Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-02-25
RAID ON HOARDERs
IN TAMA COUNTY
4pEcJAd AGENT FINDS SEVERAL
CASES or VIOLATION OF
LAWS.
oARvvlN FARMER FORCED
TO GIVE UP SUGAR
co,.n.l,ed 20 Return $50 Pounds to
peaIsr-vNholssale House Ass'ss
Toledo Man to Hoard Sugar ana
purcha,.r Liable to Prosecution
Criminal Action Possible.
snecial to Tsmes-Repuhl!can.

Special to Ttmes-Hepup4EaA'
Toledo, Feb. 25.-On Friday d =
Figney. special agent Of the Cn''e'
states food administration, came K
Toledo II, response to certain in'oE'l'A
Aion that had been furnished the >'a''
food administrator at Burlington
He Immediately preceded 10 invest
xate the cases reported and fo@na INA
a farmer living southwest Of l'sTN i
had approximately 20 pounds OF scEA'
on hand, which under the .es--'- -. -
of the food admin s:-at.o-- r." -
force, is an excess slEPE. nc "a
the owner to release and dispose O. --'S
sugar, selling ESQ pounas 81 P1es'l-
prevailing wholesale market prices -
q merchant, George Jcrge2s@;- Al lzS-'
win. This was 10 se delivered OF -
urday morning.
No criminal prosecution 2as as !e'
been started. the punishment to- "E.lt~
IL q fine not exceeding S5VVv OF III
nrisonment not exceeding :wo years .!
both.
Wholesaler Violates Law.
Mt. Tgley invests gated another
case reported 70 him IAs-e -spu;-
able wholesale house OF Chicago prop
erly licensed. shipped n the name e.
retired mercantile firm @: Toledo a
large quantity oe canned goods anc
also a 100 pound Dag Of sugar Nn.c+-
was accepted and taken INTO the nome
of the surviving partner o: me 1or1aeE
mercantile Arm. Mr.. Ffg.eT secured
copy OF the freight bills. inVo1ce O.
goods and personally examined Inc
goods and found them 4 the nome
including tho 100 pounds Of sugar, and
ordered that mono Of them be Used IN
til further ordered BY the department.
This case IL out OF the ordinary. -
affects tho wholesale l.ceasee from two
standpotnts-the question whether the
prices charged are such as to amour:
to profitsering. and secondly, viola
ton Of the regulation provided for sell
ing to persons not engaged N retail
mercantile trade and, further, OF
course, Il affects the purchaser as a
violation q non-hoardins provisions
of the food administration law and
yould subject him to the same penal
aes.
This N1dtCef lbs Deen LaheL ~ ~
The state food administrator with the
food administrator Office IN Washing
ton to the end that the food statutes
and regulations may be properly in
terpreted and suitable penalties I'M
posed in all cases Of their violation.
Substitutes Too High.
The special agent further found tina:
there was an excess price fixed or
charged in Iowa by the wholesaler for
a large portion Of substitutes required
to be purchased with -four, and also
that the local merchants were charging
an excess PROFIT and the matter VIII
undoubtedly. be called 20 the attention
Of the food administration and will
certainly be taken up at the meeting
Of the food administrators Of Iowa az
Des Mo,nes on Thursday next.
The food administrator now has s!I
special agents operating in Iowa and J;
is generally reported that Iowa IS 2
fruitful field for their operation and
more operatives will be placed INTO ne
! field to the end that food regulations
may be properly enforced, understood
and obeyed.