IMPURE JAMS.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 11926, 8 February 1917, Page 7

IMPURE JAMS.

| r-AFSTXG DISKASE IN i j AMSTERDAM, i'Vbniary 1. A certain skin and lilood disease is i developing in (iermany, owing to the \ excessive use of janiv ireelo I'd'li pro- j

insieao ot \ One of lis.- mos.) rental kahlo in j Germany to-day i? the shortage oi : cial cor respondent to 'he London ! ■' I>;iily Telegraph"' on December l'J) j fienimuy produced sufficient suyar both ; tor her ov.ii needs and lot- those of . Kiifiland. Ten million pound?' -.vortli , oi" was imported into the I niteU ; Kingdom in Ltd.:-; tnim to-miany. Yet! to-dav siii.; ; >r in (tertnauy 18 .>dbioot. ! ti> the amount ado'.ved per j person per "mon ih being |-.;li>. v. hie.h is ; obtainable by ticket, and costs ?d. an ; increase oi' ■>.:, per eetv. on tho peace ■ price. f'l'f'maii ore/anisa! ion i< extolled ! in some rpnv.'M-v.s ,u somothin,?; tttat is . •almost, divi.ielv p< rteeei . The mi-man-! iicj''in*Mir hy Herman '' organ i-at ion ' : ot j the problem is ;i stiindmo; tesu-j monia.l to its crass siv.pidity. At the j ot: the war. when supir w.as j abundant, tho lowtth ere, placard-; od with postors ursine; people, to rat j more s\ip,ar. and was nsod :k a ; feedinrx stuff for animals. In view oi i tho t'ui shortage, jam and artificial ; honey took the place of butter. The j cousmnpr.ion in HdT~lo reargued j an unprecedented heigh i. In the mean- ! time the bee;, area was reduced, mr I fanners wore urged to grow more corn.! The result, was that- in there: was a sugar shortage, and tho fear of. j a uiKiU- famine nearly drove people-; crazy." In .Munich and other towns; idiops stormed in order in obtain | sugar, and hoarding; became general. ] People £o\ no sugar ivith their coilee j in restaurant.;., and cafes, and sugar was j prohibited to be used for makinp «-weeis. i In order U> ea«c the situation the fdov- i eminent- promised to di«i ribute sac- i charine. For a time nothing was done. | and then every family, irrespective, ot j it« m/.o was. provided with Mekeis a!- t lowing oi a packet, ot saccharine per - month. *aid to be erptivaloid to a poMud ! of sugar, h is expeeted that, m the. { comiuk sortHiu suyar will he sMll morel

scarce. One result of the sufiar shortage is that, jam in Germany is sour, and not warranted to keep. Large quantities of jam are being made both in factories P.n<) m the home, for fruit is abundant. The following letter was written by a largo jam manufacturer early this year to a, customer in Berlin ; -Your order of April IK has still to be carried out. and we shall proe-od with it within the next lew days. But befr. r « the good, are dispatched- we ,:i,onld like to draw your attention to the i'aci that we have been instructed bv the Imp rial Sugar Office, to Use eonsidorablv less sngar for jam making than heretofore. We thereupon pointed out to the authe.rities that with the neldition of only a smah quant.it-> o. Miliar it was impossible to prn.mco. jam that would keep. We are tluis unable to ruarantee that the jam will remain forVmg in a proper state of preservation, and we canned., be. rcsponHble for ; ,„v comploims that may ensue. I lease lot oh know whether in these mrcurnstnnees von still wish the poods to be delivered. L will he absolutory essential to sell out rpiieklv, for if the stoca i ; s kept for any length of time icrmetl■tatiou will be Mtiavoidable,