Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-07-09
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| FEEDING Of WORLD
WITH AN IRON HAND
Requires Licensing of Ship
ments of Most Import
ant Commodities.
FIRST TO LOOK OUT FOR
AMERICA AND HER ALLIES
Effort Is to Check Sending of
Foodstuffs to Neutrals Ad-
jacent to Germany.
NATIONS POLICY is DEFINED
Through Handling of Coal and Fuel,
Government Intends to Take
Firm Grasp on Shipping.
NATIONS POLICY is DEFINED

WASHINGTON, July s.-President
Wilson TO-DAY Issued his ng-expected
embargo proclamation. and made 1t
plain that II the United States is to
feed the world she is going to control
the business with an iron hand.
The embargo Includes every basic
commodity In the list of things that
may not be exported without the license
of the Secretary of Commerce. Tho
President specifies every country In
the world-ullied, neutral and enemy
as countries to which the embargo
commodities may not be shipped.
But primarily the embargo was is-
sued to check the export Of foodstufts
to neutrals adjacent to Germany. The
President is determined that no moro
sustenance shall reach our enemies
through these mediums.
To-day's proclamation does not mean
that mono OF the commodities named
may be exported. They may be ex-
ported only in such quantities az:
Firct-To relieve the stringency md
high prices In our country.
:. Second-To effectually prevent the
neutrals from sending any possible aur-
plus into Germany.
Third-ro provide. as far as possible,
an equable distribution of the food,
fuel and iron supply among the nations
OF the allied world.
BUYING COUNCIL FOR ALLIES
TO BE ESTABLISHED
The first effect of the proclamation
will be the Immediate organization In
London OF the buying council for the
allies. Once established, this council
will proceed with the purchase Of
wheat through ono central agency, and
its allotment to all the countries of
the world outside the central powers.
The council imm ediately will establish
an agency in the United States for
the purchase of our wheat II Is prob.
able that the Federal food administra-
ton will be asked to perform this func-
ton under the direction Of Herbert C.
Hoover.
This step was not taken without
strenuous opposition both from the
neutrals and from England. The Presi-
dent has finally been convinced. how
ever, that the instrument of control
must be placed in the hands of the
United States. If, as the neutrals al
lege, their present imports from this
country are no more than enough to
make up something like their own
needs, In view of the cutting of of
other sources of supply like Russia
and Roumania. they will have to show
this to the exports council
GOVERNMENTS AGENTS
SIZE UP SITUATION
And the exports council will have to
be shown" beyond the shadow of
doubt This will be difficult for the
neutrals to do. 1t is known here that
the governments own agents have
sized up the situation abroad in very
thorough manner. The best opinion Is
that the recent figures made public as
to the amount of foodstuffs finding It's
way through neutrals into Germany
were very conservative.
The exports license division of tho
Department Of Commerce will have
complete charge Of the issuance of IL
censes to EXPORT 1t will work in con-
nection with the State Department and
with Herbert Hoover, of the food ad-
ministration. There will be no appeal
from its decision. 1t will consider the
applications for license solely in view
OF the need, domestic and foreign. for
the shipment of the goods In question.
separate license will have to be Sc
cured for each shipment. Secretary
Redheld said here tonight that
he was anxious to make the bur-
den as light as possible on tho export
ers. and hoped that most Of the appli-
cations could he settled at the branch
offices. once general policies had been
laid down. Many applications. how
ever. will have TO be forwarded to
Washington for settlement with the
help of the food administration, and
the State Department
PRocLAMATIoN ISSUED
BY PRESIDENT WILSON
BY the President of the United States
of America-A proclamation:
Whereas. Congress has enacted. ard
the President has. on the 18th day of
June, 1917. approved. a law which CON-
ta;ns the following provisions:
Whenever during tho present war s
the President shall find that tho pub
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