Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-08-11
chicago STARTS
CRUSADE AGAINST.
F 0QD H0ARDERS.
WARRANTS TO BE SECURED TO
DAY AND ARRESTS OF Prof..
TIERS EXPECTED TO FOLLOW
-sLEUTHs GATHER EVIDENCE.

Chicago, August 11.-Promsing
criminal prosecutions OF the big
packing interest on charges of monop
oily in connection with the boarding
of sugar and other foodstuffs. Unit
ed States District Attorney Charles
f. Clyne left last night for Washing
ton to confer with Attorney General
Palmer
This morning warrants will be
taken. out before United States Com
missioner Lewis r. Mason and Mark
K. FOote for a large number of local
retailers, wholesalers. brokers, spec
ulators. warehouse men and others
believed to be hoarders. These war
rants We're ordered issued by Attor'
ney Clyne Saturday night on the eve
Of his return to WashingtCa
Mr. Clyne let it be known yester-
day that he has in his possession new
evidence, recently obtained, against
the profiteers. 1t is this evidence,
he stated, on which the prosecution
will be based and which called for
the issuance of the warrants
Food Probe to Go On.
The district attorneys decision TO
return to Washington after one day
in Chicago is believed to have result
ed from an all-day conference with
his assistants and Edward J. Bren-
nan, chief of the bureau of investi-
CATION Of the department of justice.
The Chicago end of the food probe
will he carried on without Interrupt
ton in Mr.. Clync's absence by As.
sistant United States District Attor-
ney NJ. A Milroy, assisted by Mr..
Brennan and by Col. Henry r. Har.
ris and c. B. Morrison. Col Harris
will have charge of the federal grand
jury to be sworn in Sept. /.
Although the investigation is to
be one involving all foodstuffs af-
fected by the methods of the prof
iteers, special attention is to be given
To sugar.
Blow to Home Canning.
This il the fruit canning season
for the thrifty housewife. Now is the
time Of year when in humber homes
the frugal housekeeper is wont to
spend long hours over the steaming
Kettles whence emerge the luscious
'ri eserves' destined to grace the |
winter board and aim a telling blow |
at old man r. c. L.
To put up preserves" however,
requires sugar. There will be few
put up this year, if the profiteers
can help it.
1t has long been Attorney Clyne's
contention that practically all food
stuffs are involved in one big mon.
opoly, with the packers in the back
ground The packers have an in
tereSt in a scarcity of preserves"
and other canned goods. Hence Mr..
Civnc believes the inexplcable scar
city of sugar
1T is preposterous,' said Mr.. Clyne
last night as he left for Washington,
that there should be anything in
ne nature of sugar or any other
food combine. There is not HE
1ilghtrst reason why a single pound
Of sugar should be kept off the mar
get IT makes no difference whether
I Is enc pound or billion pounds
ne 0rinclple is the same; put it on
he market
Cites Recent Price Drop.
The fact that the price of sugar
'ta dropped from . to cents, the
past week undoubtedly as the result
u pressure and threatened inyestiga.
ions proves that price boosting has
10 legs to stand on. On Monday
sugar sold at Is cents On Saturday
you could buy it for from II to l4l
GEMS
"Thrty-fve thousand pounds is
Chltago's daily sugar quota This
Includes the amounts required for
ANDY making. canning and preserv.
M and other purposes The way the
'fo'!ieers work is this. They dole
1ut IL daity 2,501 pounds. creating
merely shortage Of 1900 pounds
per c'em, Then they cry sugar scar.
'ity and up goes the price