ISBN: 9781443235945

Excerpt: ...much more expensive than it would have been had one purchaser gone outside of Germany. So the Government prohibited all firms from buying food abroad. Travelling agents of the… Plus…

Excerpt: ...much more expensive than it would have been had one purchaser gone outside of Germany. So the Government prohibited all firms from buying food abroad. Travelling agents of the Z. E. G. went to these countries and bought all of the supplies available at a fixed price. Then these resold to German dealers at cost. Such drastic measures were necessitated by the public demand that every one share alike. The Government found it extremely difficult to control the food. Farmers and rich landowners insisted upon slaughtering their own pigs for their own use. They insisted upon eating the eggs their chickens laid, or, upon sending them through the mail to friends at high prices, thereby evading the egg card regulations. But the Government stepped in and farmers were prohibited from killing their own cattle and from sending foods to friends and special customers. Farmers had to sell everything to the Z. E. G. That was another result of State Socialism. The optimistic statements of Herr von Batocki about the food outlook led the people to believe that by fall conditions would be greatly improved but instead of becoming more plentiful food supplies became more and more organised until all food was upon an absolute ration basis. Although the crops were good this year, there will be so much organisation that food will spoil, said practically every German. Batocki''s method of confiscating food did cause a great deal to spoil and the public blamed him any time anything disappeared from the market. One day a carload of plums was shipped from Werder, the big fruit district near Berlin, to the capital. The Z. E. G. confiscated it but did not sell the goods immediately to the merchants and the plums spoiled. Before this was found out, a crowd of women surrounded the train one day, which was standing on a side track, broke into a car and found most of the plums in such rotten condition they could not be used. So they painted on the sides of the car: This is the... Carl W. Ackerman, Books, History, Germany, The Next Republic? Books>History The book has no illustrations or index. Purchasers are entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Subjects: World War, 1914-1918 Germany; World War, 1914-1918; Germany; United States; World war, 1914-1918; History / General; History / Military / World War I; Juvenile Nonfiction / Biography<

ISBN: 9781443235945

Excerpt: ...much more expensive than it would have been had one purchaser gone outside of Germany. So the Government prohibited all firms from buying food abroad. Travelling agents of the… Plus…

Excerpt: ...much more expensive than it would have been had one purchaser gone outside of Germany. So the Government prohibited all firms from buying food abroad. Travelling agents of the Z. E. G. went to these countries and bought all of the supplies available at a fixed price. Then these resold to German dealers at cost. Such drastic measures were necessitated by the public demand that every one share alike. The Government found it extremely difficult to control the food. Farmers and rich landowners insisted upon slaughtering their own pigs for their own use. They insisted upon eating the eggs their chickens laid, or, upon sending them through the mail to friends at high prices, thereby evading the egg card regulations. But the Government stepped in and farmers were prohibited from killing their own cattle and from sending foods to friends and special customers. Farmers had to sell everything to the Z. E. G. That was another result of State Socialism. The optimistic statements of Herr von Batocki about the food outlook led the people to believe that by fall conditions would be greatly improved but instead of becoming more plentiful food supplies became more and more organised until all food was upon an absolute ration basis. Although the crops were good this year, there will be so much organisation that food will spoil, said practically every German. Batocki''s method of confiscating food did cause a great deal to spoil and the public blamed him any time anything disappeared from the market. One day a carload of plums was shipped from Werder, the big fruit district near Berlin, to the capital. The Z. E. G. confiscated it but did not sell the goods immediately to the merchants and the plums spoiled. Before this was found out, a crowd of women surrounded the train one day, which was standing on a side track, broke into a car and found most of the plums in such rotten condition they could not be used. So they painted on the sides of the car: This is the... Carl W. Ackerman, Books, History, Germany, The Next Republic? Books>History, General Books LLC<

ISBN: 9781443235945

Carl W. Ackerman, Paperback, English-language edition, Pub by General Books LLC Books History~~General Germany-the-next-republic~~Carl-William-Ackerman General Books LLC The book has no i… Plus…

Carl W. Ackerman, Paperback, English-language edition, Pub by General Books LLC Books History~~General Germany-the-next-republic~~Carl-William-Ackerman General Books LLC The book has no illustrations or index. Purchasers are entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Subjects: World War, 1914-1918 Germany; World War, 1914-1918; Germany; United States; World war, 1914-1918; History / General; History / Military / World War I; Juvenile Nonfiction / Biography<