U. S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS ROYAL MEEKER, Commissioner BULLETIN OF THE UNITED STATES \ j BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS/ * * ' ( INU. L v L MISCELLANEOUS SERIES FOOD SITUATION IN CENTRAL EUROPE, 1917 COMPILED AND TRANSLATED BY ALFRED MAYLANDER APRIL, 1918 WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 1918 Digitized for FRASER http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis ADDITIONAL COPIES OT THIS PUBLICATION MAY BE PROCUBED R O M THE SUPERINTENDENT OF DOCUMENTS GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D. C. AT 16 CENTS PER COPT Digitized for FRASER http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis CONTENTS. Page. Introduction...................................................................................................................... 5, 6 Germany: The German food supply at the beginning of the new harvest year............. 7-10 German food policy for 1917-18...................................................................: ------ 10-16 Early threshing premiums.................................................................... .................16,17 Use of grain as fodder.............................................................................................. 17,18 Increased rations of bread and flour..................................................................... 18,19 Potatoes...................................................................................................................... 20-22 Live stock and meat................................................................................................ 22-25 Game.......................................................................................................................... 25-27 Fish............................................................................................................................. 27,28 Poultry....................................................................................................................... 29, 30 Eggs............................................................................................................................ 30, 31 Butter.............................................................................. ..........................................31,32 Milk.......................................................................................................................... >32,33 Fruits and vegetables.............................................................................................. 33-40 Oils and fats.............................................................................................................. 40-43 Sugar.......................................................................................................................... 43,44 Honey.........................................................................................................................44, 45 Coffee and tea........................................................................................................... 45, 46 Beer............................................................................................................................ 46, 47 Wine........................................................................................................................... 47, 48 Distribution of barley to distillers........................................................................48,49 “ Food excursions” .................................................................................................. 49, 50 Mass feeding in municipal war kitchens............................................................. 50-52 Reduced prices for food for the poorer classes................................................... 52-54 The food-card system.............................................................................................. 54-56 Effect of the food shortage on the public health............................................... 56-60 Food prices.........................................................................................*................... 61, 62 Food rations.............................................................................................................. 62-64 Austria: Food supply organizations..................................................................................... 64-69 Speech of premier on food conditions.................................................................. 69, 70 Meetings of the Food Council................................................................................ 70-72 Discontent of the working classes......................................................................... 72, 73 Austrian complaints against Hungary.................................................................. 73-76 Food conditions in Vienna and Prague............................................................... 76, 77 Additional rations.................................................................................................... 78 Flour........................................................................................................................... 78,79 Bread.......................................................................................................................... 79 Requisition prices for certain kinds of grain and vegetables.......................... 79, 80 Live stock.................................................................................................................. 80, 81 Meat............................................................................................................................ 81-83 Fish............................................................................................................................. 83,84 Poultry and game..................................................................................................... 84 Eggs............................................................................................................................. 85 Milk............................................................................................................................. 85,86 Fats............................................................................................................................. 86,87 3 Digitized for FRASER 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Austria— Concluded. Page. Butter................................................................................................................................... 87 Potatoes............................................................................................................................... 87-90 Fruits and vegetables..................................................................................................... 91-93 Sugar.................................................................................................................................... 94-96 Coffee................................................................................................................................... 97 Vinegar................................................................................................................................ 97,98 Wine and beer................................................................................................................... 98 Restaurant cards............................................................................................................... 98 Suppression of “ food excursions” and “ kit-bag trade” ..................................... 98, 99 War kitchens................................................................................................................... 99-103 Profiteering......................................................................................................................... 103 Influence of the food shortage upon the public health................................... 103,104 Hungary: General food situation.................................................................................................... 105 Maize................................................................................................................................ 105,106 Use of grain in breweries and distilleries and for other industrial purposes. 106,107 Flour and bread rations............................................................................................. 107,108 Potatoes........................................................................................................................... 108-110 Fruits and vegetables..................................................................................................... 110 Sugar.................................... ............................................................................................... 110 Meat, butter, and fats................................................................................................ 110, 111 Eggs...................................................................................................................................... I ll Milk...................................................................................................................................... I l l Regulation of hotels, restaurants, etc........................................................................ I l l Miscellaneous recent food orders............................................................................ I l l ,