Show I GIVEN GRAIN TRAFFIC Adequate Shipments to Supply Supply Sup Sup- ply Allies Allies' Needs Object of Ruling g by McAdoo Washington Feb Feb S. S Transportation S. priority for fot grain flour lour cornmeal comment and other othor grain products In western t and middle western producing states was ordered today tollay by Director General McAdoo McAdoo Mc rc Adoo to hasten to market all grains and particularly accumulated stores of ot soft corn This corn full tull of moisture as a n. re result result re- re sult suIt of ot last years year's conditions composes as much as 40 P per pr l' l cent cont of or tho the stocks In Inmany Inman inmany man many sections and Is threatened with rotting In moderate weather of the last few fe days unless rushed to elevators and dried The Tho order I is Intended also to insure adequate shipments of ot grain to fill al allied al- al lied lie orders Th The situation was discussed dis- dis cussed c yesterday at t a n re conference nie V ha be- be tween Director 1 t G General e n McAdoo d' d o and Sir Richard Crawford commercial at at- at tache of ot the British embassy who expressed ex expressed ex- ex pressed fear rear that bad transportation conditions of ot recent weeks In the he United States would seriously Interfere with the allied food program unless special efforts were made to hasten grain to seaports seaport Thousands Thousands' of box cars will be used for or grain movement and consequently will be withheld from industrial shipments ship ship- ments s. s Unofficial preferential or orders ers have been In effect throughout the western states for several days and the thel quantity of ot grain hauled has been far tar greater than in the corresponding period of last year In addition to supplying more cars and giving preferential movement mO railroads railroads rail rail- roads were ordered to have hae station agents in rural communities and their traffic agents explain to farmers the nece necessity of oJ load prompt loading ng and movement movement movement move move- ment of grain stocks stock |