The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1920-05-18
CROPS TO SUFFER
UNLESS PIER CLOG
IS SOON RELIEVED
Seed and Farm Machinery
Shipments Delayed-Volun-
teer Aid Is Suggested.

The freight situation in New York
has reached the point at which every
one Is blaming every one else for II.
The Merchants Association blames
the truck drivers; the railroads lay
the onus upon the outlaw strikers;
the steamship people blame the long
shoremen. And all the while the
freight terminals are Clogsed with
merchandise and no immediate relief
appears to be in sight.
b. p. Vanderhoof, No. 346 Broad
way, has written to the Merchants
Association suggesting concerted and
cooperative action " tHo public to
end the freight tie up. MIR. Wander
hoof said that his plan includes the
calling Of a mass meeting OF series OF
meetings, IL possible, at which a
special period should be set aside dur
ing which all business except banks,
trust companies, insurance companies
and newspapers, should suspend, the
employers and employees thus fber-
ated from routine work pledging
themselves to volunteer their services
in moving the masses of food and
other products vital to the health and
welfare of the city and now tied up
in freight cars and on piers.
"This would relieve the freight
congestion" said Mr.. Vanderhoof, "as
we'll as easing the present financial
congestion. Incidentally 1t would get
the people together in cooperation
on a vital matter, and would show
the leaders Of these unauthorized
strikes that the American Nation as
a whole is heart sick at the present
situation"
A serious situation has arisen
among the shippers of seeds and
agricultural machinery and some OF
the big seed men OF the city said to-
day that, so far as they can see, only
about one-third OF the crops are like
ly to be planted this year. Inability
u ship seeds and farm implements
will, they say, be a greater disad
vantage to the farmers than day
light saving ever could be, despite
their claims TO suffering under the
latter. And. added to all this, the
backwardness Of the season has
brought its difflculties.
A. c. Delot, shipping CLERK for j. M.
Thorburn & Co, seedmen OF No, 50
Barclay Street, said: I'VE are taking
no chances shipping seeds or fer
tilizers in the ordinary way; we are
sending them by express. But even
this is unsatisfactory because, since
the consolidation Of the express com
panies, there is no competition, and
deliveries are very slow"
Herbert Handleman, traffic man
ager for Vaughan's seed establish
ment at No. 43 Barclay Street, said:
"The New York Central lines are
refusing to accept anything less than
a carload of perishable stuff, and that
is making matters difficult for us.
We lost a carload Of seed onions be-
cause II got OF on a siding, and when
we found 1t again the onions had
sprouted and were Of no value for
seeding. The condition Is terrible;
the worst in ten years"
At the New York Central offices II
was denied that only carloads OF
perishable goods were being received.
The lines were ready, 1t was added,
TO accept anything. 1t was pointed
out that Is out Of 1S OF the harbor
tugs Of the lines were at work and
only go men out In the West Side
terminals. But 1t was admitted that
the terminals at Buffalo and points
west were completely clogged with
freight and that 1t was Impossible
to move outgoing goods more rapidly.
A number Of steamship operators
are now sending their vessels TO
Philadelphia and more Southern ports
for loading in the transatlantic trade.
In this way great deal OF trade is
being diverted from this port. One
OF the steamship men said that II his
company continued to get satisfac-
ton from Philadelphia and Balti-
moro, where it's ships were now load
ing, they were likely 90 be loaded
there in future.
Lack of tin has set back both the
canning and building industries. The
Merchants Association learned to-
day that there are tin cargoes in port,
but the vessels carrying them cannot
be unloaded on account OF the strike.
The association received letter from
up state manufacturers of agricul-
tural Implements complaining that
the farmers have materially reduced
their crops on account of daylight
saving This is denied and the rea-
son given by the association is the
congestion due TO the labor miXup.
The association Is going ahead with
its independent trucking company
In