The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-02-23
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Wheeling Man Pays His Respects to
UnIoyaI teaches and Shows What
Is Being Done in ENGLAND.

! a prominent Wheeling man The
Olh"r day, in speaking OF the alleged
activities Of certain protitcers. did not
mincr words in venting his feeling To-
ward this gentry; he did NOT call
Spade an agricultural implement, but
a SPADE.
This vampire greed has made union
labor demand IT'S share Of marklng-up,
causing strikes galore, trouble for our
people and giving aid and comfort 10
our foes.
1T is no secret that for three years
previous 10 Cur entrance into this war
our profi!rc:% sold and shipped i'm
mons" amounts Of fOOdSluftS 10 the
ncuIrals. Norway, Denmark. Holland
and Sweden, which were promptly
forwarded 10 Germany ny The profit
GERS of those alleged neutral nations
and, of course. went 10 feed the Ger
man armies. Over 1.n0n.00D bales or
cotton were sent TO those neutral ma
iions during 1915 in excess Of ;l."lr
normal home needs. that wer" also
forwarded into Germany 10 furnish
material in making high explosives,
shells; etc, whcrcwIh to Kill Our al
lies"
! Still the vampires of greed shout
patriotism while Skinning our people
and prulonSing The war by their greed.
: in our boosted democracy wherein the
masses rule in theory. but not in fact.
/ The rule of the people is Il dream.
; In looking over Reynolds News
! paper. Il publication of large circula-
ton in London. Eng. | see that the
+ authorities Of GrraL Britain are arrest
ing, trying and conricting profitrerS
right and left. and there is little, II
any mercy shown them"
! Shows What England Is Doing.
. The gentleman gave an lntellISencFr
man several clippings from III" Lon
don newspaper. showing what is being
done 10 the Teachers of loyalty
Some OF The. clippings are here re-
produced from he London paper. who
were convicted and fined and jailed
for profilrrrinG or boarding foodstuff:
E Reginald Hopkins. butcher. and
Arthur Freeman. his foreman. WIRE
each fined coo III Richmond for sell
ing meat above tn" scheduled price.
They were also fined 80 because the.
aggregate sales in Two fortniShtly
periods exceeded 2l.d. pound profit.
Edgar Banks. a Kew butcher. WAS
fined $40 or three months ImpriSon'
mrnr for similar nff"nSc.
, AT MiddlfShrou"h SiXty-nine wcli-ln-
do residents wrr" each fined oOS. and
! costs for buying ur offering 10 bny
| butter al 4 price above ihr maximum.
! The defendants had signed an agree.
mcnl 10 pay a retailer Sd. extra for I'm.
Moving Il man 20 collect butter from
outlying farms.
! 4 fine OF 50 pounds WAS imposed ~!
: the Chotscy magistrates hron Lady
, Mabel Gore I.anGton (daughIer Of the
fourth Earl Templcl. Of The GLADE,
, Enclefrld-cr"rn. for obtaining food
in excessive quantities on dates since
April.
The police. on searching defendants
residence. found l@5 pounds Of tea. -
: pounds uf cOfirr. l. tins condensed
milk. box Of spaghetti. pounds &.
corn flour. : pounds Of Iapioca. %
pounds nt rurranlS. 20 n0und, OF au2-
ar. e., pounds Of Su!tanaS. pounds
Of raiSinS.
, All hut - pounds Of III" 90 has
been seized. the household CONSISTS
of l. persons
Replying 10 lii" polio" suprr:n:"nu.
rnt. Lady Mabel said sh" MAS ma.
wa" Thai the majority "i poor per
sons could only obtain ounces q:
tea weekly. and sometimes no thdl.
for thrr" months past. \ magistrate
rCmnrkrI that InnTt, W1v sufficient IN
tn house 10 laSl u year