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Title: The Iron Ration
Three Years in Warring Central Europe
Author: George Abel Schreiner
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Language: English
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The IRON RATION
GEORGE ABEL SCHREINER
THE IRON RATION
THE IRON RATION
Three Years in
Warring Central Europe
BY
Warring Central Europe
BY
GEORGE ABEL SCHREINER
ILLUSTRATED
HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS
NEW YORK AND LONDON
The Iron Ration
Copyright, 1918, by Harper & Brothers
Printed in the United States of America
Published February, 1918
Copyright, 1918, by Harper & Brothers
Printed in the United States of America
Published February, 1918
to my friend
Dr. Jerome Stonborough
man—scholar—philanthropist
Dr. Jerome Stonborough
man—scholar—philanthropist
TABLE OF CONTENTS
I | WAR HITS THE LARDER OF GERMANY | 1 |
II | WHEN LORD MARS HAD RULED THREE MONTHS | 22 |
III | THE MIGHTY WAR PURVEYOR | 34 |
IV | FAMINE COMES TO STAY | 56 |
V | THE FOOD SHARK AND HIS WAYS | 70 |
VI | THE HOARDERS | 93 |
VII | IN THE HUMAN SHAMBLES | 115 |
VIII | PATRIOTISM AND A CRAVING STOMACH | 131 |
IX | SUB-SUBSTITUTING THE SUBSTITUTE | 144 |
X | THE CRUMBS | 161 |
XI | MOBILIZING THE PENNIES | 173 |
XII | SHORTAGE SUPREME | 195 |
XIII | "GIVE US BREAD!" | 213 |
XIV | SUBSISTING AT THE PUBLIC CRIB | 245 |
XV | THE WEAR AND TEAR OF WAR | 265 |
XVI | THE ARMY TILLS | 275 |
XVII | WOMAN AND LABOR IN WAR | 293 |