The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-10-04

EMBARGO RELIEF NEEDED
Shipments Transit When Embargoes Were Laid Call for mmc-
date Release Wherever 1t Ia Possible.
BY DANIEL WARREN
Director Association New York
Vice President of the American Trading Company and Of
the Santa Clara Sugar Company
By DANIEL WARREN

latter part Of June. and followed by an
other carload during the first week In
July. Carbolic acid was put under en-
largo. not on the first list, effective July
1t. but on a later list. At the time II be-
came subject to embargo. the two car
loads had not cleared. After consider
able correspondence the licenses were
secured In inid-September. The goods
had been laying at Seattle for a month
and half. Similar delays attended ship
ments Of graphite electrodes. and some
nre still without licenses.
II the government desires to embargo
articles for conservation. or other rea-
sons. exporters must act accordingly and
take no further business on such pro-
hibitcd articles unless for actual and
direct war purposes. But where ship
ment has already been Effected and Is
In transit on q through bill Of lndlng ut
the time when such an embargo Is made
effective. an exception should be allowed
and license should DO Issued without de-
lay.
II Is serious enough to have such
rmbargoes hit shipments TO New York,
but at least. in that case. the shippers
have the goods under their control. and
possibly can dispose OF them for do
nestle purposes. But on shipments to
the far cast via the Pacific coast. on
through bills Of lHding. the goods are
not in their control: and IL they do not
obtain license, they are Mt q loss to
know what to do with the shipment.
because the bills OF lading arc not in
their hands. Those bills OF lading are
either on the way 10 japan or China.
or In the customers hands, and the
steamship and railroad companies will
not turn over the goods even If the
shippers are willing to dispose OF them
in this country. 1t means delay of 1T
least sixty days before the bills Of lad
ing can be returned. with the drafts,
with much, If necessary. red tape 20 go
through to secure release at all.
Such shipments us are in transit on
through bills Of lading and were shipped
before they were under embargo. should
be licensed without question.
The whole export trade knows today
that steel plntcs over y inch in thick
ness and pig iron. will not be licensed
for the east: so nobody Is buying or
selling plates. But the administrative
board has on two occasions ruled that
not only goods In transit prior to July
l 5. when the original embargo became
effective. would be licensed. but later. In
August. released considerable tonnage
md licensed everything rolled prior To
August 10 and shipped before August Is.
In view of these two preccdcnts 1t
would appear feasible To permit other
articles, when shipped prior 10 nm en-
barge. 70 be licensed Immediately, or
automatically by the collector Of the
port through which goods are being
shipped. should embargo he placed after
they have. started on their way. This
will avoid congestion nj the coast. md
the tying up Of railroad cars and will
release for circulation money that is AT
present made useless.