Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 288, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 December 1916 — Pennsylvania Railroad Places Embargo On New Corn. [ARTICLE]

Pennsylvania Railroad Places Embargo On New Corn.

It is reported that the Pennsylvania company has placed an embargo bn new corn and will not accept it for shipment anywhere on the lines, except under certain conditions. The company will, not accept new corn, claimed on account of the softness of the grain and its liability co go bad in transit, if the destination point is on the company’s lines, but will take it if the shipment is made to a point necessitating the transfer of the car to another road; thus placing the burden of the risk on the road that makes the final haul. The reason is also given that the com is refused for direct shipment over the Pennsylvania lines on account of the scarcity of cars and the lack of sufficient men to man trains.