Evening journal., 1919-08-14
nDACklCT IK UIAD
UH1ulvLI lin VAN
ON PROFITEERS
Binghamton. N. y. Grocer
Fined 5000 for Exorbi-
tant Sugar Charges
FEDERAL AGENTS AIM
TO SEIZE STORED GOODS

BINGHAMTON, N. Y, Aug. IA
Joseph Mossew, Of No. 300 Shenango
street retail grocer charged with
pronteering in selling sugar for 10
cents pound when the Federal law
prescribed If cents, pleaded guilty be-
fore Justice George w. Ray, in Federal
court yesterday, and was fined $500
According 10 the officials Alossew has
been prolteering for some time and the
attention Of Thomas w. Dunn, sealer
of weights and measures, had been
called TO the fact.
After an Investigation Mr. Dunn
warned Mossew, hut he Is said 10 have
had recourse 90 the same tactics last
week. Mr.. Dunn Immediately called the
attention Of the Federal authorities 10
the matter and IA case was investigat-
ed by the grand jury, which indicted
him on the charge Of pronteering
Judge Ray called the prisoners at
tention to the fact that the law, pre-
sorlbing a charge OF "A cents pound
for sugar as the maximum price, was
on the statute books and that no was
openly violating and taking advantage
Of the law by profteering.
n was stated that there are some
other dealers In the city who may be
brought up on charges for the same
offense. Secret service men are said
10 be hunting pronteers and hoarders
here.
JACKSONVILLE. Fla, Aug. ii.-Aiore |
than 100000 eggs, hundreds Of thou |
sands of tins Of canned foods and 1880 |
IL Of
terday i'm a raid ON wholesale food |
and cold storage plants by |
Federal officers.
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. Aug. IA
Elghty-fOur thousand dozen eggs, stored
with the Atlantic Ice and Coal Corpora
lion here for tho account OF Morris and
Company. ChcagO, were seized yester-
day by the United States district atlor-
ley. Seizure was made under libel pro-
'eedngs In The Federal Court. which
'harged that the eggs were unlawfully
stored TO obtain unreasonably increas-
ng prices.
CHICAGO. Aug. "a. - Government
who are waglng war on
ood hoarders and pronleers will go
,efore Federal district Judges here soon
md seek writs 10 seize surplus food
uppiies I'm cold storage and sell them
O the public
Federal officials believe this action,
which was announced yesterday by the
district attorneys office. will result in
luick price reductions on many articles
II food owners Of the surplus stock
would later he prosecuted under the
federal food control law for boarding.
Thousands Of tons Of meats, poultry,
lsh, butter and eggs are held in ware
houses by brokers and speculators
lere. according 10 reports by the United
states Bureau Of Markets.
The campaign by Federal. State and
authorities caused further
rice reductions here yesterday. But
er I'm tubs fell from 81 TO % cents {
ound. Price OF poultry was reduced q
rom "a to 2s cents a pound.
Twenty million pounds Of California
est sugar. expected 10 arrive here S
,thln a few weeks, will stabilize sugar
rices, according to Henry II. Rolapp I
cad Of the sugar committee OF the !
niled States Food Administration. 4
Members OF the Chicago butter and
ggs board yesterday telegraphed TO Z
resident Wilson a copy of a EesOlu- {
ION adopted by. the organization offer c
lg 10 assist and cooperate with the \
in formulation OF plan to /
agulate the storage and sale of those I
so as TO reduce the cost TO /
ne consumer and aid government Of y
cials' in their fight against the high
ost Of living.