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THE CHINA MAIL, DECEMBER 2, 1939
ECONOMY SALE TRUTH ABOUT FOOD
NOW PROCEEDING
It's a Big Saving Opportunity that everybody will take im- mediate advantage of! All prices of the New
have been reduced to meet your demand!
BARGAINS FOR MEN
SMART FELT HATS
(British Make)
Special Bargain $5.95 ea.
"WARDS" FUR
FELT HATS
$13.50 ea.
Season's Goods
B. V. D. Shirts with Trubenized Collar
Attached. In Latest Stripes (Best
BARGAINS FOR LADIES
American Make)
5.75
Banner Shirts (Best British Make)
Fancy American Silk Socks
5.75
.75 pr..
Hickory Two-Way Stretch Girdles
3.95
Hickory Corsetlets.
8.95
Hickory Girdles (With Talon Zip
Fasteners)
11.95
2.95 ea.
Botany Wool Vests and Panties
COME & SEE THE MANY OTHER BARGAINS.
NOW ON DISPLAY AT
YEE SANG FAT
& CO., LTD.
Here's Luck!
EWO
EAT AT
BEER
Jimmy's Kitchen
INEXPENSIVE SATISFYING
Bringing Up Father
WATER-YOUR HUBBY HASONE DAFFY ABOUT INDIAN ARTICLES, I'M GLAD THAT WE GOT OUT OF ALBUQUERQUE BEFORE HE BOUGHT ANY MORE-
OH-MOTHER- IT'S JUST A
PASSING FANCY-HE(_1. SOON FORGET ABOUT IT-
HE'S IN HIS ROOM TAKIN' A NAD-ILL GO SEE-
RATIONS IN GERMANY
(By ANTHONY MANN)
on
and
IT is difficult indeed for the man in the Nazi food position under block- the street in England to form for ade conditions. It is possible for of himself an accurate picture of the those with lathmate knowledge food situation in Germany since the Germany to form an excellent pic- war began and the British blockade ture of the degree of "Umstellung,"
grip
Nazi placed a vice-like
substitution, or adjustment ocean-borne trade.
which the ration regulations will the ordinary The issue is too much obscured by render necessary in masses of supposition, inaccurate German household. statements and misinformation on the The weekly ration of meat allow~ economic position of the Reich before | ed to an adult in a normal occupa- the war and by worthless speculation is 500 grammes (just tions which have obtained wide eur- pound). This amount does not sound rency during recent weeks.
100 small as a war-time ration, but
over ધ
meat
to
How insecure and how untenable must be remembered that it in- In the long run is the German econo-cludes not only butcher's meat, but mic position under the Third Reich every kind of food made from meat, became only too clear before the war much as satanges, . hạm' und to those whose work in Berlin per- | pustes. In addition, up to 25 per mitted them to study the situation at | cent, of bone may be included in the
Having regard first hand. Wild suggestions that weight Issued, the Nazis will be starved into nub- the relatively very large amounts of mission or be swept away by an in-prepared meats and sausage of va- ternal revolution within the next two or three months, are, however, incre wishful thinking on the port of those who make them. They betray, also, a false view of the aims of the blockade as a weapon of war.
the
PURPOSE OF BLOCKADE Aimed primarily at cutting off Germany from raw materials vital to her war industries and at reduc- ing her foreign trade and therefore her purchasing power abroad, blockade only affects in a secondary manner the supplies to the Reich of
Nevertheless, human foodstuffs.
it means a very considerable tightening of belts all round-a fact which the Nazis recognised by putting into operation a complete rationing sys- tem as soon as the war began.
It is often forgotten that Germany has been rationed in many directions for several years. The rationing of bacon and butter which is talked of in Great Britain is insignificant be- side the degree of rationing which Germans have had to tolerate ever since the introduction of Hermann Goering's "Four-Year Plan."
rious kinds which are normally eaten for supper or funch in Germany, this ration will mean a big reduction for many Germans, particularly in mid- dle-class families.
that
It must also be remembered the weekly joint, the most economi- cal way of buying meat for a large family, is an institution unknown in Germany,
The
BREAD AND FATS
ration weekly
of 2,400
15 grammes (5lb.) of bread which permitted at present should be ade- quate for the needs of the ordinary German, who normally eats bread only with his breakfast and supper. Bread and butter are not normally eaten at tea-time in Germany, and only a small proportion of Germans Bread eat bread with their lunch. and meat, such as ham and sausage, are, on the other hand, normally eaten in considerable quantities in the evening.
The quality of the bread in the for several Reich has been poor years, and will undoubtedly deterior- ate rapidly as the reserve supplies of built up by Field-Marshal The plan was not, as many people | grain erroneously suppose, a system which Goering are exhausted. The million was to come to an end after four tons of grain promised from Russia years. On the contrary it was a sys-may take some considerable time to tem of national economy intended to reach Germany, since transport con- last until such time as the Third ditions in the Soviet and in Eastern Reich had realised enough of its im- Poland are notoriously bad. During perialistic ambitions to be able to the last war, the German bread de- discard it. The "Four-Year Plan"-teriorated continuously, until in 1918 and its less notorious successor, the it was a nauseating grey paste, con- "Second Four-Year Plan"-were de-taining straw and bits of wood. vised principally to meet just
About half a pound (50 grammes) situation which has now arisen, a of sugar is allowed weekly, with 100 war where self-sufficiency to the grammes of mixed fruit jam or arti- maximal degree is of first importanceficial honey. Should the consumer to the Nazis.
not wish for any jam, he may take Germany herself produces a very 290 grammes of sugar per week. This considerable percentage of her food amount, of course, must suffice for as for needs. The percentage varies ac- cooking purposes as well cording to the harvest and the pro-sweetening beverages. duction index, but the amount of im- The real crux of German food dif- ported foodstuffs has been steadily reduced of recent years, as the in- tense rationalisation and the "total" methods of the Four-Year Plan took effect.
the
HARD ON MEAT EATERS Nevertheless, the study of the lat- est ration regulations issued in Ger- many throws an instructive light on
NEVER MIND-I'LL GO SEE-MAYBE HE IS ANGRY AT ME FOR
TELLING HIM I THOUGHT IT WAS VERY SILLY TO BUY SO MUCH-
!
ficulties, as during the last war, is the lack of fats. The normal con- sumer in Germany is at present al- lowed 288.75 grammes (three-fifths of a pound) of fat per week, inclu- sive of all categories. This embraces butter, margarine, synthetic cooking fats, suet, lard, olive oil, soya and (Continued on Page 11)
By George McManus
AH-THERE-MUMSIE-IN- LAW-I HAD THE HOTEL. MANAGER TAKE MY BED OUT-I'M GOING TO SLEEP IN MY NEW
WIG-WAM TONIGHT-
I LIKE THIS A HEAP.
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