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Show visions, which would be aroia 83 cents in Utah, the grower e the same answer. 15 But instead of a price Protection of 49 cents, farmers have the pro. tection of 83 cents. All fartner. who have wheat to sell will benJ fit from the urotection, Mr, eker said. Wheat Penalties Clarified By Nebeker Wheat farmers who are opposing the 49 cent penalty on excess wheat under marketing quota regulations are forgetting that the penalty and the 85 per cent of parity loan rate go together, Sidney J. Nebeker Neb-eker of Laketown, chairman cf the Utah state AAA committee, pointed out Monday. He called attention to the rig.d import quotas on wheat, which have been set to prevent wheat from coming into the United States over the 42-cent tariff, as an indication in-dication of the difference between wheat prices in this country and world prices. The 85 per -jent of parity loan rate and the 49 cent penalty on excess wheat are parts of the same legislation. These provisions became be-came a part of the marketing quota quo-ta law only a few days before the referendum, but when the old provisions are compared there is little if any advantage to the grower with excess wheat, he said. Under the previous regulations the loan rate would probably have been arounj 49 cents, the average for Utah under the 1940 program. Deducting the 15 cent penalty of the previous regulations, that would leave a balance of 34 cents a bushel for wheat after the penalty pen-alty had been paid. But if the |