New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-04-27
Three Arrested
AS Profiteers
In Sugar Here
Two Accused of Selling
Food at $50 Gents and
Third at p Cents: All
Freed in $1,000 Bail
Famine Charge Denied
Commissioner of Markets
Says Sugar Is Cornered:
Should Cost Only lOCents

Agents Of the flying squadron of the
Depa rtment of Justice arrested three
men yesterday charged with profiteer-
ing IN sugar. All three were arraigned
Deiore United States Commissioner
samuel M. Hitchcock and released in
Sl'ooO bail for hearing next Monday.
Two of the men. Arnold G. Landres,
president Of the World Food Products
corporation. 105 Hudson Street. and
hayman Cherrnay, of Cherrnay e. Co..
syrup manufacturers at 371s Broome
Street, were arrested by Agents John
son and Kelly charged with selling
sugar on April IA at the unjust, un-
reasonable and unlawful" price of 25 V
cents a pound
Inc Department of Justice agents
SAID that Landres bought 5000 pounds
OF sugar from the American Sugar Re-
lining Company for Ia cents pound
ana sold 1t to Cherrnay for 21 cents a
pound. Cherrnay, in turn, is said to
have sold the sugar to the Manufac-
turers Union, Inc, for 251s cents a
pound.
Candy Boycott Asked
bernard Berg. grocer and dealer
IN drled fruits at 234 East 121st Street
/. was the third man arrested He is
charged by Agent brennan with havlne
protiteered in sugar in that he sold
1000 pounds on April for % cents a
pound. it is said that Berg paid 16
cents a pound for the sugar.
The grand jury is expected 10 take
action shortly in the case of E. r.
Sherbourne, of 1l3 State Street. Bos-
ton, who was arrested here April 49,
charged with profteering in sugar. It
was said that he made $50,400 in two
weeks on 100000 pounds of sugar.
Mr. Riley will return TODAY from
te'aiag sugar conference.
--dwin j. O'Malley. Commissioner OF
Markets. said yesterday that sugar
should NOT cost more than 10 cents a
pound. He said there was no sugar
famine; that the greater part of the
sugar was cornered
He appealed TO girls to help boycott
candy for thirty days to release sugar
held by manufacturers.
Although supplies Of sugar abroad
are reported to have reached a low
completed to ship several large con-
signments to American refners. The
first shipment will come from the Re
public of echoSlovakia and vii
amount to 800 tons in tablet form.
Largest Direct Shipment.
This sale was consummated through
the CzechoSlovak and American Cor.
poration, the semi official purchasing
agency Of the Czecho- Slovak govern
ment. This corporation since the es
tablishment Of the Czecho Slovak Re
public has purchased for and sold te
that government large quantities OF
/ -four, foodstuffs and cotton.
1t is estimated that prior to the wal
the provinces of Bohemia, Moravia, Slo
Republic of Czecho- -Slovakia, produced
and refined about 100000 tons of bee
sugar year. The production in 191!
reached $4,000 metric tons.
The shipment of /, 500 tons of refined
/ beet sugar is larger than any previcu:
direct shipment to this country from
Austria Hungary.
The National Wholesale Mems Fur
! nishing Association sent kilograms yes
terday to Representatives from Manhat
tan and to the New York Senator'S con
demning Federal attempts to check higl
prices by arresting unimportant dealer
and renewing its offer Of cooperation
! The associations indignation agains
! this method Of procedure is said T.
have been brought to head by the re
cent suicide of a Brooklyn haberdashe
arrested by Federal agents.
The telegram follows:
"The National Wholesale Mems Fur
/ nishing Association, comprising leading
manufacturers and distributors o
mems furnishings throughout tn