Jasper County Democrat, Volume 23, Number 76, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 December 1920 — AMERICA LOOKS 6000 TO HIM [ARTICLE]

AMERICA LOOKS 6000 TO HIM

Say* Pulaski County Man Aftar Visit to Old Homo In Germany. Carl Meyne of Beaver township was here yesterday on business, having recently reached home after his trip to Germany. He left thiß country in July and has been visiting relatlves In the old country. He says the United States looks mighty good to him after a trip over there, as does also American money. Conditions in German cities are critical, he says, altthough better in the country districts. The national gov ernment is weak, and each state is almost a law unto itself. Bread rations prevail in many of the cities. The rate of exchange enabled him to get seventy-two German marks for each American dollar. The set price on wheat there is eighty marks per hundred pounds, and on potatoes twenty marks per hundred pounds. It takes over thirty marks to buy a very ordinary meal. There i* very little silver or gold, nearly all of the money being paper'or iron. Each city issues its own, and that issued by one city is not much good In another. Carl will divide his time this winter between his farm in Beaver and the home of his son at Lafayette — Pulaski County Democrat.