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Show SERIOUS SHORTAGE H OF FLOUR IS FACED H BY UNITED STATES IB 'ill Chicago, Sept. 13. Tho country la t H confronted with tho most serious , M flour shortngo In recent years, In tho , ,H opinion of millers, Jobbers nnd re- H tailors, today. , .H PJJ Retailers havo comparatively small 'I stocks on hand many are complete- Sfl ly sold out It was said, while mill- lH ers and wholesale- dealers declare V' I thoy aro unable to deliver flour bo- U cause of the shortage of wheat. RiH Refusal of farmers to sell wheat . lM at the prices fixed b Die government fjH Is generally blamed for tho present IH situation. They aro said to bo hold- iH Ing back In tho hope of a new sched- XH ule, more favorable to them, can bo IH arranged. 'H Tho Washburn-Crosby company, HJ howover, declares tho shortago Is duo iBf to a sudden demand by retailers who FB had allowed their stocks to becomo ' LH depleted during tho summer. H Country ngents of tho food nd- ( l ministration nrc trying to Impress on Hjfl tho farmers that they can gain noth- N'jfl Ing by holding their wheat. By so JmN doing, they will Incur storage ffijl charges. 11 Roports of crop damage from tho k$l frosts early this week continued to &a come In to crop experts hero today. M Tho extent of tho dnmngo to corn can- iSU not yet bo determined, but It wns I'll said that In Wisconsin It would reach k1 40 to GO per cent of that state's cs- y(H timated 57,000,000 bushels. JHJ |