Show WHEAT SEIZED BY ENGLAND I ACTION TAKEN UNDER SPECIAL WAR ACT BY CANADIAN GRAIN COMMISSION I All High JUgh Grade Wheat Elevators From Fort William to to co Atlantic C Coast ast are Commandeered ered E Esti Estimated Estt- Estt tI- tI mated at Bushels Ottawa The The Canadian government government government gov gov- has commandeered all high- high grade wheat in jn elevators from Fort Fort- Williams on Lake Superior to the Atlantic Atlantic Atlantic At At- lantic coast I This action was taken under under- ti the special war act by the Canadian grain commission sion The wheat seized was of grades grades' one one- hard and one two and thre northern It was the property o of grain ain shippers and millers Th That t taken is all that which on Saturday night w was s In public c elev elevators tors at Fort Fort William ui port Port Arthur Arthut Midland Tiffin Port McNichol Collingwood Collingwood- Kingston Port Colborne Prescott Quebec c St. St John Montreal and Halifax A A revis revised d estimate places the amount at about 20 bushels A considerable amount is the property of American grain dealers The grain was taken Saturday night sd that sd-that that grain exchanges should be affected affected affected af af- af- af as little as possible le It is officially stated that the price will be fairly adjusted and the grain owners promptly paid by the Canadian gover gov- gov er ment It is estimated that there is still in Canada in the hands of farmers and dealers west of Fort William Will Wil Willliam liam bushels surplus of wh wheat at available for export It Is er- er that most most of this will be taken in the future for the use of Great Britain France and Italy The d domestic domestic domes domes- mes- mes tic supply of Russi Russia is more more than sufficient sufficient sufficient suf suf- suf- suf to meet the needs of that coun coun- try Had the Dardanelles been forced the surplus of Russian wheat would have made the present action essary While tl the e wheat just taken was o commandeered to fill an order fr from lm the British government for a large quantity of wheat iLis iUis understood understood under under- stood that of of It it will be shipped to to Italy The The Canadian government will look after the transport transportation U n of the grain to the Atlantic seaboard and from there i its s shipment across the ocean will be undertaken by the British government government gov goy in in the same way that shipments shipments ship ship- ments meats of oats and hay have been handled for the P s. s yea year |