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Show WINE GRAPES CLOG NEW YORK MARKETS NEW YORK. Oct 10. A. E. Ruf-fer, Ruf-fer, general transportation manager of th Kri- railroad, announced Wednesday Wed-nesday that th.- road had posted an embargo on all eastbound shipments Of giap- :;. This action was taken. said, because of the great congestion of grapca in the New York terminal: oi the roads, caused by heavy ship- ments from California, Michigan and .v-- York state, It applies permanom-ly permanom-ly on all shipments and transhipments from ot her roads. Mr. Buffer corroborated the statc-I statc-I ments of fruit dealers that this was' a banner year for grapes,, especially! of the California variety, formerly I used to make wine. Since the a I-1 trenl of prohibition tjie c onsumption I of wine grapes In their native jackets and ln a somewhat crushed form, na j become so fashionable in the cast.! dealers said, that huge profits havu been realized. Scores of carloads arc Im: purchased and taken from! their temporary resting places in West street dally only to yield to other mountains 01 .-rafts of overripe grapts oozing sanguinary grapejulce. n. , |