Prices Effectively Ration Foodstuffs In Western Germany
NZPA—Copyright Rec. 9 p.m. LONDON, Jan. 23. For a nation that has been told that 11 years of food rationing are ended, the Germans are not very happy, says the British United Press Hamburg correspondent. Housewives show little inclination to squander their husbands’ wages in a riot of food. Rationing by coupon has been replaced by price rationing.' . The wholesale price index, which was 100 in 1938, was 190.3 by the end of last year. On the average, beef costs 2s 7d per lb, pork 3s 2d per lb, mutton 2s 5d per lb, sugar Is per lb, butter 4s 6d per lb, and tea £1 5s per lb. However, the food is there to buy even if it is dear, and the Western German spends about 50 per cent, of his wages on it. clothes, furniture, and household goods remain unsold.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 27296, 24 January 1950, Page 5
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