Evening star., 1923-02-21
HUGE GRAIN STOCKS
NOT YET MARKETED
Eastern Railroad Terminals
SWamped With Wheat.
Freight Cars Tied Up.
BY J. C. ROYEE.

Special Dispatch TO The Star.
NEW YORK, February 21.-An alb
normally large part Of the 1922 grain
crop Of the United States has not yet
been marketed. Elevators at Atlantic
ports are filled to bursting. Shipments
by rail, which cannot be unloaded at
tidewater terminals, are tying UP many
badly needed freight cars. In the mean
time, the Russian soviet government
mas hoped blithely into the markets of
Europe and is selling, under the Ameri-
can price. wheat which has been shipped
from ports where America Is sending
| Tree 1000 Tor starving Russian babies.
The soviet authorities according to
caDies received today, take the stand
tnat while hundreds of thousands are
starving in Russia, internal transporta-
ton difficulties make it impossible to
convey the grain available to them, SO
IL is being sold to other countries to
establish lines of credit.
Relief Workers ON Watch.
This situation is being closely
watched by relief commission officials,
VINO are warning citizens OF this
country against appeals being made
for Russian sufferers. These officials
say that they will be able to take
care Of the children until the next
harvest. Grain shipments to Russia
were discontinued nearly a year ago
but free condensed milk, sugar. rice.
cocoa and other foodstuffs and fats
still are being sent to Russian ports.
Shipping men today reported that
while grain was going forward to
Europe in fair quantities from
Canada, Australia and South America.
t.. American export movement. is
very sluggish. Wheat futures they
say appear lower in those countries
than In the United States, but they
account for this by the fact that
America normally ships the lower
better grades for domestic con-
sumption.
Congestion at Terminals.
Exports have fallen sharply at
Philadelphia, according to reports re-
ceived today. but the Pennsylvania
and the Reading railroads are prepar-
ing greatly to enlarge their grain
handling and unloading facilities in
anticipation of heavy shipments later.
At least one of the railroads entering
New York is declining grain ship
ments to this port because of the de-
lay in unloading caused by conges-
tion.
Hundreds of thousands of bushels
of wheat are in storage in vessels now
tied up at docks in great lakes ports
and this must be unloaded in the near
future in order to enable vessels to
tahC ouN oheo5O VI liC opCHi6 VI
lake navigation. Other tremendous
amounts are still in the hands of the
growers, who are adequately financed.
who do not have to sell Immediately
and who are hanging on to their 1922
products in hopes of advancing
prices.
Grain Rates to Europe Down.
A resumption to European buying.
based on more settled conditions on
the other side of the Atlantic. ex-
porters say, will bring about move
ment which will relieve the situation.
Grain freight rates from Atlantic
and gulf ports to Europe have de-
clined materially since January / and
flour rates have declined sympathet-
ically. 1t is estimated that today
there are 54,957,000 bushels Of grain
available in the United States, OF
which all but about 100000 bushels
is east of the Rocky mountains.
Garment Strike Near END.
It Is expected that the 10000 gar
ment workers who have been on
strike here for two weeks will be back
at work again by Monday. as agree
ment appeared today to be probable
on the basis Of piecework and a forty
hour week.
New England cotton manufacturers
expressed themselves today as conf
dent that the conference of cotton
growers in Atlanta would result in
campaign against the ravages of the
boil weevil more effective than any
4 n 4 ho rtn undertaken