Ogden Daily Standard | 1915-11-15 | Page 2 | Great Movement of Grain in Progress

uu GREAT MOVEMENT OF GRAIN IN PROGRESS Philadelphia, Nov. 15. "What is, probably the greatest movement of grain the country has ever witnessed Is now in progress. In Philadelphia, not only are all the elevators filled to their utmost capacity, but there are today more than a thousand cars of grain on the railroad tracks awaiting await-ing their turn to discharge as soon as the tleet of steamers arriving in ballast from Europe relieve the elevators ele-vators of the 3,000,000 bushels now stored In them. In all the westward bound fleet headed for Philadelphia, has a carrying carry-ing capacity of more than 3,000,000 bushels. Ocean freight rates continue to advance ad-vance daily. Rumors are current that tho Italian government will soon call many of her vessels home for war purposes. pur-poses. This would intensify the lack of tonnage, with a corresponding Increase In-crease in rates, oo TIT FOR TAT. "Dear Clara," wrote tho young man; "pardon me, but I'm getting so forgetful. I proposed to you last night but really forgot whether you said yes or no." "Dear Will," she replied by note, "so glad to hear from you. I know i said yes to some one last night, but I had forgotten just who it was." Red Hen. oo MOST IMPORTANT. "I suppose there are many probloms which polar explorers seek to solve?" "Yes, a great many." "What is the most important one?" "Getting back."