Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 106, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 May 1918 — Great Wheat Stocks Isolated. [ARTICLE]

Great Wheat Stocks Isolated.

It’s the shortage in ships that is putting the allies and. the United States on wheat rations. Great stocks of wheat are isolated in India and Australia. At great sacrifice in sMp space and use the allies are forced to secure some wheat from Argentins. On January 1 Australia had stored 100,000,000 bushels of wheat that was ready for export—but there were no sMps. Then came the new crop with an exportable surplus of 80,000,000 bushels. Now Australia has approximately 180,000,000 bushels waiting for ship*. India, at the same time, had 70,000,000 bushels of wheat stored for export. During April 50.000.000

ousnels more out of the new crop will be added to the pile. It is not a problem that the wheat does not exist in the world—it is entirely a problem of shipping, which has thrown on America the obligation of dividing dur stock with the allies.