THE SECRETARY TO THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 2761, sig. 109-15/6

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4 A fat gap would have to be increased if oil crops were to be grown, as there are no fat crops and butter production, which, by the way, must also be increased by all means, would not be sufficient for this purpose to serve a case from Neusohl as a concrete example: from the rd. 7,500 cows of the local district are delivered daily for the public supply a total of 1.30oo liters of milk to the dairy there.The rest of the production leaks in the black trade or is fed by the producers, buttered and recycled again in black trade. According to Dr. Karvaš, the industry had good working conditions, apart from the raw material situation in certain sectors. In the price sector, Dr. Karvaš admitted that price stability had not been maintained.As the most effective means, the method of price compensation in internal trade was at the expense of the prices of luxury goods, i.e. The problem remains, however, and the most important is the discipline of the population, whether it is a consumer or a producer. Dr Karvaš concluded by announcing the adoption of a new foreign exchange law, which will be of particular importance in the relations with Sweden, Portugal, Switzerland and Turkey. As the start of the grain battle, which will be held for the first time this year, Minister of Economic Affairs Dr.Medrický spoke on the "week of agricultural production", but his speech was empty and in fact only a praise for the state support measures to raise production.Only his explanations about the price problem in agriculture were remarkable, in which he announced in agreement with Karvaš a price compensation in the domestic trade, without affecting the consumer prices of the most important food products. After ensuring the supply of coal and coke in schools, the Oberste Versorgungsamt has now secured all the coal and coking stocks on farms with more than 100 kastatraljoh arable land and reserved the right to dispose of the quantities secured. As of 1 March, a war surcharge was introduced for alcoholic beverages, which is collected in addition to the current taxes and levies.In the case of sparkling wine, the surcharge is 4O% of the price, correspondingly less for the above spirits, for beer lo Heller per litre. This measure required a realignment of the prices of spirits which were only recently fixed.In order to offset certain shortages in matches, the price of matches was increased by 25%.In the money market, February was more tense than in the increase in banknotes in circulation by l28.6 million to 2.55 billion. The preparations for the spring order are made more difficult by means of transport conditions, for which there is a lack of appropriate seed for wheat, while barley and rye are sufficiently available, at least according to official findings.