Although the highway, according to experts, has a capacity of 10,000 tons daily there never has been more than 2000 tons shipped in one day. and Swedish shipments, which are about the same, are estimated to amount to 40 per cent of the total volume, "The bottleneck in shipments by this route is at the port of Liinahaman, A small village until two years ago Liinahamari has only one modern dock long enough for two ships, There are no loading cranes or storehouses, Complicating Finland's problems is a lack of ready cash with which to purchase supplies from Russia the only nation to which she can turn, A Russian-Finnish trade pact provides Finland must pay in cash when her arrears on purchases reach US$500.000.
"Making purchases from the United States or South America not only involves the problem of payment but also of transport, Finland applied for a US$7,000,000 dollar credit in the latter part of 1940 from the United States but up to this time it Pas not been granted. England has granted Finland navicerts for Óocdstuffs but has not allowed her to accumulate any stocks of potential military importance, Finland's most urgent needs ate rye and wheat for bread, fats and meat, and raw materials for her textile industry, Finland's Minister of Supplies told the United Press that recently there was only enough rye and wheat on hand to last until the end of May, The Finnish cotton industry employs 30,000 workers, but because of a shortage of raw materials it has been forced to work for below capacity. The industry has avoided wholesale dismissals by working two days a week éhifis—United Press.
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