Show z i FOOD oD SUPPLY sumi sumiN IN N GERMANY DWINDLES Home Stocks Will Be Exhausted Ex- Ex h ousted hausted by End of May I f By Associated Press BERLIN March 1 The food tood corns corn com s in an Int Interview announces that that the nations nation's available home food tood t- t Rocks lOCks will be exhausted by the end of at ati i L J May ay and tram from this time he will bo be rJ to depend upon entente entente sup sup- when proportioning rations The 5 of at foreign supplies the theR R added will be con confined tined at atIt I Nf start It start to the metropolitan centers I whICh comprise populations ot of 0 r r The rhe government Is faced with a a. dlf- dlf f f cult lt m in fixing the price ot of bread to be made from imported stuffs tu s the prices ot of wh which ch are mu much h than those Germany maintained f during the war The price ot of bread now is 50 to GO 60 for a a. two two- pound loaf loa and to increase it greatly It it is believed would cause more dis- dis I. I content GRAIN GRAIN PRICES The present price of bread Is basea upon maximum grain prices averaging marks marIes Do a ton for wheat and I marks for tor rye The cost of at American wheat is at least 1000 marks a ton and when the present exchange and cost ot of transportation are considered the price ot of American lour flour with which the he allies al- al lies lles propose to supply Germany will reach according to the food ministry marks Or a ton The minIstry Is utterly unable to carry the excess cost of appropriations I from the treasury It therefore proposes proposes pro pro- poses to solva the problem by keeping the bread ration at the present amount and price although an Increased ration ration ra- ra tion Is demanded everywhere In making making mak- mak ing this bread the ministry will use such Imported flour as is required to supplement the home stocks of rye It will sell the balance of imported flour to housewIves in the form of white flour at a price to cover the loss Joss on flour used in the ration bread The officials recognize that the solution is 13 not satisfactory but see no tive PORK PRODUCTS The problem r regarding pork products Is less difficult The cost ot of bacon will be higher than the official maximum maximum maxi maxi- mum but for months pork has been absolutely unobtainable on food cares caras l It Is not believed that the workmen who are accustomed to pay a days day's wages for an occasional pound ot of pork I will object to the price of the Imported product even though it Is several times I the German time peace price SHIPS SHIPS SENT FOR FOOD By Associated Press PreISS I LONDON March Eight 19 German steamers Including the Auguste Auguste Aug- Aug uste Victoria Cleveland Graf Kalder- Kalder see and Pretoria sailed from Hamburg this week weel for foodstuffs according to toad ad advices vices from Berlin It is said the crews of the ships made a formal demand demand de- de mand that they should not be removed from the vessels during the trip POTASH FROM GERMANY By Associated Press COPENHAGEN March Under n.-Under the agreement reached at Rotterdam a dispatch from Berlin says Great Britain will receive tons ot of potash potash pot pot- ash from Germany Negotiations with other entente countries were not com com- The proceeds of the sale com I ot of the potash will be credited to to toGer Germany Germany Ger- Ger many in pa payment ment for food supplies |