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Show riwwrtag Mills Altai Dowa. Nearly half tbe floor mill operating in Minneapolis bava closed for an Indefinite In-definite length of time. Tha Wasb-burn-Croby and the I'illsbury milling companies say that 60 pgr cent of their mills will close, and it ia also reported lhat lh Consolidated milling company will discontinue operations, although it ia aot learned bow many mill will be affected. The official say ibe shut-down is do to tb shortage in th demand for floor. Tbe foreign trade, it ia declared, ia practically dead, while the present stock of th mill will be sufficient to upply lb domestic trad for some tim to coma. It ia contended generally gener-ally thst th coming election aod po-k po-k lical influenc have to soma extent brought about tb sudden decline in demand aod il ia probabl that non of lb mills will resume operation until afwr election la over. |
