The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1919-08-22
RALPH COUCH.

the department sf justice are plan
ming an investigation of the cold
storage plants in the country and are
going to make aideniand for an ex-
PLANTATION as to Why the amount of
produce in STORAGE in these plants
should have incrsased from twenty
per cent to 299 pet cent since year
ago.
Amounts Of poultry and all dairy
products that arefineld are high in
price at present, md large amounts
are in the storage plants according
to the data in theIpossession Of the
bureau of markets They are pre-
pared that all stocBs be brought out
an exhibited in tie survey to be
made.
] Holding More 4Everythins.
Present canvassel made by the
bureau show that cid storage plants
are holding 400 per hent more cream
cry butter at. the p4sent time than a
year ago. The indease amounts to
36,055.549 pounds. rhe holding Au-
gust 1. 1919, announced to 124.s39, 1872
pounds. Cased egfS 5inl storage on
Augusfo I, 1912 WEB Ao.4 per cent
over the HhaR3ber' ~ ID storage q
year ago. stTfa I9lS snsss4 4. there
were ss52Sssas cases pf esq in stor-
age ana fthis year August / there
were 7.S53,2sS cases 1.-THE plants.
Steps viii now be- fakell to com
bat the situation. declare c. B..
Annes, assistant attorney gen raj, who
will have charge ofsthe prosecutions
during the absence ofsAttorrey Gen.
eral Palmer Following the occurring
Of exact figures it, Is clainld the
prosecution of those holding tlh goods
for profteering will commence
Charge Of Sugar Profiteerhg.
limited Press Dispatch.ll
Chicago August I6.-J. f. Camp
bell and John e. Bunker, offi3als of
the ]. f. Campbell tcompanyI were
arrested today, charged with Whaling
the federal food. control act 1t is
alleged that the. men sold 10000
worth of sugar at Jan extortonate
profit
The sugar was purchased froa Ar.
buckle Bros. at 1919 a hudred
weight. it was alleged and was sold
for SIC a hundred weight. Dttrict
Attorney Cline announced that more
arrests will follow the beginning of
next week.
Beans Arei Seized.
UNITED Pres7 Dispatch.l
Kansas City, August ia libel
permitting the seizure of Il 900
pounds OF, beans in a warehouse here
was issued today by United Sites
District Attorney Wilson This is
the first move here against hoartars.
Attorney Wilson said this was a ,hr-
ticularily vicious case of boarding be-
cause the beans were held all through
the period of the war when such fodd-
stuffs were badly needed.
Eggs and Butter Seized.
limited Press Dispatch,
Detroit. August 16.-Eggs and but
ter worth $432,762 were seized heie
today. They have been in storase
since tpril 1, it is alleged. The food
We seized at the Detroit Refrigeratink
ellnpany and is said to belong to two
well known firms in the middle wes1l
the Fox River Butter company and
the HI. l.. Brown company.
Hides Held Far Buyers, Claim.
fAssociated Press Disnatch.1
st. Paul, August 16.-Swift e. Co
announced today that $4,000 hides
are in storage in Plant /, South st
Paul. and that a large percentage are
sold and awaiting the orders of buy
ers. The United States district at :
torney is Investigating conditions
there. 1
San Diego. CAL, August 16.-United
States Marshal Carse of this city to-.
day seized large quantities of butter,
eggs and cheese which he declared
were boarded and held for profiteer-
ing.
st. Louis, August 16.-Federal an :
thorities have ordered the seizure of
46,026 cases Of eggs, thirty dozen to
- ~-nd City Ice and
G.lt4 ~ Fi;snt here.
klany Arrests Expected.
lass ociated Press Disnatch.1
Columbus. August 16.-- Many addi-
tional arrests are expected early next
week in connection with food hoard
ing and profiteerng. Columbus food
dealers arrested yesterday were given
preliminary hearings in the municipal
court today. Over the protests of
their attorneys their trials were set
for next Wednesday. All pleaded
guilty.