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Show LACK OF CARS HOLDS BACK BIG WHEAT CROP 1 Maff Correspond nl KANSAS CITY. July 1 -Millions of husheN of a heat and hardly a car to move j 1 ' With 'he wheat harvest on in full swing In Oklahoma ;md southern Kansas, '.he farmers are faced with a real transportation crisis. They cau l store this season's wheat in elevators, for most of them still hold last year's crop. Tough Kituation The locVil clearing house committee declares Kansas and Oklahoma farmers farm-ers need 8600 pram cars. This estimate esti-mate im based on returned question-, aires sent out by the committee. The situation in the harvest belt i. ; this: Banker? report '.nans to the maximum, maxi-mum, elevators filled, no motley, and, few cars to handle ihe new h.r 1 Towns along the Santa Ke railroad) are said to b the hardest hit and I vci the Interstate Commerce Commls-I ilon -aid the Santa needed no relief re-lief The Missouri raclfic, according 1 to reports here, has bcn unable to itup --TV to to farmers and grain men The I. C C ruled that this road had no cause to w.mt aid Need T.'.nu urs According to the harvest bureau of the rhamber of Commerce Kansas City needs 7 50O grain cars. It as bad a transportation muddle as I have evr seen something must be done 10 get wheat to the nation." said one grain man today. |