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Show i oo iU. S. WHEAT STANDARDS , TO BE HELD IN FORCE1 j WASHINGTON. .Tunc 2. Continua- j , tion of present federal wheat stand-, lards' was decided upon today by Sec-j 'rotary Meredith In an opinion covering; hearings hold to inquire Into dlssatls-I dlssatls-I faction In the central northwest with j existing grades for hard red spring and durum wheats. .Requests for low-1 jorlng tho present standards, tho secre-l 1 lary announced, would tend to de-I de-I crease tho return to farmers while advocates ad-vocates of the change argued that the j producer would receive more money j I for liis wheat. ; Tho federal standards established in, 1017 and revised in 1018 havo boon oporatlvo only under fixed price and i war conditions, the secretary stated.! adding that opportunity for fair tests of their merits or defects has not been t afforded under normal marketing, conditions. |