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Show GAR SHORTAGE IS 1ST FELT If! CALIFORNIA Only Favorable Weather Can Save Bulk of Grape Crop, Is Belief WASHINGTON, Oct. 7 (By V. P.) Million, of dollar.' worth of perl.habl. crop, may He ruined within th. next few week, because of th. Inability of crower. to et car. for hipping- their product, to market, accordlnf to report, re-port, reaching government authorities today from all aectlon. af th. country, coun-try, j The altuatlon la particularly acuta In California (rap. district.. In the fruit sections of New York. Ohio and Michigan and In th. potato fields of Mulnu.Minnsila. nillaw-Wtaeen- in and th. Iakotas. The safety of th. hue apple crop In the Northwestern Northwest-ern stntea and of the cottonseed production pro-duction In th. South Is also causing concern. The Immediate, need now la refrigerator refrig-erator cars for transportation of per. Ishaules. A special committee of railroad rail-road men I. now at work her. on that problem. In California 2S.0OO carloads of wine (rapes out of a record 0.000-carload crop are still In the fields. It will be a physical Impossibility, according to government experts, for th. rallrvad. to novi all these grapes If they are slso to meet th. demand for cam in other aectlnna. . In New Tork atate 1500 cars are needed at one to save the grape crop. The extent of the California grape loss will be determined by the weather. If the fall rains hold off until the normal time for thelr appearance between be-tween November 1 and 10. most of the grape, can b. saved, officials believe. |