CHRISTIANIA, Norway, Dec. 5.—
The food situation in Norway has
grown from bad to worse, especially
since the American embargo was im
posed. So long as the commercial re
lations could be maintained betwreen
Norway and the United States the
import of food was about big enough
to meet the consumers’ demand. Ex
cept for the steadily increasing prices
of all articles of food everything could
be bought as before, the only form of
rationing being sugar which could
only be bought from government
stores two pounds at a time.
As a matter of fact, the government
and espcially the food minister had
been too optimistic. When cable
„ grams from Washington stated that
the American government was going
to place an embargo on different ar
ticles the answer from the Norwegian
government to the press, asking how
this would affect Norway, was that
it only meant that Norway should
guarantee that nothing would be re
exported to Germany, and then Nor
way would get all it needed.
At last, during the last two months
it has dawned on the government that
Uncle Sam means business and that
Norway cannot expect special favors
as a favorite friend.
After the importation of grain and
flour stopped the government estab
lished a grain monoply taking charge
of ail grain imported and produced
here. The farmers are not allowed to
sell their crops to anyone but the gov
ernment and a fixed price. The
nation will be put on flour or bread
rations, every person, adult or child,
being allowed 25 pounds of bread
monthly, or 16 pounds of unsifted
flour. The people, however, are in
structed to mix potatoes In the bread
dough. With this year's crop and the
imported grain in storage, Norway
has enough hour till February or
March. It is {loped here that the
United States will grant export li
censes for some of the grain bought
there by Norwegian importers and the
Norwegian government which now is
ready for shipment.
Norway is dependent on imported
sugar as no sugar is produced here.
The consumption of sugar is still un
limited. Candy factories turn out 3
mufh candy as before and no sug..r|
card is in use here, as in Sweden.
Last summer an ordinance was
passed putting motor vehicles and
motor craft on rations of gasoline.
The result was that automobiles were
used more freely than ever. The Am
erican embargo again forced the au
thorities to action and the sale of j
j gasoline for use in private cars was
entirely stopped beginning October 1.
Taxicabs were only permitted to op
erate from 6 a. m. to 8 p. m. and the
streets in the city are now as quiet
and free from noise as they were
twenty years ago.
The supply of keresene is bocom
ing very low with no prospect of re
placement. For fishers this is disas
trous as all along the coast they are
using kerosene driven motor boats.
The oountry population and the poor
people in the cities using kerosene for
light and cooking are hard hit, as
every family is only allowed two gal
lons a month.
The scarcity of fat is felt more and
more every day. The majority of the
population have ben using margar
ine Instead of butter, but now that the
raw stuffs for this product are not
allowed to be exported from the Unit
ed States the margarine production is
reduced every w'eek. Grocers have
been forced to put their customers
on allowance, nobody receiving more
than a pound at once. Norway is
facing a fat shortage and the nation
will have to be rationed.
As for fuel, the people are put on
rations, except those who can take
care of themselves and afford to pay
the r "es for coal and coke imported
fiGreat Britain.
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Everybody asks, "why does not the!
government entirely stop exports if
thereby more favorable Importing con
ditions can be established with the
allies?' But no official answer is
given.
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Sixteen days on a small ledge, sur
rounded by open sea, was the harrow
ing experience of Stephen Ryan, a
Mdtlakahtla native, who wa's rescued
a few days ago after having been giv
en up for dead. Ryan's launch was
wrecked on the reef on which he took
refuge, and at every tide he was al
most submerged. Two raw potatoes
and rain water constituted his entire
rations for the sixteen days. When
rescued he weighed hut 100 pounds,
while prior to the accl ’-mt he was an
unusally large on 1 powerful man.
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