New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-10
p.;,a;n Plans to Buy Can
ada's Entire Crop
for 1917
United States Lacks
26,OOO,000 Bushels
Warning Nations and Euro
pean NeutraIs Are in
Similar Plight
-r..r n. Trhuns Hu-aul

w..b;ngton. March 9.-The wheat
..,.see in England. France and Italy
u. bseome so acute that the British
-.r,rrr,ent is now negotiating for the
s,,,s,se Of the entire 1917 crop Of
r.,,6a. exclusive of the bread and seed
judgements Of the Dominion itself,
...or6inc 10 official advices from OF
-. .o.nieht. sir George Foster, act
=. Premier. has outlined the PROPOSE
-, n the heads of the various farm
~ organizations, who are expected to
ast al once.
T. is understood the Canadian gov
,,rnsnt will conduct the transaction,
bovipr the wheat and shipping 1t. Last
~,,r virtually the entire wheat crop OF
Canada went 70 England. but II was
purchased in the open market and not
r,id for in advance, as this years yield
,7l be. Scarcity of tonnage has com
s,usd Britain to withdraw most of the
hips previously engaged in transport
;,r the wheat crop Of Australia 10 Eng
brs Canada. in 1915, produced $780,
$4,000 bushels of wheat, one-hfth OF
,seb came into the United States.
Shortage in United States
IN the United States, as we'll as IN
,n the European countries, belligerent
ms neutral. the wheat shortage this
year is serious. According TO officials
Of ,ts Department of Agriculture, the
,slsble supply in this country viii
All 2sOOO.O bushels short of meet
m, ,eouirements for domestic con-
wnp,ion. sending out exports on the
sane scale as last year.
France faces a deficit OF 127,OOO,oVo
i,.hsls Of wheat in the coming year.
,.,,rai,v 70 the estimate of the pres
is,nt oi the agricultural committee OF
y, Cs,uber Of Deputies to-day. The
,ryr,r,,s deficit for the Entente Allies
AID Euvrean neutrsls was placed at
from $4,000 900 to 216,OOo,O bushels
By the sane speaker.
The shortage in the Central Powers
is even greater. though exact figures
are rot available. The Prussian Food
Dictator indicated in his speech before
TIE Prussian Diet yesterday, however,
that there was great possibility OF all
Gsrmsnys surplus stocks Of grain
bsing exhausted before the summer was
or.
The total available stocks Of wheat
in the United States on March /, ac-
tording 70 the Department of Agricult-
Ire estimates. amounted 70 246.0O0,0OO
bushels. and the amount Of wheat -four
around 100000 bushels, making to-
isl Of approximately 267 100000 bush
els IN the first Of this month.
In the United States 25.000. 900 bush
tls Of wheat will be required for seed,
and 100000 bushels for home con-
SUMPTION during the remaining four
months OF the current fiscal year, or
iotal Of l93,O00OO0 bushels.
Exports in 1915
Exports Of wheat during these four
months Of 1916 totalled 66.92l 1876
bushels, and o. wheat -four 23.955.755
bushels, or a total Of 90,677 .49l. This
Nial added % the l93,000,000 bushels
makes grand total required for all
purposes Of 253.877 ,491, exceeding the
supply BY more than 100000 bushels.
Ohieials % the Department of Agri-
culture, while admitting that the
,sassi on hand in the country is the
iosesi In nearly twenty years, try 70
appear optimistic as 20 the supply
meeting the demand until the next
crop Is available They figure that the
gsr capita consumption this year viii
oe instead Of 50 bushels. that the
invisible supply Of wheat -four on
ieno-that DO grocery stores. small
s@Ienouses, etc.-ls cons derable, and
g@', a. February exports showed
ssefesSe Of approximately 100000
tssasls, compared with January, there
sAi be steady decrease in exports
e,fng the remaining months Of the