FOOD TOO DEAR.

Star (Christchurch), Volume LXVI, Issue 20454, 6 November 1934, Page 1

FOOD TOO DEAR.

German Dictator to Reduce Prices. GOVERNMENT ALARMED. United Press Assn.—By Electric j Telegraph—Copyright. (Received November 6, noon.) BERLIN, November 5. Alarmed at the popular discontent j arising from food prices, the Govern- I i ment is seeking to centralise control | of markets and has appointed Dr Goer- f ! deler, ex-Mayor of Leipzig. National : Commissioner for the supervision of . '• food prices with practically dictatorial • powers. He will be responsible directly | to Herr Hitler. | President Ilindenburg appointed Dr i ' Goerdeler in 1931 to a similar position, 1 i and he reduced prices ten per cent ; within four ..months. The Government . has taken control of the whole rye and wheat harvest. Cattle breeders are complaining of J the serious shortage of fodder, but are forbidden to use wheat or rye for feeding the cattle. FAMINE IN GERMANY. Will Nazis Survive Fateful Year? LONDON, November 5. i The Berlin correspondent of the “ Daily Express,” referring to food ; hoarding and the measures being taken , against profiteers, says: “This will be 1 Germany’s most fateful post-war win- : ter. “If the people can be fed on the | slim stores available, the Nazis may j survive to carry out their ambitious ; resurrection of Germany. If not, the sequel cannot be foretold. 1 “ There is als per cent shortage of food throughout the country, and there is practically no foreign currency with which to import more. “ Every measure is being taken to ensure economy of foodstuffs and raw materials. Every invention is being used to make substitutes. Berlin's buses are running on benzoline made in Germany, clothes are being made from synthetic wool, and luxuries have been forgotten.”