The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1920-03-19
CHARGED
WITH DELAY
In Providing Relief for Suffer-
ing, Starving People Of
Europe.
C0UNTRY'S GRAIN CROP
(BY JOHN o. ERWIN.)

Washington, March 19.-(SpecIal.
I'm the face of the fact that thou
sands of people In Europe are starry
ing to death there are members OF
congress who would withhold what
ever surplus we have from them
However, a vote In house shows that
the sentiment favoring immediate re-
lief predominates. Republicans at
tackled the resolution authorizing
Julius Barnes, president OF the
United States Grain corporation, to
send 100000 barrels OF nour to the
starving people of Europe, but the
resolution prevailed by the vote OF
SO to IL.
This relief has been long delayed
and in a bitter debate preceding the
adoption of the resolution Repre-
sentative Claude Kitchin, OF North
Carolina, charged that the house
steering committee was responsible
for the delay. He said that 10000
people had died of starvation and
hunger, and in Armenia, probably
$4,000 have persisted since the relief
was first proposed.
The republicans assailed the pro-
posal, but voted for the resolution.
Grain Market.
1t is not only pertinent but inter
esting right at this time to consider
the grain market OF the United
States. Exports OF wheat and -four
in January. for which figures be-
came available only last week,
amounted to 12,240000 bushels, COM
pared with 22,100,00O bushels in jan
uary year ago, allowing four and
one-half bushels of wheat per bar
rel of -four. This decrease Is note
worthy because there Is a large sur
plus in all positions in the United
States above requirements up to next
harvest. 1t was reported In the Chi
cago market Saturday. March 6. that
small lot of No. 2 hard winter
wheat had sold for direct export at
$2.5S for New York, which was said
tc be under the market.
While wheat prices scored a good
advance during the week. II was not
the result of any change In general
conditions but of bidding by mills for
top grades. This was especially true
In Minneapolis, where there has been
u shortage of Nos. / and all sea-
son, because of a poor crop. Car
shortage is also n factor. A COM
ment IN a report issued by the fed
eral reserve bank agent for the
northwest. says that 10000 cars are
needed In the Ninth district to re-
move the remainder of the grain
crops.
Sales Of Flour.
Sales of -four for the week by
spring wheat mills, including Min
neapclis. were estimated at 80 to 40
per cent. OF capacity. On March 2,
OILY fifteen of the twenty-slx mills
at Minneapolis were running. The
eleven were closed down because
buyers would not order out -four
which they had purchased. Kansas
City and other southwestern mills
experienced the same difficulty.
The grain trade at Minneapolis Is
considerably exercised by reports
that the spring wheat acreage will be
materially reduced. Some reports In
dictate 10 per cent. decrease in Min
nesota. ~ per cent. in South Da-
kota, per cent. in North Dakota,
IS per cent. In northern Iowa, and
some DECREASE in Wisconsin and
northern Nebraska, but an increase
in Montana. The grain trade has be-
gun propaganda TO induce farmers to
change their plans
An estimate OF the Argentine
wheat crop which was harvested In
December and January. places the
total at 215, 100000 bushels. This Is
a record crop, and about 100000
above the average. The Argentine
crop has an important bearing on
British and French demand for
American wheat.