Show I i Food Situation Iii i shadows War Menace II By John Edwin Nevin fly rol l News f Ernes t to The T run I I WASHINGTON Fob 22 Far 22 Far more serious than the tho war menace scorned tho Oho situation confronting tho the United I s 1 Statue States today because of or tho the great t short short- I 1 ag age of foodstuffs and fuel Officials appeared pc pow to find a n remedy I President Wilson on had hM before him himI I reports of or the efforts that are being made by the Interstate coma commerce erce commission com com- 1 mission ml lon and the railroads of the nation I to end the freight blockade Ho also W we ws 8 endeavoring to convince congressional I leaders of tho urgent n necessity li I of ot a a. large tuce appropriation to permit a I probe robe of ot the reasons beyond the near I I famine And Mid the allegations that ono one of the real reasons was a criminal con- con lra 7 In certain quarters Other branches of oC tho government were ware movIng moving moving ing but very err very slowly to get ac acI ac- ac I tion RAILWAYS DEMORALIZED The railways of 01 tho country are de de- de moralized moralised Train serice ence is la very bad had I I Many reasons masons ore are assigned for tor this and the exports of the tho interstate commerce com com- f m merce mcree ice Commission lon are working to bring I order out of ot chaos But there thore f Is known I to be he loaded freight cars tied up at the big Eastern terminals while whilo alt yards are congested with empties I I which are ore plied piled up on remote sidings s Instead of or being started to tho the supply points And In this connection officials I dais point out that largo of or old equipment we were retired by tho the railroads during the tho lost last fifteen months and only a fractional part of ot it ref re re- re f ph placed ed The reason was tho the desire to toI I keep down expenses to the lowest possible possible pos pos- f sible point Aa As a result of ot the actual suffering In 11 nearly all of ot the largo Jarge cities clUes of ot the country demands for tor a a. food embargo which will prevent the exporting of ot I food to Europe are aro pouring In all on-all government departments On al almost nl- nl I most moat every Instance it Is claimed that as a a. result of ot the heavy exports that I i hn have e been permitted and still are goIng going go- go oi o- o visible of ot food tood for forthe forthe i Ing Ing- Ingon on the supply the United States St. already is below the I I danger mark These figures aro arc being investigated by the experts of ot the de department department department de- de of ot agriculture WATCH I. I Wc-W. Wc LEADERS I It lit III believed certain that a demand domand domandI for tor a ft food tood embargo will become very I much In evidence In congress during the next few days It Is likely however how how- over ever that any resolution to put it into effect will prevail The e president la is said eald to 10 be bo opposed to the plan and would be bo able to kill It Jt with tho the aid of ot the rural representation in both branches That certain organizations na affiliated with the Industrial Workers of the I World are arc seizing upon the present se seI serious serious se- se I rious situation to make po anda for forI fori i I their members Is well known ht hera The Tho j leaders aro are being watched But of officials of- of In tb th the deJ department of of Ju Justice Uc frankly fl say eay UH they Y fear tear serious rioting and possible bomb outrages fi it n the sit situation sit sit- Is not controlled wit with ti tic the c most drastic methods I Rumors of foreign intrigue in the pr present sent crisis are arc being being- carefully cale ully In Investigated inI investigated in- in by the special agents of ot the I secret service and of or the tha department I of justice justice- These investigations touch I Philadelphia New York Jersey CIl City I and Chicago Their scope is caret c lI lly |