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Show ! WHEAT DIRECTOR REPLIES TO CRITICS XKW YORK, Aiiu'. K. Julius If. P.:!:':-.e, VniTcd Slates "wheat director, jiiuioc pul.iiic lonitrht a letter wliicii he luts s.eiir Senator Cronnu, chfiirman of senalc a;;riciiltural coinmittoo, in I rejdv io a i : i emeiit issmai on August l - 1 iv n:i ' n r 1 1 roim;i cri t icizhit; Mr. i P:;riics aad lite railed States grain cor-; cor-; i ora , ion for I heir administration of tho w !u a ;. oua rani co act. in repi'.' lo the chnro of Senator (Irenivi Cun. ''owijiL; lo manipulation in adi.iirit uivjt the trrades rind stnnd-a:-b. m-tditer witli ilic damage done liv lud M'a'!ier io l!ie maturing crops, 'the wie'.cr -w'neat jiroduccrs nre receiv-j receiv-j iip- as iow as $!.'') per luisliel for I he ir jwiiea:, pot Mic rr -1 which Mr. .Barnes jives as a i iieoreiieal average, and that jthi.; vi'-r's ci'ct:s may a venire not over j pi r Vm-hi 1." Mr. Barnes says !):;;( on; of M.ii!"n.i0 lu'.sluds of wheat 1 marl;-';. , ;u tile SonlliWest sillCC July , l, 1 he 1 1-:. in corporal ion records fail lo si,ew eeil lH"'i bushels priced at $1.15, jand Mia' on! of ti.ndn carioads of wheat ' ivr.'iv -.1 i a Kansas Cil v only six cars ' w!.i l.f'-iv ? - and the lowest w;is $1.V12. ' ; lo al-.o r-:"s that les- tlian fi per cent ; M.;d b'v . the standard price of ! -.-j. i l f..r Hunibi r three. ! i .;) vs lo )' opi-ration of the ; v. - '. i L.;-i-airc-e, M"r. iiarnes ndd-: 1 '"" ' i m rr a pp;i rent I v is at; s- ! t:,,l '-,-; h'- ' : U.ell t . for With " I,- , ' i w;, .1 ,;;.- of '. !o -: t inf! r)f etcd, Wt ! i:,c i . I'.' i in o';r oiViees 1 ss than i , . , , ;v a.:,(;n-t .u'i;idc or price |