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Show INDICATES REVERSION TO BARTER SYSTEM Shipload of Furs and Fish Is Quickly Eeplaced by Cargo of Grain. NEW YORK Sept 18 Trade by barter between the United States and other countries wag revived today, when the steamer Hermod from Reykjavik t ed up at the Jersey City dock with f ne furs and fish in her hold to be replaced with a shipload of grain Olftf Johnson official gra n buyer for the Iceland government and Sve n Biornsson lead ng grain expert of Reyk lav k Iceland hastened to the produce exchange where they expressed des re to make a quick transfer of cargoes so that the Hermod m ght sa 1 on her re turn tr p before the end of September She left Reykia k less than two weeks ago The war s respons ble for the nnsat sfactory cond t on of the food situa t on n Iceland Norway Sweden and Denmark Mr T3iornsson explained It was sa d Denmark might emulate Ice land s example n send ng trad ng ves sels here for gra n suppl es |