il difficult for Germans To
deal with each other in terms Of
marks, and so many have resorted
to an economic basis. Every Ger
man knows the value of two pints
OF beer, and with that as q stand
ard they can estimate quite accu-
rately what q room priced at two
pirts of beer would cost in paper
marks.
The money muddle is becoming
more complicated every day. Street
beggars are millionaiares, while men
Of affairs are seriously hindered in
transactions because OF the unavail.
ability Of currency at short notice.
The situation in the provinces is
even worse than in the capital. Be
cause the Reichsbank has been un.
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The annual vacation is an old
custom. and it must be gone
through with whether one can af-
ford 1t or not.
Frankfort, which a few months
aEO was one OF the most pleasant
and reasonable of German cities,
now ranks with Hamburg as the
most expensive The hardship o.
economic pressure now transcends
the long-standlng fear OF FRANK
fort that the French would again
occupy the city. That fear has not
been removed, but It has been
notlceaDly submerged oy more I'M
medlale troubles.
IN FRANKFORT foreigners, other
tnan Frencn, were always treated
with courtesy and respect. In 1870
tne Brl1sn refused TO join the
1rencn IN occupying the town, ana
the ltanans and Americans We're
ln0ngnt 70 pc IN sympathy with
the briIisn pohcy. 30 these We're
Wslconeu Irlenos, ana tney
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IN Germany But TINS spirit mas
l-1llsSu, s~lls ou nov lnsy dAe just
auslanders tforeigners).
Food and Service Bad.
Hotel rates and prices of meals
are or1-a nar with those Of I.ondoT,
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