Columbus daily courier. [volume] (Columbus, N.M.) 1920-1920, 1920-04-21

rom Of ne Department Of lnAllce
whose campaign - far has rctullei
IN ne conviction Or io7 pronleers.
with fines ranging from go TO e2soo|
and Imprisonment from one Jay FOL
two ycarh has uncovered a number
% surprising commodities for which
The dealers r SAID tn b. asking
esorhaani prices tomnlrir;s Of Al
legged eouRing IN almost every.
Thing from pickles 70 ruupc and
from lemonade 20 whisky nre helns
reported 10 Riley by New York con.
mmers One man who had pail
Sis 10 a reslauralcur for a Tiny
steak and six small pieces Of fried
potatoes. didn't stop 10 eat them.
! but. eianclns al his check. took 4
Newspaper ne had been reading
wrapped up his moal and brought
Il 10 the federal prosecutor.
Some OF letters OF complaint were
amusing. others pathetic. All. how
ever. showed the seriousness Of the
present era OF high pricca. One IN
dignanl citizen wrote: You ought
10 Investigation - fish market Ia
Brooklyn. Hes a modern Jesse
James. what do you think Of o.
cents a pound for salmon and A.
cents for sea hassf"
sample OF Complaints
The chief Of the flying squad
rom has received complaints Of
such examples Of allescd profilccr
ing a. follows:
Drug klore whisky Al s. q pint
and e. more for doctors prcscrip
ton; canary Minds $50 10 81 and
- 10 eis for cage: lemonade served
At a hotel dance and said To- have
been -wea," ~ a glass; roupc. 81 TO
- a hox Tor imported brands;
that fish duriag Lent rose from %
cents 10 a . pound IN some New
York markets; prunes. three for 90
cents IN a popular restaurant. pea.
nut oh sold as -olive oil" "a a
quart; anthracite coal. si5. instead
Of $3.50 q ton. IN Nyack. n. J, BE-.
cause the miners WIRE granted y
wage increase OF 30 cents a ton.
Consumers complain 70 Riley lhla
they have 10 pay 80 cents a pound
for the same brands OF coffee that
retailed for q cents q pound before
the war and that wholesalers paid
n cents a pound for some u these
coffees three years neo and are nov
paying 70 cents. MIA they charge
10 cents a glass IN restaurants they
buy for " cents a quart: that they
have 10 pay % cents for linen COZ
lars costing af wholesale sac a
duzen; pickles cost ak cents each;
cabbage 70 cents a head: 70 cents
a bunch Tor asparagus and % cents
per head Tor lettuce.
A y0ung woman protested after
having paid - Tor a bag al a DE-.
pnrimenl store bargain sale which
she discovered later cost rs cents
10 manufacture She said that many
big business houses were not salts
fled with 100 per cent profit but
were making. IN some instances. 100
70 200 per cent She suggested .
rsmcdy as follows.
do not buy anything In the first
store you yisit Ask TIE price and
II a seems at Oh excessive say you
win not pay Il and walk Out. Then
20 next door and you may buy Il
for lesS Al any rate. these profiI
letrs need 10 know that The public
Is wise 70 them A tremendous
volume o. fefnsals 20 buy would
maku such merchants realize thry
must stop overchnrsine N they
would not precipllnte a general
business boycott"
Work vita secrpey.
Obviously ne flying squadron
u working with TIE utmost se1rec,
and nnmes pf compIainanls ar,
withheld Several bis New Yori
corporations. which have been az
cusod % making uniuslinablo prot
iis On ioodsluffs and clothing. arI
now reported under Investigation
According - Riley. one contleleI
proiiiner nleNod lha public fo|
much q the hlsh trleea.
It's % sasY 70 set Hhai yau aa|
fpf. the merchant confidcd 10 tn
chief Investigator. that few butI
ness men q resist the Temptation
q Falss pflees. II ! PIT two sas
menls n my store Nindo4 of "a
aelly The ,ame tnl aud material
bat ailil 4 80 lae "a ells ind 4 81
az On ne other. ino.l ptp,on
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