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Show IH-PHD FLOUR President of Chicago Board of Trade Avers Wheat growers Hold Product CHICAGO Jan 1 Caleb H Canby pres dent of tbe Chicago board of trade, ; accused by the m ers and bakers of con tr butlng to the h gh co t of flour today passed the b ame up to the fa mers. He s ted the United btates d stric attor ney conducting the inquirj nto the h gh cost of living and declared that the farmers by ho d ng their eat were end ng ts pr ce bkywaxd Farmers st U very bu sh read a e egram he subm tted to A bert L. Hop k ns a sistant d strict atto ney No wheat s be ng so d at present. The b eak Is not wo rv n0 them The entire demand of he world for wheat has been oncentrated on the 1iQ ted ates s n e the beg nn ng of the war sa d Mr Canby Greece Ita v and tl e countr es of no the n Afr ca ha e been bu ng wheat from the Un ted States for the first t me. The Danube coun n and Ru s a the markets that ha e alwajs supp ed hem a e closed Another reason for he hea demand s hat Australia has a poor c op th s vea and Is not export ng much Unt re cently Argentina proh b ted the expor tat on of wheat. They have jus har es ed the r c op and ought to export 10 000 000 bushe s of wheat a week n February M Canby sa d Armour Rosenbaum and he other a ge e e a o one ha e ess wheat on hand now than sual The fat ona Asso a on or Reta 1 Grocers adopted a reso u on a re clos ng se s on of s on ent on tonight a kin" a he federa au ho es p ess he nvest ga on n o e p esent In c ease n the p ce of nea p oducts. e have e denee that farmers are o d n back shipments said F B Con o p es den and tha they ha e been o d a bi n eaje w 1 be com ng o hem soon W e w-an th s In e t ga ed and w end the fu s en th of our o gan za on o any n etlga on |