Show MEAT EXPORT TRADE f fI I I TO EUROPE HALTED PRICES I IN r V. V S. S FALL ILIJ Chicago Feb Tho Tho export trl trade C Cor of or tho the meat packers the packers tho largest est single Industry in America has practically ceased as ft n result of ot tho the foreign n trade situation the tho institute of ot American meat packers announced In a I. I bulletin to toda today a y In the last calendar year the exports of or pork porI products alone exceed 2500 pounds Beef Beer exports ceased some time ago 10 and in tho ho last 1 mon month h pork exports have practically stopped the bulletin says saG In a I. I resume of or tho the meat situation abroad it ad adds s that Engl England n has seven months' months supply on hand In Germany agents of or American packers arc are unable I Ito to sell stocks already in tho the country because the German government Jo Is Unable unI un- un able ablo to offer acceptable currency in I payment Sales In Holland have hae practically ceased in France they have ha stopped entire entirely and In Scandinavia la hope of or resumption of trade with Russia Rus Ius slab sia as a 0 result of or the lifting lifting- of oC the allied blockade de has hns been beed abandoned Italy has purchased no American meat for some Bomo time I Cutting off ocr of or the export trade trado Is reflected in substantial reductions In InI Inthe tho the wholesale price of ot meat ment but so I far the re reduction has not been noticeable noticeable notice notice- able In local retail markets |