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Show PLENTY OF GRAIN IN UNITED STATES CHICAGO.-Jan. 18. There is plenty of grain to supply the needs of the United States and tho allies during 191S, but it is up to tho government to move it from tho farms to the centers cen-ters of distribution, representatives from grain exchanges from all over tho country declapod hero last night at tho convention of tho National Council Coun-cil of Grain Exchanges. Millions of bushels of corn will go to waste unless un-less trains to move it can be furnished within sixty days, it was said. Delegates to tho council declared that corn and wheat crops last year, exceeded all expectations and that an even greater yield was expected this year. Conditions for winter wheat were declared to be better than at any timo during tho past ten years. The council was addressed by JulhiB H. Barnes of Now York, president presi-dent of tho food administration grain corporation, who said that there was a sufficient quantity of wheat and flour although much of it still is on tho farms, to supply the United States and to justify the food administration in proposing to send an additional 90,-000,000 90,-000,000 bushels, to the allies. "In addition to the excellent wheat situation," said Mr. Barnes, "there has beon an extraordinary increase in the production of other cereals. The Increase in meal and flour from barley, bar-ley, rye and oats is forty million bushels over a year ago and exports of corn and oats products tho past six months are five times greater than tho previous sLx months. "There has been a great increase in overy crop and there will bo a bigger increase this year because American democracy claims the right to feed th,e allies as well as America." L. W. Forboll of New York said the grain situation for 1918 depended entirely en-tirely on the government. "Not only must railroad action be obtained, but there must be ships for exports and an ample Ripply of coal, he said. George Wells, delegate from Des. Moines, la., told the council that al-thought al-thought Iowa produced more than 400,000.000 bushels of corn last year, much of it will mold and be wprthless' unless it can be moved within sixty days. The Kansas grain bolt should produce pro-duce more grain than over this year and has plenty on hand, G. S. Karkner of Kansas City said. C. F. MacDonald, president of the Duluth, Minn., board of trade, declared that tho winter wheat situation in the northwest was excellent and that iuuie wua piiMiiy ol gram on nana. The delegates were unanimous in the belief that present grain prices, fixed by the government, were meeting meet-ing with approval. |