The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1917-07-12
TEXT OF EMBARGO
PROCLAMATION

President Wilson'S embargo pro-
clamation after quoting the law
avhich gires the Government con-
troll orer exports, says:
[ hereby proclaim to all whom
it may concern that, that except at
such times or times and under
such limitations and exceptions as
the President shall prescribe, un-
til ordered by the President or by
Congress, the following articles
namely:
Coal, Coke. Fuel, Oils, Kerosene
and Gasoline. including Bunkers
Food Grains. Flour and Mea'
therefrom, Fodder and Feeds;
Meats and Fats;
Iron Pig, Steel Billets, Ship
Plates and Structural Shapes,
Scrap Iron and Scrap Steel.
Ferro Manganese, Fertilizers,
Arms Ammunition and Explo-
sives,
shall not, on and after the 18th
day of July, 13l:, be carried out
of or exported from the United
States or its territorial possessions
TO Abyssinia, Afghanistan, Alban-
ia argentina, Austria-Hungary,
belgium, her colonies, possessions
cr protectorates, BOLIVIA, Brazil.
bulgaria, China, Chill, Columbia.
Costa Rica, Denmark, her colonies,
possessions or protectorates. Dom
inican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt,
France, her colonies: possessions
nr protectorates, Germany, her col
onies. possessions or protectorates,
Great Britain, her colonies, posses.
sions or protectorates, Greece.
Guatemala, Hayti, Honduras, It.
ally, her colonies, possessions or
,;rotectorates, Japan, Liberia,
'4eichtenstein, Luxembourg, Mexico
Monaco, Montenegro. Morocco,
Nepal. Nicaragua, the Netherlands,
her coloniespossessions or protector
ates, Norway, Oman, Panama, Par
aguay, Persia, Peru, Portugal, her
colonies. possessions or protector
ates, Roumania, Russia, Salvador.
San Marino, Serbia, Siam, Spain,
her colonies, possessions or pro-
tectorates, Sweden, Switzerland,
Uruguay, Venezuela or Turkey.
The orders and regulations from
time to time prescribed will be ad-
ninistered by and under the auth
ority of the Secretary of Com
merce, from whom licenses, in con-
formity with the said orders and
regulations, will issue.
In controlling by license the ex-
port of certain indispensable com
modities from the United States.
the Government has first and chief
ly in view the amclioration of the
food condition which have arisen or
are likely to arise in our country
before new crops are harvested.
Not only is the conservation of
our prime food and fodder sup
plies a matter which vitally con-
cern our own people but the rete
tion of an adequate supply of raw
materials is essential TO our pro
gramme of military and naval CON
struction and the continuance of
cur necessary domestic activities.
We shall, therefore, similarly safe
guard all our fundamental sup
plies.
1t is obviously the duty Of the
United States in liberating any
surplus products over and abov"
cur OH domestic needs to consider
first the necessities of all the ma
tlons engaged in war against the
Central Empires. As to neutral II,
tlons. however, we also recognize
our duty. The Government does
not wish to hamper them. On the
contrary, it wishes and intends. by
all fair and equitable means. to CO.
operate with them in their difficult
task of adding from our available
surpluses to their own domestic
supply and Of meeting their press
ing necessities or deficits.
In conserving the deficits of food
supplies. the Government means
only to fulfill it's obvious obliga-
ton to assure itself that neutrals
are outstanding their own re-
sources and that Our supplies vii!
not become available. either direct
ly or indirectly. to feed the enemy.
The Grand Theatre at Brecken
ridge put on an unusually good
show on Monday of this week.