The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1920-05-05
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grocery trade, and is utterly ignorant
of the essential elements entering in
to the operation of department
store, and that the same is true Of
Swepson J. Taylor, commissioner for
Kinds County, who has not engaged in
business of this character for the
past fifteen years.
The bill Of complaint extensively
reviews some Of the inside phases Of
the department store business, inso-
far as it relates to the heavy risks in
volved in the quick changing Of styles
and fashions, rendering it impossible
to pct the profit margin on flat
basis; that the business, instead OF
relating to commodities, in reality
deals chiefly with Injuries and near
Injuries, on which 1.-THE Government
has no authority to fix the selling
prices.
Mr. Remington is represented in
the litigation BY Measrs. Watkins &
Watkins. and Greene n Greene, Of the
Jackson bar The Il ii il expected to
reach 4 hearing il als term ofseourt.
The sequence of ktr Kennington's
attack upon The constituti5nality of
the Lever Act, IL the prospective in
dictment Of Mr.. bennington tor prof
iteering. AT the head Of corpora
ton which operates several OF the
large department stores in the CEN
trail section Of the state, the case
against his company was to be laid
before the Federal Grand Jury, which
convened in Jackson on Monday.
The attack upon the constitutionality
Of the law followed. Mr.. Remington
has employed the ablest lawyers at
Jackson, and it appears that he will
make determined fight against the
operation of the law in this state.
The case against the Remington
Dry Goods Company seems to be a
good one. 1t is alleged by the Fair
Price Commission that their local
committee at Jackson was composed
of the best citizens Of that city, with
Hon. Swepson j. Taylor as chairman.
The attitude of the Remington store
towards the commission resulted in
the sending of special representatives
of the Department of Justice to jack
son to make purchases at the Jack
son store. Extensive purchases were
made, and the invoices requested,
which Were refused. The value Of the
purchased, compared
with the prices charged, were so
grossly out of line that it is said it
fragrant violation of the
Lever Act. The case being that of a
corporation, the matter had to so be-
fore the Federal Grand Jury, an in |
1ividual indictment against Mr.. Ken
nington not holding.
Mr.. Locke, who was in the city
yesterday, stated that he was not con-
corning himself with the attack upon
the constitutionality of the law; that
while he was interested in the out
come, he was primarily interested in
It's enforcement. The suit he said,
would be defended by representatives
Of the Department of Justice who had
fought the case in other states. They
are to be sent to Mississippi for that
purpose. Upon the outcome of the
ease depends the whole scope Of the
Fair Price Commissions work in this
state. The law has been pronounced
and unconstitutional by
Federal judges in other states, but
the final issue will not be determined
until it is acted upon by the Supreme
Court of the United States.
The case took an unexpected turn
according to information
yiven Mr. Locke by Mr.. Alexander,
'ederal attorney at Jackson. Judge
Holmes heard the case argued Mon