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Show CANADIAN WHEAT SEIZED BY ENGLAND ACTION TAKEN UNDER SPECIAL WAR ACT BY CANADIAN GAIN COMMISSION. All High Grade Wheat Elevators From Fort William to Atlantic Coast are Commandeered, Estimated Esti-mated at 20,000,000 Bushels. Ottawa, OnL Tho Canadian government gov-ernment has commnndeered nil high grade wheat In elevators from Fort Williams on Luko Suporlor to tho Atlantic At-lantic coast. This action was taken under tho special war act by tho Canadian grain commission. Tho wheat seized was of grades one hard and one, two and threo northern, it was tho property of grain shippers and millers. That taken Is nil that which on Saturday night was In public elevators at Fort Fort William, Port Arthur, Midland, TllHln, Port) McNIichol, Colllngwood, Codorlch, Kingston, Port Colbornc, Proscott, Quebec, St. John, Montreal and Halifax. A revised estimate places tho amount nt about 20,000,000 bushels. A considerable amount Is the property of American grain dealers. Tho grain wns taken Snturday night ho that grain exchanges should bo affected af-fected as 'little as possible. It is officially stated that tho prlco will be fairly adjusted and tho grain owners promptly paid by tho Canadian gov ornment. It is estimated that there is still In Canada in tho hands of farmers and dealers west of Fort William, Wil-liam, 150,000,000 bushols surplus of wheat avallablo for export. It is er-poctcd er-poctcd that most of this will be taken In tho futuro for tho use of Great Britain, Franco and Italy. Tho domestic domes-tic supply of Russia is moro than sufficient suf-ficient to meet the needs of that country. coun-try. Had tho Dardanelles been forced, the surplus of Russian wheat -would havo made tho present action unnecessary. unnec-essary. While tho whent Just taken was commandeered to fill nn order from tho British government for a largo quantity of wheat, it is understood under-stood that moBt of it will bo shipped to Italy. Tho Canadian government will look after tho transportation of tho grnln to tho Atlantic seaboard, and from thoro Its shipment across the ocean will bo undertaken by the British government gov-ernment in tho samo way that shipments ship-ments of oats and hay havo been handled for the past year. |