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3. Photography is regarded ae the beat profession, as photographers have not beenerded into artels. Like private people, however, they cannot employ manpower and must hand over the developing of negatives to the Developers' artel. Despite the facthotographic patent0 rubles, photographers do make some profit and do not live too badly. In Kaunas there are three photographers lone across .the street from the Stato Theater (Yalstybes-Teatras) and two on Parliament fSelmas) Street. In the oblast towns and particularly in the present raion cities, photographers aroifficult tine in obtaining photographic supplies like film and paper. Dp to now, films Used were the German Agfs films. Kaunas and Vilnius photo graphsrs very often buy the necossary materials by speculative means from Air *orce personnel. Tbeshortaae of film might be attributed to the inefficient management of the Apkoa, Cooperative Supply(Kocperityvu Aprupinimohich has branches in every raion cibr. .
Prices (Up to
tu One kilogram of butter ot government priceubles) at non-government price, overrubles. In winter, stores have no butter. In sumer, thealls to 2li rubles.
5. Bread of the following kinds can be bought in Kaunas, Sliullai, Klaipeda, and Vilnius at the given pricesi
Half-white bread which is called white,per kg0 Vwhiter bread, in
Wheat bread, per
Wheat breadl.
Wheat breadf Jewish type, in open marketJner kg 0
6. One kilogram of pork costs fromubles, Lean meat with bacon (sic) Christmas time, after tho general butchering, costs frcn 2l*n spring this price goes up to uO rubles. One kilogram of ground beef costs ubles. When prices vern lowered, the prico of this beef was 13 The lowering of prices in general proceeds as follows* if it that prices will be lowered in May, then in February, ss a of quiet prearrangement, prices become gradually higher and higher untilwhan prices are lowered, the. new price is higher than the For instance, inne kilo-grim of beef costubles, .April, the price went up to:ubleb. "Onhetl prices werekilogram of beef was fixed atubles. The conclusion is that in theprices are decreased, they are in fact increased. Other meat -
- Rubles ' -
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Sausage, per
Sausage with baconer
Smoked sausage with pork, per
Smoked bacon, persausage (produced by ihe Maistas
Meat Plant iner kg.,
* There are cheaper types of sausage, but'they are inedible.
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buys In
Wheat, per centner
Wheat (iner centner
Barley, per centner
Oats, per
Prices of other food items include*
O
(during Bumner in Kauhas),per liter Milk (in winterarmer),per liter Milk (in summer nt government store),
per liter
(Unavailable in government stores in vinter) Eggs (in0 Eggs (in0 Sugar, per kg
Sugar (on the blacker kg
3
10
12
2h
2
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Thorn is no granulated sugar anywhere and no sugar at all in oblastt is seldom availabi* even in Kaunas; and,when It is available there, it is in lumps and not at all sveet.
2
Chocolateer bar Cocoa,r Tea (of teaerr Tea (realerr Coffee, per kg
The coffee is so old that it has no aroma.
Potatoes (Iner centner Potatoes (iner centner Potatoes (at normal government price),
kg
Potatoes (in winter on open market),
kg
Potatoes (in spring on open market),
pe> kg
'
are brought in from collective farms and are quit* rot te
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Tobacco prices
Rubles
(Jachta, Pemyr, Parashyut^lno),
perigarettes) Cigarettes (Avro^a,0 cigarettes Cigarettes (DrugXhead of doR on wrapper),
'cigarettes Cigarettes0 cigarettes Cigarettes0 cigarettes Cigarettes0 cigarettes Smoking tobaccoerr Smoking tobaccoerr
There is no cigarette paper for rolling cigarettes.
.80
0
10
in the springeraon, but it was so ;he cigarettes would not
10. There are no electric light bulbs In the stores. They must be purchased on the black narket. Companies get them through their supply departments. The priceO-eandlepower lamp on the black market is uOt bums normally. Kitchen knives are very expensive, fromoubles, but there are few of them available, forks and spoons are made of aluminum. ery poor rasor for shavinp coatsubles and ten blades (Keva brand,of German origin) cost I, rublee, . Clothing material is very poor. In the raion o-called wool material is sold which costs upool suit costsubles. In Kaunas, the makinguit costs ljOO rubles.
is no coal. Even the blacksmiths run short. On the black market,of coal costsubles. Lust wintergovernment
. officials were supplied with brickettes which costentner. In'every city thereuel office where the inhabitants buy their fuel. In Kaunas, one cubic meter of wood costsubles. If someone is successful in buying wood surreytitknsly, he pays upubles for it,
a raion Apkom orders merchandise, such as summer dresses, in the spring,order errives in winter, and furs arrive in midsummer. There Is aof glass, which is brought in from supply bases in Vilnius tostores about once every four months. Fish fot and turpentineln the pharmacies, and these items cannot be purchased even on
the blook market.
13. Gasoline prices are of two kinds. The official price, which is paid whenon government business,ubles per liter. Thewhich is paid when buying at government fuelso 3liter. One liter of kerosene at the government priceo rubles. candle costs 2
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