The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-08-12
RESTAURANTS OF /
Topeka ARE TO
Be PROBED, TOO
Attorney General VIII Investi-
gate Prices They Charge.
Cost of Bread Is Now Being
Looked Into.
FROM MILLER To CONSUMER
Every Mans Profit Is To Be
Shown to Public.
Shoe Dealers and Soda Dis.
pensers on the Carpet. 3
Cost of Bread Is Now Being
Looked Into.
FROM MILLER TO CONSUMER
Every Mans Profit Is To Be
Shown to Public.
Shoe Dealers and Soda Dis
pensers on the Carpet.

III. c. OF L. DEVELOPMENTS.
State oil inspector voluntarily lowers
oil and gasoline inspection fees so per
attorney general to explain profits.
Restaurant men under suspicion.
Soda fountain owners to explain
profits on soft drinks.
Mil profits under Investigation.
Topeka shoe dealers nre explainln!g
the high cost Of lenther and other ar
ticles used In the manufacture of shoes
today In the attorney generals office.
BULLETIN.
Washington, Aug. 12.-PresIdent
Wilson today asked congress for au-
thority to use the secret service in rum
ming down profiteers and food hoard.
ers and for an appropriation of $175,-
900 for the work.
Richard ]. Hopkins, attorney gem
eral, announced today that before the
high cost of living probe ends in Kan
sas. the people of the state will be fur
nished with accurate information on
the per cent of profits on goods sold
to them. Today, his office is busy
compiling figures on shoe costs given
by' shoe dealers and the profits on
footwear. At the same time an effort
is being made to systematic n meth
cd of obtaining information from Kan
sas mill owners concerning the costs
and profits of cereal products manu-
factured by them.
I'VE will go from the mill man to
the baker and from the baker to the
restaurant keeper" said the attorney
general today. THE amount of profit
each of the three get is beginning to
be looked upon as the public's bust
ness"
Information Hard to Get.
The information from the mills so
far has proven hard to get. At pres
ent. the attorney general believes he
has sufficient data on hand to deter
mine the profits retail shoe dealers are
making on their goods.
! Ben S. Paulen. state oil inspector. in
| letters to deputies today notified them
in the future the inspection rates on oil
and gasoline would be dropped from 2
cents to / cent.
you understand" writes Paulen.
that the fee of / cent per barrel is
not sufficient to pay expenses of the
department, but 1t is hoped that this
amount together with the money on
hand at the present time will be am
pie to pay all the expenses Of the de-
partment until the legislature meets
again. when. IL IL shall be deemed
necessary, the fee can be fixed by
them"
| Continual complaints OF prices IN
restaurants have determined the at
torney general to investigate the menu
cards of Topeka restaurants. There is
the story of $11 gross profits of res
| taurant keepers on 81 invested in a
\ half bushel of tomatoes.
Some Restaurant Prices.
There is the story of the cucumber
which sells for and 10 cents in gro
Gerry stores. It is claimed not more
than half a cucumber goes with a
cucumber order for which 20 cents is
| demanded. Bread costs 10 cents a
loaf Toast, four pieces, sells for 10
| cents.
The soda fountain also is under sus-
picion. Soda fountain men selling
sodas for 10 cents claim a net profit
of approximately 80 per cent. Yet.
other soda fountain men are charging
Is cents for sodas.