The new Kings of Germany are the farmers. They dictate prices. They draw on the public purse for whatever they need. The Chicago Tribune correspondent says even when they are paid in marks they get more than an Illinois farmer. Said representative agriculturists to Chancellor Cuno: "The corn loft and the pigsty are our savings bank." Vorwärts, Socialist journal: "Hunger sows dissatisfaction and breeds uprisings."
The latest and most gruesome way of investing marks was divulged by the cook of an American family, who, on arriving home after being acquainted with her mother's death,...
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