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Show GERMAN REVOLUTION COSTLY TO COUNTRY Socialist Publication R.evie-ws the Conditions Condi-tions in a Bitter and Sarcastic Vein. LKRl.T.V. T.ec. 1 TJy the Associated Preys.;, Results? of the first year of the revolution in Kermany are summarized by the Socialist Monthly as comprising a decline in the value of tiie mark, increase in-crease In the cost of livinc, decreased production of coal and steadily mounting j public debts. Tho paper casts a balance ' for tiie vear in a bitter and sarcastic I vein. ' , , I I It points out t tint Lie r.iar-c r.as oe- i I clid in-value within the yur from 72 I Swi francs to francs. It gives a lomlist of articles of food showing increases in-creases ranging up to 100 per cent tor butter, and nearly 200 per cent for esrp'S. 1 The paper states that the cost of transportation trans-portation "has increased. The produi tion of coal Is asserted to have declined from Rfo.OOO.iief) tons a veav before the war to 70,00'U'OO tons in the first year 0? the revolution. This is not withstanding an increase in the number of persons employed in the mining min-ing industry, exclusive of war prisoners, who now have been sent hack lo France and Helgium. 1 ebi s and taxes aror declared to be steadllv growing into an unbearable burden bur-den for the taxpayer. The paper asserts that Germany's debts will aggregate on , A pril 1 . 1 920. 21 2,000,000.000 ma rks, ex -elusive of debt to the entente. The deficit defi-cit of the Prussian railroads for the year of the rt volution is declared to total at least :j.&f3,iiOO.OuO marks. In conclusion, the paper warns the people peo-ple of Germany that they must pay for these "achievements of the revolution." |