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vr GKKMAX FOOD SITUATION. Pinch of Hunger Becomes Daily Accompaniment of War. Food conditions in Germany have! changed greatly for the worse in the last five months. The correspondent I of the Associated Press, who had been away from Germany since the first week in August, has just returned from a stay of three weeks in Berlin. He found that many staples of food had altogether disappeared from the markets, others had grown so dear that they are beyond the reach of any except the well to do, the daily allowance of potatoes had been reduced to ten ounces and that either a shortage of flour or a disordered distribution of it among the bakers had resulted in long queues of buyers standing for hours in ironi 01 me bakeries. Maximum prices of the foodstuffs controlled by the government are still very low for potatoes and bread and comparatively low for meats. Potatoes cost only 72 cents the standard bushel of 60 pounds and bread a little less than 3 1-2 cents a pound. But the potato allowance is' insufficient for persons who have little except bread and potatoes to eat, and has to be eked out with turnips. It had been hoped to allow one egg a person each two weeks in Greater Berlin", but the last one-egg allowance was made some five weeks ago and another is not promised until February. When the correspondent left Berlin in August it was still possible to buy cheese. Since the end of August there has been no cheese on the market. It is said that considerable quantities are being im-l ported from Holland but it goes ap- i parently to .the front except for' small quantities allowed the restau-J rants and hotels. Canned Stuff Short. Another serious reduction of available foodstuffs has been the expropriation of control by the govern-! ment of all canned vegetables. Four or five weeks ago the dealers were permitted to sell a fractional part of their stock but only two cans on each bread card. Permission to sell more is expected to be granted again soon but the dealers are to be compelled to open each can before' selling it so as to force the buyers to consume :t at once and not hoard it. The weekly allowance of meat of all kinds in the greater Berlin municipalities runs from 5 1-4 to 8 3-4 ounces. The cheapest varieties cbst about 60 cents a pound; the highest 72 cents. One of the most serious deprivations continues to be lack of fats and oils. The weekly allowance of butter and margarine together is a little less than three ounces a person. Oil is so expensive that it is out of reach of the great majority. The Associated Press correspondent paid $3.12 for about two-thirds of a pint of hazelnut oil to be used for frying. Goose fat costs $4.80 a can of 17 3-5 Ounces and is the only fat except vegetable oils that can be bought without a card. This insufficiency of fats in the daily ration shows itself in an almost continuous feeling of hunger. The correspondent, experiencing this himself in the first days of his visit, remarked on it. iHungry All the Time. "I feel hungry all the time," said the person addressed. Extending his investigation, the correspondent heard similar expressions from all sides. The most bitter complaints came from soldiers at home. When the writer last visited the front in July the men's rations were ample in every respect and there is no reason to believe the same is not true today. The soldier at home thus notices the difference more keenly than do those who have gradually to accustom themselves to one deprivation after another. There is deadly monotony about meals in the average household. Breakfast generally consists of rolls, marmalade, {often made of pumpkins) and a decoction of roasted acorns, rye, chicory and what not that goes by the name of coffee. There is no real coffee left. Some tea at high prices is still to be had but the poorer people drink a brew of linden blossoms, raspberry leaves or leaves of other shrubs or trees. For the "second breakfast" there is dry bread. Dinner generally consists of boiled potatoes with salt, some kind of boiled vegetable and, on perhaps two days of the week, a tiny piece of meat. Fish takes the place of meat on other days unless one can buy a goose at $1.56 a pound (they cost $2 a pound just before Christmas) a duck at $1.44 a pound, a turkey at $1.32 a pound, or a hen at $1.08 to $1.20 a pound. Comparatively little game comes on the markets, apparently going to the hotels and restaurants. The Supper Problem. Supper is the problem in the average household. Generally there are no potatoes left over from noon and AXTI-LIQI/OK "AD" ACT. Text of .Measure That Awaits Governor's Signature. Columbia, Feb. 1 ">.?The following bill preventing whiskey advertising by newspapers and bill boards has passed the general assembly and is ready for Governor Manning to sign: Section 1. That it is hereby made unlawful (1) to advertise upon any street car, railroad ca^* or other vehicle of transportation, or at any public place or resort, or upon any sign or bill board, or by circulars, posters, price lists, newspapers, periodicals or otherwise within this State, alcoholic liquors and beverages, or any of them, or to advertise i the manufacture, sale, keeping for I sale or furnishing of any of them, or the person from whom or the firm or corporation from which, or the place ; where, or the price at which, or the ! method by which the same or any of i them may be obtained; (2) to circuj late or publish any newspaper, per| iodical or other written or printed i matter in which any advertisement J in this section specified shall appear, I or to permit any sign, or bill board j containing such advertisement to re| main upon one's premises; or to cir: culate any price lists, order blanks or other matter for the purpose of inducing or securing orders for such alcoholic liquors, or any of them, no matter where located. Any sheriff I constable, or police officer is author ized to remove any such advertisement from any sign, bill board or other public place when it comes to his notice, and shall do so upon demand of any citizen. Sec. 2. That any advertisement or notice containing the picture of a j brewery, distillery, bottle, keg, barj rel, or box, or other receptacle represented as containing any of said liquors or beverages, or designed to I serve as an advertisement thereof, | shall be within the inhibition of section 1. Sec. 3. That where and when any I violation of any if the provisions of | section 1 of this act shall have occurred, the continuation or repetition of the unlawful act or any of like kind by the offending person, firm or corporation, may be prevented by a writ of injunction issued upon a bill filed in; the name of the State by the State attorney general, or by any solicitor, or by any citizen or citizens of the county in which the offense has been committed. All persons, whether agents, servants or officers of corporations, or agents or servants of individuals aiding or abbetting in the commission of the offense, may be made parties defendant to such bills. Sec. 4. That any violation of any provision of section 1 of this act shall be punishable by a fine of not less than fifty nor more than five hundred dollars; to which may be added, in the discretion of the court or judge trying the case, imprisonment in the county jail or at hard labor for the county for i;c more than six months. A centrifugal pump directly connected with an electric motor that runs equally well either in or out of water has been invented by an Englishman. if there are there is no fat in which to fry them. The usual German supper before the war consisted of cold meats, sausage, cheese, bread and butter and beer. There is no meat, I nr? nheocp nnii no hnttp.r on four or five days of the week, no more bottled beer and many saloon keepers refuse to sell beer to be consumed off the premises. The beer, moreover, is all but undrinkable. There remain then only bread and fish, fresh, smoked, dried or canned. And here the problem of cost is added to that of monotony. The Associated Press correspondent paid in Berlin $1.20 a pound for ordinarylake trout and 48 cents a pound for small fresh water bass. Dried salted fish costs 36 cents a pound and smoked eel $1.92 to $2.40. Smoked goose breast costs $3 to $3.50 a pound and boiled shrimp 72 cents. Once in every four or five weeks the city authorities place on the market small tins of sardines, one of which may be bought on'presentation of the municipal "lebensmittelkarte," or provision card. Each family, no matter of how many members, has onlyone of these cards. The sardines* thus sold may be had for about 48 cents for the small tin. In the open market they cost from 67 cents for sardines in tomato sauce to 72 cents for sardines in oil. One smoked herring from six to eight inches long costs 20 to 22 cents. A can of alleged shredded veal bought by the correspondent was more than half gelatine and cost 72 cents. Its gross weight was a pound. Pepper costs $G a pound and small raisins $1.08. Saccharine dissolved in water has taken the place of sugar for sweetening coffee and tea in private homes as well as restaurants. Milk is ordinarily available in limited quantities only for invalids and the very aged and small children.? 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