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Show FARMERS FEAR STRIKE EFFECT Expect Shortage of Fuel Transportation to Stop Harvesting CHICAGO. July 27 Reports from 13 states to Secretary J W. Cover-dale Cover-dale of the American Farm Bureau federation show that farmers are be-comlng be-comlng anxious over the continuous coal and rail strike. Fearing tho shortage of fuel or transportation may seriously lntcrfire with harvest inp The federation officials In Iowa, Washington. Wisconsin and Illinois raported a shortage of coal. LACK OF CARS. It was said by the officials in thu arlous states that serious shortage of transportation would result If thi strike continued In Iowa the tlmo limit was estimated at a week to 10 days, In Ohio grain elevators cannot now obtain sufficient cars, In !fls-sourl !fls-sourl threshing coal Is available but cannot be moved because of the lack of cars; "Immediate actlotv" was said to be necessary In California; In Nebraska Ne-braska one station complained of a grain car shortage, in South Dakota it was reported that the hading railroad rail-road had only 300 surplus 'grain mrs against 2000 normally, and In Idaho August 1 was set as the Inst day when shipments of potatoes should begin Normal conditions wars reported in Indiana. Texas and North Dakota. |