Arizona republican., 1917-06-26
PRESIDENT TAXES
 FULL CONTROL IF
 AMERICAN EXPORT
Republican A. p. Leased Wirel


 WASHINGTON. June 25.-Control of American exports authorized in a clause of the espionage bill, was as sumed today by President Wilson with the appointment of an exports council comprising of the secretaries of state, agriculture and commerce, and the food administrator. An executive order ere ating the council directs the depart ment of commerce to administer all de- tails of operation.
 A victorious conclusion of the war can come, said the president in a state ment tonight outlining the country's export policy, only by systematic dlrec- tion of American trade.
 The free play of trade will not be arbitrarily interferred with" he said. Tt will only be intelligently and sys- tematically directed in the light of full information with regard to the needs and market conditions throughout the world and the necessities of our people at home and our armies and the armies of our associates abroad
 Members of the exports council will meet tomorrow to organize and to rec ommend to the president series of proclamatious which will put the law into active operation.
 The first proclamation will require the licensing of all coal and fuel ship ments including bunkers and its pur- pose is to give the government firm grasp on shipping.
 The second will provide a system of licensing for every class of exports to the European neutral countries and is designed to prevent supplies from reaching Germany.
 Proclamations to follow will name specific commodities which may not be shipped anywhere without licenses. The first commodities to be designated will be cereals and other foodstuffs By de- grees the list will be extended until virtually every export commodity is brought under operation of the act.
 The proclamatiOns covering coal and exports to European neutrals probably will be issued this week. Under an ar rangement to be made with the British government providing for an interna- tional shipping control the United States and Great Britain will have the trade of the world in their hands to direct in the manner best calculated to assist in winning the war.
 The neutral export proclamation will be hurried to prevent removal from the United States of large supplies of foOti- stuffs awaiting shipment. The govern ment is determined to hold neutTals to necessities.
 American agents to be sent into the neutra! countries will be charged with responsibility for seeing that American supplies stop before reaching the Ger man border
 Collectors of customs, who are under the treasury department will be charged with preventing unlicensed cargoes from leaving the country.
 T be formulated by the food administra- tion to be approved by the exports council.
 The American food supply. it is made clear, will be used first to feed this country, second to feed the allies and what is left will go to neutrals.
 President Wilson's statement of the export control policy follows:
 Tt is important that the country should understand just what is intend- ed in the control of exports which is about to be undertaken. and since the power is vested by the congress in the president l can speak with authority concerning it. The exports council will be merely advisory to the president.
 There will. of course, be no prohibit tion of exports. The normal course of trade will be interfered with as little aS pOSSlDle, ana so lar as possible only , it's abnormal course directed The whole object will be to direct exports in such a way that they will go first and by preference where they are most needed and most immediately needed, and tenn porarily to withhold them, if necessary where they can best be spared.
 Our primary duty in the matter of foodstuffs and like necessities is to see to 1t that the peoples associated with Us in the war get as generous a portion as possible of our surplus; but it will
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