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Show I MAY SEIZE GRAIN I HELD IN THIS STATE H SALT LAKE. April 23. Seizure of H wheat held in Utah storehouses, whe- H thor farm pranaries or commercial ele- H vators, is imminent. H Although Utah state food adminis- H tratloo ofllcials say no definite instruc- H tions have come to them having direct H bearing upon the federal food board's H Intention concerning wheat held in store, there are indications that point to an early issuance of a commandeering commandeer-ing order for this state. The principal indication is disclosed in federal action recently taken with i regard to wheat stocks in California, authorising conscription of any wheat which has been or may be required by the tood administration for public u?es. connected wtlh the common defense. , The California order makes it im-peratlve im-peratlve that all wheat In the state shall be in the hands of the grain corporation cor-poration of the United Slates food ad-ratnlatratlon ad-ratnlatratlon by May 1 With such a law in force in the western states, a reasonable eoncluslon suggests the application ap-plication of similar federal action in Utah on or Immediately after May 1. Terms of the California order, upon Which the I'tah federal prain law will undoubtedly be based, require the (sure of all grain wherever it may be held by unpatriotic or pro-German citizens. The food control board has fixed a definite price for California wheat and wherever seizure is made the owner will be tendered a check in full for all stocks taken, based upon the government's provisions Should tin own r refuse to accept settlement on this basis, 75 per cent of the price fixed by the federal department will be paid the owner, who may accept this amount and file suit for what he believes is reasonably his due A special appeal has been made to farmers In California not to cut their Wheal for hay. hut to allow it to manure ma-nure for prain. This appeal was sent pill by the food administration authorities, author-ities, and is desipned to increase the' Wheal yield, even though the :rain itself it-self may not meet standard requirements require-ments of the farmer as a profit pro-duclnp pro-duclnp medium. The California food officials point out that annually an im mense acreape of wheat is cut for hay as soon as the farmer has sufficient as surance that the prain yield would he light. This year all prain must stand until matured, then harvested and threshed as the povernmcnt will need all the prain that can be prown to feed the armies and civil population of the allies. oo I |