Salt Lake Tribune | 1919-11-22 | Page 4 | Wheat Embargo off next Monty

WHEAT EMBARGO OFF ItEJpONIfl War Trade Board Control to Cease, Director Barnes Announces. NEW YORK, Nov. 21. Embargoes on wheat and wheat flour will be lifted December De-cember 15, it was announced by the United States grain corporation late today. to-day. Lifting of embargoes on both exports and imports followed the action of President Presi-dent Wilson in Washington today in signing sign-ing a proclamation completely terminating terminat-ing the embargo control which has been in effect for more than two years. Control over embargoes first was exercised exer-cised by the war trade board to protect the supplies of wheat and flour for the allies. Later control was taken over by Julius H. Barnes, wheat director under the wheat guarantee bill. Discussing the lifting of the embargo, Mr. Barnes said: "This is one step in the necessary reconstruction of trade facilities broken by the war which must function when the grain corporation terminates its three years' work. While ocean transport conditions, con-ditions, and also disorganized international interna-tional finance, will probably prevent free trading between merchants of the various vari-ous countries for some time, it is expected ex-pected that, step by step, international trade may be reknit in the usual channels. chan-nels. Until this is fully accomplished the grain corporation will continue to sell from its stocks of wheat and wheat flour the foreign trade that is not supplied under un-der private business initiative. "This release of embargo also permits Canadian wheat and wheat flour to enter en-ter American markets free of duty under un-der rulings of the customs service. It is expected that this will greatly enlarge the United States supply of spring wheat flours, which are favorites in the baking trade, and which, because of the partial crop failure in the northwest this year, have been relatively in light supply." Mr. Barnes also stated that the sales of the grain corporation from its accumulated ac-cumulated stocks, largely in western markets, mar-kets, to American mills, under its advertised ad-vertised offer effective yesterday, have amounted to about thirty million bushels. He added that mills in "all sections now are amply supplied with wheat, although some particular qualities of wheat are relatively in light supply.