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Show WISCONSIN FARMERS CAUSE ACTIVITY CHICAGO, Oct. 30. Charges that a band of Wisconsin farmers have developed devel-oped a. menacing attitude toward the fed-oral fed-oral food . administration has caused a hurry-up call for federal agents from here to take charge of the situation. Captain Cap-tain Thomas I. Porter, local head of the secret . service. Is at Fort Atkinson, Wis., In an attempt to round up the leaders lead-ers of a food-hoarding plot, supposed to be under the Influence of German propagandists. propa-gandists. According to official reports, a number of farmers, mostly of German birth, are circulating among their neighbors, spreading discontent and urging them not lo soli, but to hold their products for higher prices. Farmers who said they were forced to sell Immediately have been offered easy loans if they would stay away from the market, It Is reported, and some persons who have toured the state purchasing wheat, livestock and general farm products prod-ucts have refused to sell at any price. |