Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 293, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 December 1916 — Embargo On Canadian Potatoes Has Been Lifted. [ARTICLE]

Embargo On Canadian Potatoes Has Been Lifted.

The agriculture department of the government, in an effort to reduce the high cost of living, has lifted the embargo on Canadian potatoes which have heretofore been denied entry into this country. The condition is made that sappers must guarantee the potatoes to be as sound as is commercially possible and that not more than 20 per cent of the tubers show traces of diseases. is expected that the raised embargo will materially reduce the price of potatoes. Under this amended rule importers must apply to the federal horticultural board for permits to ship potatoes to this country.