Salt Lake Telegram | 1916-02-27 | Page 39 | Cost of War Bears Heavily on German Families, Letters Relate

Cost of W War ar Bears Heavily l on German f Families amities Letters Relate LONDON Feb 26 Much 26 Much interesting interesting interesting interest interest- ing light is shed on the discussion of the condition of the German people as asa asa asa a result of the war by letters which have been found on Germ Germans ns made captive by the allied forces A number of the extracts which have to do with this question queston have been printed in the English newspapers of recent dat date Tabulated with the town and date where they are given a partial list of such comments follows Dec 12 The The Red Cross has given up distributing milk to the women It was the only thing we had left and now I must manage manage- to buy It I for I cannot deprive the children CharI Charlottenburg otten burg Berlin Dec 14 The servants servant's life is now terribly hard She has to wait literally three or four hours at the milk shop and In the end she will get only a quarter of a pound I of butter I Cologne Dec 11 are too dear and nd everything is beyond all reason reason rea- rea rca rea- son in price There are too many p people peo peo- o. o pie waiting and not enough milk shops open so sowe we have to wait walt for hours inthe in inthe inthe the rain and snow Dec 4 We We are now eatIng eating eating eat eat- ing mainly potatoes and honey There is very little butter There are no vegetables Undated I I wanted to send you butter lard and bacon but it is Im Impossible possible t to get any Oct 20 Rice Rice costs 1 1 mar marl a pound and oatmeal costs 80 Life is no longer r possible Things are getting worse No Place Dec 15 For For eight weeks I have been unable to get any fat Itis It Itis Itis is terribly scarce If there is any In in- ina a shop you have literally to fight for it it the crowds are so thick T Tangstedt Sept 26 Yesterday Yesterday I 1 went vent to the wife of the privy councilor and she gave me a sausage and milk tickets for three weeks Undated Undated Lite Life is Impossible Pork costs 1 mark and 75 a a- a pound and flour 50 No place or date We Ve We cannot keep up our strength on dry bread and p po- po Tangstedt Oct 29 We We have potatoes pota pota-J toes and nd that is th the principal thing God grant that we do not die of stan stan-a- tion Without the government allowance allowance allow allow- ance one has to go hungry and bare- bare foot Berlin Dec 5 In In Berlin there is nothing nothing- that money can buy no no morO more food no more more milk Eggs Eggs' cost 30 c each No Place Oct 18 We We can think ourselves lucky to have electric light Every one else has to live in the dark darl for there is no and a candle costs 25 s