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Show UTAH IN DANGER OF SHORTAGE OF WHEAT Local Grain Men Will Ask Governor to Get Report ou State Supply. Fearing a wheat famine in Utah and Idaho this spring and summer, the local members of the Utah-ldatio Millers' and Grain Dealers' association are yirepar-in yirepar-in a letter to Governor Spry n an r-r" rort to olirain relief. A meeting of the local nuunberti ol the a?ociatiun was hehl yesterdav at the Commercial club and the matter was gouu iutu thoroughly. thor-oughly. Aceordiue to the prose ut j Isns of the oranirntiun, the jni eruur will be ak'd to obtain, through the htatc statistician, data as to the aniouut ol wheat now in the state, the amount re-piired for iprin;.' i-i'edin un.l tlio amount needed for local eon.-umpiion until the 101-3 crop is harvested. The purpose i?to ascertain the grounds for the rooming scarcity of wheat iu the plate. Members of the association believe that there is ample wheat in the tate to care for the needs of Utah people, hut that it ih bo inn held by spo- ulators. The millers and u'tain men declare that unles? Jdiiio relief i afforded in the near future it. will bo nectary to import im-port wheat from the, staler of tho middle mid-dle west, which will result in a further increase in tho price of wheat, flour and bread in I tan. Inasmuch as I'tah nnd Idaho arc closely associated iu tho grain industry, it is probable that Mime action will be taken in Idaho similar to that proposed in Clah. Another meeting of tho local mill and raiu men will be held next week. |