Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-02-23
LOAD 100000
BUSHELS GRAIN
At EAST Ports
1g&<
Figures She much De-
liversS ~ Points Feb.
l ainst 29,000,-
S00 in January.
EFFECT OF U-BOAT WAR
Railway Figures Give Indica-
ton How Much Kaiser's Sea
Policy Hits America.
CAR SITUATION IS BETTER

CAR SITUATION IS BETTER
New York, Feb. 22.-The effect on
the export trade from Boston. Phila-
delphia, Baltimore and New York of
Germany'S proclamation of unre-
strictcd submarine warfare is revealed
in figures made public here today by
the American Railway association on
behalf of its car service commission.
which is cooperating with the Inter
state Commerce commission i'll efforts
to relieve the car shortage situation.
The statistics. which are to be
placed before the government show
that from February to February a.,
the grain delivered to vessels at the
four ports amounted to approx
mately 100000 bushels. This COM
pares with 29,000,000 bushels in Janu-
ary and 5S,000,o00 in December. The
deliveries have been regulated, the
association sails, to correspond as far
as possible to the reduction of cargo
space caused by the submarine CAM
! palgn.
How Much Stored.
Permits were issued between Febru-
ary | and February IA for transporta-
ton of 100000 bushels TO seaboard
TO fill future cargo space promised.
This compares with 25,000,000 moved
on the permit basis in January and
45.50000O in December
Stored at the terminals in the four
ports were l2,500000 bushels during
the first half month of submarine ac-
tivity, as compared with accumula-
tion of 16,500,000 in January, and
AZ, 100000 in December.
a shortage in carload movements
of all other export freight i'll about
the same proportion also is shown.
The railroads maintain they have sue
ceeded in regulating the movement
to the seaboard so that the accumu-
latiOn has decreased somewhat i'll pro-
portion to the expectation.
Situation Brighter.
1t was claimed on behalf OF the
roads that the general situation as re-
CARDS food movement was brighter
today than during recent weeks, ow-
ing partly to more favorable weather,
but due also to new car service rules.
Virtually all the large roads in the
country signed an agreement to re-
turn cars at once direct to the roads
owning them.
A penalty will be imposed, it was
stated. in every case, where a road
diverts either loaded or All unloaded
car over a road which does not take
the car back to its owner aovr the
shortest route. This was regarded as
most important move and one which
would send strings of "emptles" to
congested districts.
Board of Trade Apologies.
Chicago. Feb. "a second tele-
gram in which there were traces OF
apology for the belligerent tone of the
first one sent yesterday, was put on
the wires to the Interstate commerce
commission today by President Grii-
fin of the Chicago Board OF Trade.
1--WE recognize fully reads today's
telegram, the respect due your hon
orable body and if | have been en-
thusiastic in my statement you will
understand it is because Of the des-
perate plight in which we find our
selves at this time"
Mr.. Griffin explains that he now
finds that the car supply order which
he was led to believe by local rail-
road men emaniated from Interstate
Commerce Commission McChord
really came from the Car service com
mission of the American Railway as
soclation.
Message Final Plea.
In his telegram yesterday, acting on
this misconceptions, Mr.. Griffin accus.
ed the Interstate Commerce com
mission Of utter failure in the emerg-
ency and of having done more harm
than good. He and his traffic commit
tee conferred on the question of 60
ing into the courts, or of appealing
to congress for prompt. dictatorial
atcion to straighten out matters.
With the misunderstanding cleared
up. today's telegram was said to be
a final plea on behalf of the board of
trade and, in a general way on be-
half of the farmers and country grain
elevators of the Mississippi and Mis-
souri, valleys.
Mr.. Griffin reiterated that the grain
trade Of this section is in a desperate
way. Forty million bushels of grain
are held up in local elevators; 7,OOO,-