The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1917-07-09
To Reduce Prices Here.


Two chief purposes are responsible for
the embargo order:
l. To conserve the American food sup
ply, with the consequent reduction In the
prices TO consumers Of staple articles,
and
2. The prevention of the provisioning
of enemy countries through excessive
shipments to neutral dealers who in
turn resell.
The Presidents proclamation. after
quoting the law empowering the Govern
ment to take control of exports, says:
II hereby proclaim to all whom it may
concern that. except at such time or
times and under such regulations and
orders and subject to such limitations
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
gasolene including bunkers food grains,
flour and meal therefrom. fodder and
feeds, meats and fats. iron pig steel
billets, ship plates and structural shapes,
scrap iron and scrap steel, shall not, on
and after the 5th day of July. 1917, be
carried out of or exported from the
United States or its territorial posses
| sions TO Abyssinia. Afghanistan, AL
bania, Argentina, Austria Hungary, Bel
gum. her colonies. possessions or pro-
tectorates Bolivia, Brazil, Bulgaria.
China, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica,
Denmark, her colonies, possessions
| or protectorates Dominican Republic.
Ecuador. Egypt. France, her colonies,
possessions or protectorates Germany,
her colonies, possessions or protector
ates; Great Britain, her colonies. DOS
sessions or protectorates Greece, Guate-
mala, Hayti. Honduras, Italy, her col
onies, possessions or protectorates: ia
| pan, Liberia, Lichtenstein, Luxemburg
Mexico, Monaco. Montenegro, Morocco
| Nepal, Nicaragua, the Netherlands. her
colonies, possessions or protectorates
Norway. Oman, Panama, Paraguay, Per-
sia, Peru, Portugal. her colonies, posses
sions or protectorates; Rumania, Rus
sia, Salvador. San Marine, Serbia, Siam
Spain, her colonies. possessions or pro-
tectorates; Sweden, Switzerland. Uru-
quay, Venezuela or Turkey.
America Comes First.
THE orders and regulations from time
10 time prescribed will be administered
by and under the authority of the Sec
retary OF Commerce, from whom IL
censes in conformity with the said or
ders and regulations, will issue.
"In controlling by license the export
OF certain Indispensable comm Oddities
from the United States, the Government
has first and chiefly In view the anchor
alton OF the food conditions which have
arisen or are likely TO arise In our own
country before new crops are harvested.
Not only is the conservation of our prime
food and fodder supplies a matter which
vitality concerns our own people, but the
retention or an adequate supply OF raw
materials is essential TO our programme
Of military and naval construction and
the continuance of our necessary domes-
tic activities. We shall therefore simi.
larly safeguard all our fundamental
supplies.
1T is obviously the duty of the
United States In llberatng any surplus
products over and above our own dom as
tic needs to consider first the neresli-
ties of all the nations engaged in war
against the Central Empires. As to neu-
tral nations, however. we also recognize
our duty. The Government does not wish
to hamper them. On the contrary, u
wishes and Intends Ly all far and
equitable means, TO cooperate with them
IN their difficult task OF adding from
our available surpluses to their own
domestic supply and OF meeting their
pressing necessities or deficits. In con-
serving the deficits of food supplies its
4 Government means only 10 fulfil its
;, obvious obligations to assure Itself that
= neutrals are outstanding their own re-
( sources and that our supplies will not
o become available, either directly or In
directly. TO feed the enemy
8 Many Protests Likely,
: II tho embargo on wheat is made ah-
solute, even only for a temporary
period, II certainly will provoke loud
protests from the neutrals who have
been looking with anxiety on America s
0 thorcughgoing war preparations in the
Q way of export restrictions, Their com
r mercial attaches have made strong rep
e reservations TO this Government against
e any curtailment in the food supplies go
a ing to their respective countries, since
8 they as well as the belliGerents arr
practically on rAtions and any <NFther