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Show RAILROADS FORGED TO PLACE EMBARGO Export Flour and Grain Fill Cars Needed for Other Commodities. PHILADELPHIA. Nov. The Penn- ?hania rMllruiid announced today that it had placed embargoes on export Hour and lumber at New Yurk and on all export erain at Jhlladelpnia and Baltimore. No other commodities are afferted by these embargoes, arrordlns? to the announcement, announce-ment, which were placed to expedite the mnvf-jiii.-ut of other freight. Similar action was taken by the Philadelphia Phila-delphia & Ite.idinc Kailway company last Mjv when an inlehnite "inliarcn was placed on Krain for export from this city. At that time the port Richmond elevator of the company was filled to its capacity with .-hi bushels of prain, while 1. '.(.".' rarp loaded wiiji ihe same cummodity were waninsr to tie unloaded. Alt ho-mil Pe nnsylvania railroad officers would not add anything to their announcement, an-nouncement, it was said by local plain dealers ihat I iie embargoes were necessitated neces-sitated by tlie scarnty ot" ships to rarry the products across the Atlantic. Many we.-1 r rn dealers. they declare, have shipped quantities of goods for export without hrst entraclnc; steamships to handl" il. causing eoiiRest ion at terminal points qh well us temporarily locking up thousands of freight cars loaded with export ex-port C'iOls. Freight cars loaded with grain for export ex-port have been pourinc into Philauelpliia for weeks, with bin few vessel? to take rare of n. As a result, the Pennsylvania elevaiors are tilled to their capacity and it Is estimated that between 05.000 and 40. i'i-0 loaded ears are "parked" on sidings sid-ings and in the yards of the eastern carriers. Two ship? sailed from here today for British pons with a total of 401. TSl bushels bush-els of wheat. Pp to October 2, 2Si.150.iniO bushels of grain had been shipped tofor-eiirn tofor-eiirn rouiurie. from this port in liU-j, as compared with 13.nlP.0-iO 'bushels in .the same period last yea r. |