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Show EXPORT PRODUCTS CROWD IHE DOCKS Port Collectors in Many Cities Report Lack of Shipping Facilities, By International News Service. WASHINGTON, Feb. 7. Facta that should compel prompt action by the senate sen-ate on the ship purchase bill were laid before be-fore the country this afternoon when Secretary Sec-retary McAdoo made public telegrams from the port collectors at New York, Baltimore and Norfolk, emphasizing the great congestion of export products and the woeful lack of shipping facilities. Collector Ma lone at N-w York wires that "investigation discloses unusual congestion, con-gestion, particularly wiili respect to grain." Explaining this congestion, the collector col-lector says it in due entirely to shortage of tonnage. Tie reports no marked congestion con-gestion of coastwise trade to be discern-able. discern-able. From Baltimore Collector Ryan says Hit-Baltimore Hit-Baltimore & Ohio railroad lias' about 400 cars and the Pennsylvania about .TOO c;i rs of general export freiprht on hand, which Is normal. He adds that the embargo is In force by the Pennsylvania against the receipt of grain on all their roads for export. ex-port. The elevators are loaded to full capacity with stock, there, being on band today -J.-U.OOO bushels and cars on track awaiting unloading. The collector reports that there is no lack of steamship facilities facili-ties for handling general export me-rrhnn-rlis ared for by the regular lines, but that there Is a lack of grain-carrying vessels. ves-sels. From Norfolk the report indicates a very serious congestion of merchandise on the rioks and in wan-houses n ait-sng ait-sng both foreign and i"oasMvise shipment, the coastwise freight efng destined ultimately ulti-mately for export, i.'obertor Hamilton reports re-ports that thi congestion all results from lack of available export bottoms. In cotton cot-ton a lone, lie says, there are at present awaiting shipment sr.,:, bales, valued in Germany at $'.A',f,,10. |