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Title: Review of reviews and world's work
Year: 1890 (1890s)
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Publisher: New York Review of Reviews Corp
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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returned to the roadsas a reward for efficiency. ^^ ^ ^ . The House Committee on Agri- The Coat of , . , , ^ Guaranteeing culture has prepared the measuremeat Prices ^j^-^j^ ^^ ^^^^^^ ^^^ Govern-ment to make good its guarantee of a priceof $2.26 per bushel for the wheat crops of1918 and 1919. It is a costly proceeding.A revolving fund of one billion dollars isto be appropriated for the Presidents use infilling the gap between the guaranteed priceof wheat and the price which the grain willnormally command under the conditions ofsupply and demand in the post-war period.Already the release of shipping made pos-sible by the cessation of war has broughtAustralias surplus into the worlds markets.It is estimated that there are 200,000,000bushels of Australian wheat for export, con-trolled by the British Government at a priceof $1.05 per bushel at the port of export.In a single week of January fifty-five vesselsstarted for Australia to bring food stuffs,to England, India, and other countries.
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(^ Committee on Public Information SOME OF THE 5.000 MOTOR TRUCKS SURRENDERED BY GERMANY. UNDER THE TERMS OF THE ARMISTICE(American gfuards, as well as the German drivers, may be seen in the picture) RECORD OF CURRENT EVENTS (From January ly to February 14, igig) THE PEACE CONFERENCE AT PARIS January 18.—The peace congress (without dele-gates from the defeated powers and Russia) meetsat Paris in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Presi-dent Poincare delivers an address of welcome;President Wilson proposes Premier Clemenceauas permanent chairman, and the delegates unani-mously elect him. January 19.—Regulations are adopted for gov-erning the sessions of the conference; the fivebelligerent powers (United States, British Empire,France, Italy, and Japan) are to take part in allmeetings and commissions; other belligerent andassociated powers are to take part only in sittingsat which questions concerning them are discussed ;neutrals may be invited to appear when theirinterests are directl

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