New Britain Herald Newspaper, April 28, 1922, Page 13

GRAVE CONDITIONS EXIST IN GERMANY Represeatative of Local Factories Wmes Interesting Letter An interesting letter on conditions as he finds them in Germany at this time has been received by a leading locai manufaoturer from ¥, R. Wilner, now in Germany, Mr. Wilner repre- sented the interests bf the Unlon Man- ufacturing company, the P. and I, Corbin compapy and the Corbin Cab- inet Lock company in Russia for sev. eral years. In 1016 he was caught in Russia and was unable to leave that country until 1920, He fs an able writer and has written many articles on the Russian situation for the New York Times. 5 Marked Man in Russia. Because of his publications on the Tolsheviki situation he is a marked man and would forfeit his life if he entered Russia under its present gov- ernment. He now represents the same three corporations fn Germany. Mr. Wilner finds that the apparent German prosperity has heen greatly over estimated in this country. Pro- duction has decreased, he says, prices are less than normal and economic difficulties harass the people from all sides. A portion of the letter follows: To the casual visitors to Germany's large towns, with gold dollars in their pockets to convert into loads pf paper money, which will pay for all their needs and pleasures to be secured at bargain prices, the country seems to be prosperous. Yea, the smoking fac- tories, smoke-stacks, seen while reach- ing the large centers of population also add to the belief that Germany is as well off as ever. But when one gets under the surface of sceming pros- an entirely different picture presents itself, especially if the situa- tion is critically studied. This inves- tigation of Germany's affairs to those that have seen Germany before the war and had studied the particular features of the Cerman's plugging thrift and economy. let us go back to, say 1913, and see how the masses in Germany got along. As the country was densely populated, food was always scarce, and a vital problem, The German workman even then, did not get too much meat or butter—not anywhere near the quantity consumed by the average American or English work- man or farm hand. In Germany everything was and is now calculated to a hair-splitting nicety. Tn 1913 in Berlin in a cafe for 85 pfennigs, or § cents, one was served a small pot of coffee, In which chicory was the main component; milk was served in a ves- sel not much larger than a thimble, and one received a very small lump of sugar. No sugar bowls or milk pitch- ers on the table, to help oneself to. The population lived very economical- ly, and made things last; no trace of Special! ig Reduction Men’s and Young Men’s Suits all styles and all sizes, in- cluding the very latest sport models, to go at $13.45 $19.45 and Genuine Worsteds Wool Fabrics -— to go at ‘and lavishness was v be seen anywhere, | With this economy feature, Germany has been able to conduct the at War for 4 years without outside sup plies. And with this economy, Ger many is today getting aver the effects of a vanqujshed nation, and staving oft complote bankruptey, by exereis ing the most comprehensive economy possible, Prices Low But No Demand. Sugar in Germany today costs 9 marks per pound (3 months ago it was 6 marks), a great deal cheaper than in England with the commodity at 9 pence a pound, or even than our 6 cent price in the States, Still, sugar Is used very sparingly indeed and I dare say, the masses hardly use it at all. In that way Germany's own su- gAar crop covers the small demand and no sugar is imported, But should the population of Germany consume sugar as we do, the demand would he 50 much greater than the supply, and prices would soar to the sky. Milk 8 Cents Per Quart. Milk, at present, costs about 6 marks a quart, one-sixth of New York's price, #till people here use it in diminutive quantities, In the best of coffec Establishments, enough is served to color or discolor the bev- erage, without any attempt to add richness to it. Real coffee is to had at 60 marks a pound—cheap enough et the masses to this day use cheaper substitutes made from barley or oats. Real tea is also a luxury to the German masses, different kinds of weeds and vegetables being used as substitutes. And the same all the way down the line—economy, economy, economy, Low Wages. This great ability to exercise econ- omy, and the German's love of his country, with the slogan *first let us save our countty,” has made it pos- sible for German industrials to pay pitiable wages to the workman, which together with the government's aid, enables them to produce goods cheap- er than any country can attempt, ex- cepting perhaps Austria in few lin The workingman's wages are so lit- tle that they are spent entirely in food. The German nation s recuper- ating after the years of starvation during the war, but the food is of much inferior quality and whole- scmeness. The children go around with wan faces, on account of mal- nutrition, and lacking such food as milk, real cow's butter, sugar and the like. Bread Supply Subsidized. The government has heen all along subsidizing the bread supply and the population, till recently, received weekly, 6 pounds of rye bread, at one fifth of New York's cost. Now the price is somewhat advanced, but still below our level in the states. It is rumored that the government will soon withdraw the subsidy, but this will not much affect the economical Germans. They consume compara- tively little bread and eat a lot of po- tatoes,. which now cost 4 marks per pound,’ 3 months ago 1% marks. Ior the masses the cost of living is go- ing upwards, while with us and ling- land the case is reverse. The housing question is also hand- led so that the government kept down the rent up to the present very low a very little above the pre-war level, at the expense of the house owners, who could 'not even maintain the buildings from the small proceeds. There is now a project to advance rents 50 per cent. This will mean a demand of the labor to raise earnings to cover the higher costs of rent. No Money for Clothing. With his present wages, the work- man, especially if he has a family, can only feed himself and family. The clothing and other necessities of life cannot be covered at all by the wages. So that the workman today is not ssed as well as before, and what {s as been obliged to discon- tinue saving a part of his wages and putting away a penny for a rainy day. Unemployment in Germany would spell great troubles. Some pessimis- tically inclined Germans even say that it would lead to WBolshevism, espe- cially if the Russian Communists manage to fan the flame. L has a standing army of 125,000; she i 0 allowed, beside the regular po- 1 so-called “police of safety,” of 25,000 men, all ex-soldiers. The pessimists claim that the quarter mil- lon of armed men could not quell a large movement—if it were started simultaneously throughout the coun- try. 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