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Show LIFTING OF THE WHEAT EMBARGO A NEEDED STEP NEW YORK. Nov. 21. Control over embargoes first was evercised by the war trade board to protect the supplies of wheat and wheat flour for the allies. al-lies. Later control was taken over by Julius H. Barnes, wheat director un der the wheat guarantee bill Discussing th lifting of the wheat embargo, Mr. Barnes said: "This is one step in the necessary reconstruction of trade facilities br)k-I br)k-I n bv the war. which must iuncti "n 'when the grain ccrporation terminates its three years work. While ocean transport conditions and also disor ganized international finance nil! prib ably prevent free trading between ; merchants of the various countries for some time, it js expected that. s p Dy Step, international trade may be -e knit in the usual channels Until tois is fully accomplished, the grain cor-1 poration will continue to sell from its stocks of wheat and wh"at flour the foreign trade that is not supplied un-dr un-dr private business initiative "This roloase of embargo alco permits per-mits Canadian wheat and whett flur to enter American markets free of duty under rulings of the customs Bervlce. It is expected that this will j greatly enlarge the United Stales supply sup-ply of spring wheat flours which ar-1 favorites in the baking trade and which, because of the partial crcp fall ure In the northwest this ye?r have been relatively in light supply." Mr. Barnes tlso slated that the sales of the grain orporatlon from Its accumulated ac-cumulated stocks, largely in western markets to American mills, jr.der i's advertised off?r effective vcsterdiy, have amounted to :ibout rhlrty miU'on bushels. He added that mills n nil sections now are amply supplied wim wheat, though some particular qu?!i ties of wheat ore relatively in litrhf supply. oo |