The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1919-06-14
China Calls for Forty Thousand
Tons of Rice to Prevent
Famine.

That the shortage of rice in the
Orient which has been forSeen
for some time has become alarm
ingly acute is told in a telegram
received by E. A. Eignus, Secre-
tary of the Southern Rice Grow
ers Association, from F. B. Wise
of the Bureau of Markets, United
States Department of Agriculture,
Washington.
"Had this call for help in feed
ing the needy Orientals been re-
ceived two months ago it would
have caused general rejoicing "a
mong the rice interests, but at
this particular time, with stocks
about cleaned up, it only bears out
the forecast made by the Associa-
ton that prices at the opening OF
the market on this years crop
will be higher than ever before,
said Mr.. Eignus, when asked what
effect this demand would have on
the American rice people.
The telegram from Mr., Wise
read: "E. A. Eignus, Southern
/ Rice Growers Association, Beau
mont, Texas Cable received Pen
, ang, China, forty thousand tons
rice needed to prevent famine.
How much can the United States
supply? How much can be ship
ped immediately Give lowest
:. price per ton at Pacific and Gulf
ports? Apparently good chance
e to unload stock low grade rice.
n Get in touch with rice interests.
Wire reply our representatives,.
Forty thousand tons is a lot OF
+ rice-about eight hundred thous-
and pockets and even had the
i demand in China developed into
is the present acute situation thirty
ic DAYS ago, it is doubtful, if not alb
4 solutely certain that such guam
e. tity of the cereal could not have
4. been found in the country. Ant
r this in spite of the fact that some
of the rice interests at that time
d. we're fearful of not being able t.
es dispose of the surplus OF lowe
it. grades on account of the larS
of stocks that had accumulated dur
as ing the season-the result OF
st rainy harvest and continued rain
lie. throughout the winter preventln
e. and delaying harvesting opera
on tons.
ar A demand for shipment OF A
lis merican rice to Europe also az
d. yeloped last week when the Sout
De- ern Rice Growers were asked i
1c- there could be furnished to IL
en- Grain Corporation any of Type
err 200 and $50, consisting OF abo'
Be- 1.-TWO parts of fancy and one pa
inlof screenings or stack burne
ose The Association had been wor
ice ing for the past sixty to nine
vas DAYS to ascertain if there wou
Of not be available $4,000 tons
The these types which had been orr
ar mated to take the place OF high
lim grades of which there was a sht
wn, age the past season. On rece,
af- of the telegram last week from t
the Grain Corporation the situatl
late had so changed that there v
ride none of this type of rice aHs
AXE able, where a short time before
had been considered there mi
e of be had $4,000 tons.
of The recent sharp advances
ring the rice market were caused
the stocks of all grades MOVING
ac- fast that they are now practl'
very ly cleaned up, and the ouly {
will come will be that the market
E of open in August on the new c
at even higher figures than !
fol- prevail. With a demand
Y for American rice from pom .lf
ent and Europe 10 other resu
POSSIBLE, and there is no be
has proof that this demand is
,nsas EstantlaI and will continue
,e to 1.-The cable from China reel,
with Saturday and the inquiry o.
Y. M. Grain Corporation iof type
rice.
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