EVERYDAY LIFE IN GERMANY [To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR.]

SIR,—The comparison at the end of Mr. Horsfall-Ertz' letter

on prices is apparently based on the prices prevailing in a high price suburb. There are some millions of people in North London who can get good quality food at much lower prices than those he gives for Germany. I give below prices from current accounts. I have converted Rms. at Is. 8d.

North London. Germany.

s. d. s. d.

Bread .. .. 6i lbs. I 41 3 0 Butter.. .. l lb. 7 I 4

Margarine not used

Cheese lb. (Canadian)..

Eggs • • Potatoes Fruit .. Meat .. 4i lbs. (old) lb. (apples) .. 31 lbs. (N.Z. lamb or Imp. beef) Cereals .. 41 lbs. (oatmeal) ..

Sugar .. I lb. (granulated)..

Jam 1 lb. ..

Milk .. 121 pints ..

Coffee.. .. 1 lb. ..

Vegetables .. 21 lbs. (green) Total

• • • • • • • • • •

5 3 4 4 6

2 0 4 8

2 81 4 2 it 6 3 8 5 10 3 O. 3 4 IO JO

13 of 51 0 0 10

—I am, yours faithfully, 57 Hilldrop Road, N.7. H. TEMPEST REILLY.