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Show SEIZURE OF HMW1VES' ' FOOD STOCKSjMPOSSIuLE The government has never considered consid-ered any plan of, seising foodstuffs owned by householders. Nor Is there any policy of this kind suggested tor the future In spite of this fact, the United States food administration tins been obliged repeatedly to Issue official dentals de-ntals of rumors that the government Intends, commandeering preserves nnd tanned goods put, up in American homes. . These rumors were originate! partly by pro-German propagandists and partly part-ly by conscienceless grafters, who sought to profit through buying from misinformed housewives. , The year 1018 will see homo canning and preserving practiced on greater scale than ever before In the nation's hlstory,.omc1als In Washington believe. And they are assuring all patriotic housewives that foods so saved are theirs, and theirs alone. |