Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1919-08-28


the weevi in the doughnut there's the hole.
ty for profteering.
The Georgian is with Mr. Palmer in this matter
Throw the profteers in jail Nothing else has the
slightest effect
Fines don't hinder these rascals. Any practsed
profteer make enough iegitimate profit to pay
his fines and keep on profteering
Fines merely licenses to profteer. Look at
convicted of rebating continually fined, and it con
tinued to rebate
Why? Because it make enough by breaking
the law to pay its fines and leave a handsome profit
besides.
1t PAYS the New York Central to break the law
That's why it does it, That's why it will keep on do
ing it so long the penalty for breaking the law
is only giving A PART of the profit it makes by law
breaking.
But suppose the law had Jail teeth in it That
would be different One Vanderbilt or one Rookie
Teller put behind the bars in years gone by would
have stopped the whole practice
That you be sure of.
Only Jail penalties count with these money-mad
profteers Fines don't brighten them Fines don't
deter them. But Jail doors and iron bars-those dc
put fear in their hearts
They think twice before reaching out their greedy
hands for the earnings and savings of the people, il
the shadow of the penitentary falls between them
and their prey
And don't they deserve to go to prison?
The thief who snatches pocketbook or who
steals pair of shoes who robs the baker or the
butcher of bread meat goes to ail-and generally
deserves to go.
We say this is the right thing, because society
must be protected.
Well, then, what do these profteers do that is an,
different?
They rob the peoples tables; they steal the PEG
pies money; they take food and clothing from the
peoples families they steal the wages of the working
men and working
They are meaner than any highwaymen, meane1
than any sneak thief-because they have not ever
the poor to risk the resistance of their vic
TINS to chance going to prison
The only courage they have is the courage tt
steal at long range and when they know that they
perfectly safe
And they are the most contemplate thieves il
the world.
They rob babies! Why, yellow dog WON
do that
Talk about Jail penalties being 'too drastcs" fol
such thieves That's what some congressman said the
other day-"too drastic he said.
Too drastic Why, Jail terms are TOO GOOr
for such miserable cowardly, greedy sneak thieves
They ought to spend the rest of their lives breaking
stone in a penitentary quarry.
Attorney General Palmer is absolutely right ir
this matter The Congress ought to do what he asks
Folks are good and mad about this profteering. II
isn't just few folks or a majority of folks who are
mad It's everybody The whole country is ndig
nant.
There will be trouble if the Congress does MOI
go after these scoundrels with real club and hi
them clout two that will knock them out
Just taking away part of these profteers' steal
ings in the shape of fines isn't going to satisfy the
people The pc ole will not be satisfied with slappfne
profteers the wrist
they want the government to hit profteermg or
| tho head-and hit it hard
1t is proposal that has bite in it-a proposal
that will put the fear of the law into the hearts Of
these thieves-Atlanta Georgian