The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-02-08
RUMAlNAN Wheat
GOES Iigz..AI!!g! ! RI! |!
important 6 Commercial Ne
gotiations Help to Bring
This About.

HUCaARESTyS HUMANE Jan. -
Correspondence OF The Associated
Press -latty thousand carloads Of
cereais, Of about 10 100000 hundred
owtght go TO- Germany and Austria
Hungary from Rumania as the result
oil negotiations which have Just been
terminated. An option for another 6o,-
900 carloads has also been secured by
agents osthes Central powers. The Ru-
1nanian government has sanctioned the
transaction and export begins imme-
diately. a great q cal OF grain bought by
the Central powers months ago, but
10 faf unexpected for various reasons,
VIM also beEmoped now. Shipments
vii beS made over every available rail-
road and on the Danube.
NEGOTIATIONS were conducted by the
Rmanfan Grain Sales commission and
the 81 raall Central of the German, Aus
frfan and fHungarfang governments. The
grain consists principally OF Indian
corn, wheat, barley, beans and lentils.
il VII be paid for partly in gold, but
lie great Of the purchase price
VIII he in German paper currency,
marks. The action is remarkable
for the fact that for the cost OF the
cerealsS the Rumanian government VIII
Get cred on the Deutsche Reichsbauk
ia Berlin, forSwhic the Rumanian Nat
ional Bank will then issue notes, these
notes reaching the sellers Of the
rain.
The foodgtufts $50 procured will be
divided among Germany and Austria
Hungary as fol1ows: Six cars OF each
five IN An9-
tfia and Hungary. Cars and means OF
river transported will be provided
blythe Centralsp
Wifh5anotherS50,0 900 cars held on OPP
ton ~ the Central powers, and with
Tufkey4ands Bulgaria also in the mar
ket. Rumania Idisposes of her entire
1915 crop. ofSwhich but little has been
moved. Axai1abl lie also is still a good
sfiare OF the Ola crop, which Ruman1a
was not disposed to sell to the Central
powers last spring and summer, owing
10 tiies tefief that the sDar danelles would
he forced by the allies. Some of the
eereais sold TO the allies was moved
via SEVERN and gladowa, whence
they we're taken over the Serbian rail-
roads 70 Salonilfi The conquest of Ser
bia closed this route.
With no pTospects that the 1915 crop
could Be sold to neutrals or the En-.
tent8 group, Rumania wa sobliged to
sell ii tfie Central powers group, at
a price which is said to be very advatl.
taFe6us 10 the latter. Figures are not
Available however. But that the cen
tral powers drove az hard bargain Is
SAID here To eindtca ted BY the 1act
that very little gold changes hanas'
aslssreas III Fnreyious purchases in Ru-
b vera
13Sfse srffhigold as the only acceptable
eafiiyaIant 4 ssE
The was discussed In the
mammalian parlfament, and was stout
III nn6ssd Nv the friends OF the En-
Eentes among them notably Jake
Jonescfi. Toma Jonescu, Filipescue and
KIfiie. GoyeFnment, members and the
p5afn and land ed class interests took
ia n6gifiofiS that gRumania stood In
an, IN need o. tie revenues, ito be de-
rlyed from the sale. these being the
.nsSfy income Rumania has with which
'5 Sovfsr imporfs: very stormy scenes
ef,snad. but the opposition lost.
Runania,s ion is due to her $50.
infi6n from the world Us grain consum-
ars. ME dosing ofy the Dardanelles left
R1mania no other route than that
through Serbia, which is now closed Glossy
also Tt0{fhe Central towers Humans
SsorId NOT sells and what little was
i,onE6t had ,toSbe taken at proh1bitive
prices TO witch vast sums in the form
X ~ ssS'sfsof,finnFof one sort or another had
Is III adief! 10 is believed that the
t,I.esant transaction cleans the slate.
Erents az tie Entente governments
reFe actiye fo$prevent the sale, but
,y 4 80 defeatedSbySthe fact that Russia,
HI oftlv Allied power to whom Ru-
,,s,s.,i,s nov has physical contact and
tess,SnSnunieatio does mot have to buy
rrain Ia foreign markets. The posst-
hiiifv 81 MOVING the grain over the
RSssian raiiroad al and throughSa Rus
:; m 53Srtint0S and France was
, lien lfeid IN bysth Entente agents.
ent RufnanianS grain producers could
IL ~ az fhefriinte cared for by stor.
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