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Show WILL NOT DUMP SURPLUS. STOCKS I CHICAGO. Dec. 27. I,. H. Hartman, who is looking after the surplus stocks of the government, told Chicago business men at a luncheon today that the goods will not be dumped on the market. They will, instead, be disposed of in a way to leave the general market unimpaired, he said. The government has 1500 warehouses more or less full of goods. Some of I them will go to the American army, j which probably will be large until next summer. Then there are the needs of Europe. Already 800,000 pairs of shoes have been assigned to Russia, and other personal furnishings In proportion. Among the articles which Uncle Sam still has in store are 70,000,000 cans of tomatoes, 32,000,000 cans of corn, 43.000.-I 43.000.-I 000 cans of beans, 16,000,000 pairs of I shoes, 40,000.000 suits of summer u.ider-wear, u.ider-wear, 10,000.000 pounds of horseshoes, 2,000.000 tooth brushes, 50.000 motor trucks, and many other supplies. |