The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-07-09
WILSON ORDERS EXPORT CONTROL OVER FOOD, FUEL AND SUPPLIES TO' AID ALLIES AND BAR TRADE WITH FOE

buying of food grains and other foot
 supplies in the United States for the account of the Allies will be done b, Herpem c. Hoover, head of the Amer
 ican Food Commission. He will also
 have control of the purchasing of grail for the neutrals, if he does not do the
 actual buying. The President has ex
 traordinary confidence in the judgmen1 l and ability of MT. Hoover. and it k | likely that no man in the administra. tion save the President himself will be vested with more power than the mar 1 who conducted the American relief work in Belgium.
 | Wheat prices are lower in foreign l countries today than they are in the United States. This condition MT
 Hoover believes will be radically
 changed after the embargo goes into ]effect and after Congress gives the food administration an official status. While fwheat prices in this country are f1uctu- ating around the 2 mark and have been much higher, the government price in Great Britain is $1.80 a bushel | in Australia $1.14 a ibushel, in India $1.35. and in Italy $1.69 to $1.94. The Allies also are requiring mixture ot | ~ POA wilt OONI 1yO oI OdI1cy III lLl6 flour. < Soon after President Wilson made his proclamation, Secretary RedfieId gave out summary of the rules un-
 der which license will be granted. Ii
 was as follows: Ffrst-Applications for licenses may
 be made by the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, Division of r t<<x i ington, D.. C., or to any of the and Domestic Commerce-New York, Boston, Chicago, St. Louis, New Or leans, San Francisco, and Seattle. SecondrIn applying for license to export any of the commodities GOV applicants should give the following information in duplicate form:
 (a) Quantity: (b), description of goods; (c) name and address of con- signee; (d) name and address of con- signor.
 Third-The license will be good for only sixty days and at the expiration of that time must be renewed, and if not shipped within that time, new application must be made.
 Fourth-The various branch offices of the Bureau of Foreign and Domes-
 tic Commerce have been given full instructfons as to the disposition of
 all applications for licenses.
 It Is the desire of the Bureau of
 Foreign and Domestic. Commerce to
 minimize the exporters difficulties as
 much as possible, and therefore, wher-
 ever practicable, the district offices
 will be authorized to issue the li-
 censes. It is thought, however, that
 many of the applications may have to
 be forwarded to Washington for de- cfsion
 In case exporters desire, they may
 telegraph their applications direct to
 the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic
 Commerce, Division of Export Lii censes. 1.435 K street, Washington. D. c. K <. ls.6isss5.T f -.s Representatives of some of the Ileu-
 tral nations have urged that drastic action be withheld in connection with
 their trade on the ground that their supplies were low and that Germany was not receiving large quantities of foodstuffs. The food administration.
 on the other hand. has urged an
 opposite course which would give the
 President and his advisers on the Ex-
 ports Council absolute control of the
 situation.
 Much pressure was brought to bear
 in some quarters to have fodder and fodder grains included in the pro
 were taking great quantities with clamation. as it was held that neutrals
 which to feed their cattle. and that
 fats from the cattle were being sent
 into Germany in large lots.