The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1917-07-12
ORDERsEMBARG0
ON U. sExP0RTs
PRESIDENT LIMITS SHIPPING or
FooDsTuFFs.
TO BE FAIR TO THE NEuTRALs
Must Prove They Are Not Husband.
ing Resources and Not Aiding En-
emy--WilI Have Special
License.


Washington, July 9.-Presldent VIII
son issued proclamation prohibiting
all exports Of foodstuffs and war ma
terials except under special license.
In giving out the proclamation. the
president made the following state
4 ment:
SIN controlling by license the export
4 OF certain Indispensable commodities
from the United States, the govern
ment has first and chiefly in view the
amelioration of the food conditions
which have arisen or are likely to arise
In our own country before new crops
are harvested
Guard Fundamental Supplies.
mot only is the conservation Of our
prime food and fodder supplies a mat
ter which vitality concerns our own peo-
pie, but the retention of an adequate
supply of raw materials Is essential to
our program of military and naval con-
struction and the continuance of our
| necessary domestic activities. We
shall, therefore, similarly safeguard all
| our fundamental supplies.
1T is obviously the duty of the
United States In liberating any surplus
| products over and above our own do
nestle needs, to consider first the ne
cessities of all the nations engaged In
war against the central empires.
Check Up on Neutrais.
| "As to neutral nations, however, we
| also recognize our duty. The govern
ment 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 sur
pluses to their own domestic supply,
and of meeting their pressing necessi-
| ties or deficits.
I'm considering the deficits of food
supplies the government means only
to fulfill its obvious obligation to as
sure itself that heutrals are husband
ing their own resources and that our
supplies win not become available,
either directlyor indirectly, to feed the
| enemy" .,s. ts
Text Of Proclamation. ~
The proclamation follows:
by the President of the United States
of Ameriea-A proclamation:
Whereas, Congress has enacted and
the president has on the 10th day of
June, 1917, approved a law which con-
tains the following provisions: '"N
whenever during the present war
the president shall find that the pub
! lie safety shall SO require and shall
make proclamation thereof, it shall be
unlawful to export from or ship from
or take out of the United States to
any country named in such proclama-
| ton any article or articles mentioned
In such proclamation except at such
| time or times and under such regula-
tons and orders and subject to such
limitations and exceptions as the pres
ident shall prescribe until otherwise
ordered by the president or by con-
gress; provided, however, that no pref
erence shall be given to the ports of
one state over those of another.
Fine and Prison Penalty. (.
ANY person who shall export, ship
or take out or deliver or attempt to
deliver for export, shipment or taking
out any article in violation of this title
or of any regulation or order made
hereunder shall be fined not more than
| $4,000, or, If O natural person, impris-
Oned for not more than two years.
| Whenever there is a. reasonable
cause to believe that any vessel is
about to carry out of the United States
any article or articles In violation of
the provisions of this title, the collec-
| tor of customs for the district In which
such vessel is located Is hereby au-
| thorized and empowered to refuse
| clearance to any such vessel, for which
clearance Is not required by law, to
forbid the departure of such vessel
from the port. ia.
"And, whereas, the public safety re-
Quires that succOr shall he prevented
from reaching the enemy;
Placed Under Embargo.
snow, therefore, l, Woodrow Wilson,
president OF the United States of Amer.
lea, do hereby proclaim to all whom II
may concern that, except at such time
or times and under such regulations
and orders and subject to such llmita.
tions and exceptions as the president
shall prescribe, until otherwise ordered
by the president or by congress, the
following articles, namely:
"Coal. coke, fuel, oils, Kerosene and
! gasoline, Including bunkers. food
grains. flour and meal therefrom, fod.
der and feeds, meat and fats, Jig iron
steel billets, ship plates and structural
shapes. scrap iron, and scrap steel
/ ferro-manganese, fertilizers, arms. am
munition and explosives.
"Shall not, on and after the fifteenth
day Of July 1917, be, carried out of OF
exported from the United States or it,
/ territorial possessions. M
by the President. s
II /.