English Translation

20a/ - 4 - are not rare at all, Eir see in such cases the one side, i.e. the goods, which for price-political reasons do not find the way to us into the Reich. In Hungary, on the other hand, one can study the other side of a small price-fixing narrowed imperturbation permit. It necessarily leads to a lack of uniformity in pricing both in the luxury business segment and in those dedicated to the sale of this medium quality. Some examples: Men's shirts from Popeline are offered to l00,- Pengö (60,- RM), but also to 32;- Penge (20,-RM). Pure silk ties vary between 32 Pengö (20,- RM) and 16,- PengÖ (lO,-RM); suede gloves between 70, - Pengoe (44, - RM), 30 Pengön (19, -RM) etc. These strong price differences are not only due to quality, but also to a not insignificant part in the different import prices. In general, it can be seen that Italian textile products are more represented in the Hungarian markets than in the past, but are much more expensive than German export prices. We in the Reich too often have to understand ourselves for reasons of sufficient internal market supply for foreign goods in places to invest prices which cannot be reconciled from the outset with the internal German price level. But we draw the inexorable conclusion from this forced situation and lower the prices to expensively bought foreign goods to the level of the domestic price mirror, in this way we not only keep our prices unchanged, but - more importantly to me - avoid a double price level. In the end, the same experience applies to this as to the existence of a double currency. Just as, sooner or later, the bad money replaces the better, sooner and later the higher prices over the low carry away the victory. Stocks of useful goods are consistently described as modest from the knowledgeable point of view. They are often compared with the level of domestic stockpiling at the beginning of the year 194l. From the point of view of local distribution of goods, Budapest and the larger provincial cities are better affected than the characteristic needs of the village of industrial goods. Therefore, many farmers' wives make their purchases every day in those department stores of Budapest, which keep cheap mass goods and which are also designed to satisfy the needs of rural people. The stranger, who makes a thoughtful walk through Budapest's luxury shopping street, which runs parallel to the Donaukerso Veitzerstrasse, will not notice anything of a lack of windows, however, even less if he knows that the exhibits are by no means unsaleable exhibition goods, as far as one is entitled to purchase as a local. The establishment of the so-called "shopping book" is much faster than our dress card, because the possibilities of purchase are not kept within narrow limits. Berlin's Kaurkraft, however, would completely reduce the Budapest warehouse in less than a day. The secret of the optisee Sarenfülle can be unscathed easily; it is based on the constantly falling - 5 -