FRENCH BAN ON FRUIT.

Press, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20494, 12 March 1932, Page 15

FRENCH BAN ON FRUIT.

' 0 BROfESTS BY UNITED STATES SENATORS. (Ctfmi* ' PRESS ASSOCIATION—BY ' BI.*CTjIIC .. TILICB4PH.—COJTRJJHT.) , " vr; (Received March- 11th, 7.10 p.m.) WASHINGTON, "March 10. The Department of State announced to-day that it would make no move in reference to the French fruit embargo before its teYmsT were more clearly defined' following of French agricultural experts. ' ' ' ' Senators, from apple growing States protested. ; Senatotr G.. .L. said: ( "I .am going, to, ascertain whether.,the embargo, is made m good faith." Sena- ■ tor W". ii. Jones' 'siaid there was no San ' Jose--scale in Washington, and • wanted to -kneny whether-..the .embargo. : rvas ; "sincere.". . >• ' • An International Apple Association said that 200,000,000 bushels of United States apples had ; been shipped to France since, September Ist. He warned growers that*they couldhope to save . the growing - markets abroad by K shipping only clean fruit. [The French' Ministry of Agriculture , on March 9th. prohibited the impferta- \ tion- of fresh, fruits from a . number- of ( countries, including New' Zealand and 1 Australia, following the introduction of , San Jose' scale ! iri cases from the United j States.] .. ■ , : • 1