Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-24
stone PLEDGES AID |
!. FOR u. S. SHIPPING
China. Wheat Transportation
In American Boats If
Deal Is Made.
~ the Asseeiated Press.

~ the Asseeiated Press.
= Chairman Stone of the Federal Farm
Board said today that the board would
endeavor to insert q provision in any
contracts covering wheat sales to China
that the cargoes be shipped In American
boats.
stone made this statement after
American shipowners had criticized
the exchange with Brazil which did not
specify that the wheat and coffee in
volved should be transported in Aneri-
can vessels.
The American Steamship Owners As
ISOLATION was to meet in New York to-
day to consider possible reopening of the
Brazilian contract. In the exchange
the Farm Board Grain Stabtlization
Corporation agreed to trade $4,000 900
bushels of wheat for ,050 900 bags of
coffee The shipping charges amount
to more than 81 100000.
Stone said he did not believe the
contract could be reopened unless
Brazil was willing. That country viii
pay all of the shipping charges on the
charges on the coffee in this country.
Naturally" Stone said, It am tn
terested in helping American shipping
all I can. But, as you know, we have
q good many troubles of our own.
During the negotiations with Brazil
representatives of that country referred
repeatedly to shipping the coffee to the
United States in Brazilian boats and
transporting the wheat back In the
same vessels"
Roland K. Smith. q member Of the
Shipping Board. and Edwin H. Duff,
an attorney for the steamship owners,
discussed the question with Chairman
Stone Saturday.
Thus far China has presented no
oder in reply to the boards statement
that the Grain Sterilization Corpora
ton would be glad to negotiate with
that government for the sale Of wheat
Inquiries have mentioned 100000
bushels as the possible amount, but it
may be more.
Stone said the board had reserved
the right to require that so per cent of
the wheat involved in the negotiation
be milled In the Pacific Northwest and
shipped to China in the form of -four.
Several kilograms from Pacific North
west mfllers have been received by the
board asking that the wheat be mtlled
prior TO shipment to stimulate milling
operation In that area. -.
Discussing the Brazilian deal, Stone
explained that during the negotiations
1t was represented to the Farm Board
that the Brazilian government would
ship the cof1ee to this country Ia Its
own vessels and utilize these same YES
sels 70 convey Grain Sterilization Cor
pofation wheat back to Rio de Janeiro.
1.-THE thing which interested the
Farm Board most was in not paying
the freight for either the coffee or the
wheat" Mr.. Stone said. Since the
Brazilian government was to bear the
cost Of transportation and storage, nat
uraliy the methods Of transportation
were left to that government
IN our conversations the board was
LED to understand that Brazil would
use Its own boats to transport the
coffee TO the United States and bring
back the wheat in exchange"
Chairman Stone branded as untrue
reports that the Shipping Board had
urged the Farm Board a week ago to
arrange that American steamship own
erS be favored with the huge contract
for transporting wheat and coffee to
and from Brazil
List Saturday, q day after the
deal was closed ana delivered TO the
Brazilian government" said Mr. Stone.
a member Of the Shipping Board saw
me on that very matter. It was then
too late. Before then had not heard
Q word from any member Of the Ship
ping Board"