The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1920-04-19
SQUADRON
NADS PROF|TEERS
Prosecutor Convicts l07;
Complaints Are From
Pickles to Rouge

N1W YORK. Apfli ln.-A "
Nlltf. chief 81 ibe flsing squAtron1
b. me departinsAl VI insilee ehope
campaign 10 far has resulted 30 ne
cneIciien OF ioI prolseers with fines
lnnnins from $50 10 ~. 500 mi m
efIsonmfnt ironi d 1ny 10 tive
nrIsfI4ipf commodities Tor which thc
Atalora are anic 10 ~ nskinE cNiipr-
1iInui prices. cnunIpinls u alleges
t1efinr ~ almust cstfttninE rom
ftckles 10 r1usc aud from lcnonade
AAistt{ nrc being rtpprtca TO nv.
5t|4f IS Sew fdrf r~an1uIu4ra. one
man who had pah SINS 10 . tesiAu-
l4lauf for q NnF efrrk aNd six small
lI1fca nf French fried potntoca. didn't
flnn 10 cat fht4n hut flancinr at hts
tHccH. took a Newspaper he sad been
adine. wrapped up ne meal
Lfaunht g. to the federal prosecutor.
some Of TIE letters Of complaint
we're amunins. cfhers pathetic An.
however. showed the seriousness Of
hi present eta ~ high prices. One
Indignant citizen wrctsi Q 70 ought
10 InfealiGatc-s ntn market
lamea. What do you think ~ ~
atnta a pound fns salmon and 50
cents Tor sra bans
samrIc ~ Complaints.
The chief Of the raYlus squadron
has received complaints o. such ex-
anlples Of alleged profi'eering ~ fcl-
Drug store whistsy at s. a pint
and s. more for doctor prescription
canary birds feb % aH5 and - So SIS
for y cage, lemonade. served at "A
hotel dsnce and said 60 have been
weak. 81 q Etaes; rouge 10 ~
4 boa for Himrofsed brandy: that
49, Iu.f.a r.mI 0a.n fr.u. "a .Dnfn
10 ST. a pound IN some >ew York
markets. urguos. three f1r 10 cents
IN a nouulur restaurant, peanut OIL,
nol6 ~ "oiIte oll.r So a quart; an
ihrncitn cual tl5 Instead ~ $3.50 a
ton n Nyaek. ~ - htcau.e tne
minrfK were Eranted a wage Increase
Of 80 GENTS a ton.
corNunaers complain to Mr, Riley
that they have 20 pay 80 cents a
hound for the same brands Of coffee
That rrialled for ~ cents a pound
before he war and that wholesalers
these roffeta three years ago ana
axe now paying IS ccnaa. Mik they
rhafan 10 tents a glass IN restaurants
which they buy for IL cents a quart
that they have 20 pay " cents Tor
lineu cefiaru costing a. Wholesale
E1.to . dozen: pickles cost six cen.s
each. cabbage 80 cents a head ~
L. q 10 -
cents 4 head for lettuce.
A ynunf woman protested after
having pald e. for a bag At a depart
nltuf afnre bargain sale which. she
discovered iaaer cost Is cents 10 man.
u~faulure. W. said that many big
with 100 per cent profit but were
making. In some Instances. ibe 20
1oa per cent. she suggested a
remedy AZ follows.
no not buy anything In the first
Store sou visit Ask the price and
n a seems ~ All excessive Say you
viii not pay il and walk out Then
10 nart door and you may buy u for
less. AZ any raie these profitecrs
need % know that the public D. wiae
10 thrm. A tremendous Nulg-ee o.
~rrfnNafn 80 buy would make such
merchants realize they must stop
osercharginF n they would not prr-
cipitate a general business boycott
War; with Scrrcry.
Obviously the flying squadron u
working with the utmost secrecy and
names 81 complalnanes are withheld.
Several big New York corporations,
which have been accused 81 making
uninn;iflabie profits On foodSiuffs
g clothing, are now reported under
m~vcairafion according TO Mr.. Riicy
one convicted pronteer blamed the
public for much % the high prices.
ITS 70 easy TO get what you AK
for the merchant conflded 20 the
chief investigator. that few business
men can resist the temptation %
sslse prices. u 4 put two garments
n my store window Of exactly the
anne cuf and materials bu, with a
$50 tag on ono and a t55 tax on The
other. most persons would buy inc
higher priced me- It's a tram freak
~ human nature. people nowadays
don't seem 10 concern themselves any
mere about what a thing costs"
Protests against ~profIiecging are
reported pouring into h federal
building here from all over the Oh
try. When q complaint ia received u
Is lndcxed ana forwarded 10 fedenl
-proaecuiors and flying squadrons
operating IN the United States lu-
dicinl iefr1ory where the victims re-
side. Investigation follows and. n the
facts warrant. ARRESTS are maar. u
campaign. Initiated BY ATTORNEY Cen
erul Palmer, will go Oh according 20
n. l. Van Eickier. in charge of the
Kew York office Tor Mr. Riley. 'un-
al prices Of food. ciuthlnE tucl and
feed Tor livestock are brought to more
normal levels"