Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1921-05-07
PROSECUTION by THE GOVERN
AiENT.

'htS pi'''''hils tNeIS DDtS II tOri,.
prosecute is now further unscitlins
conditions by sensational prosecution
Of the United States Steel Corpora.
ion. In it's crusade against the Staud
ard OIL Corporation. charging that !.
! was an organization in restraint O.
trade, hhe only effect observuD;.
amongst the people. who Durrna$cl
the product OF the concern was the
boosting of prices.
The compcti' ion, which the Govern
ment was alleged to be permitting
caused the price of coal oil or kcro.
Senc to soar III three or four times rs
usual price. AS for gasoline, every
owner of car or cleaning and press
ing establishment paid increased prIc.
rs for the product. 1t seems to us 10 la
time for the prosecuting part OF tho
Government to shut up shop. They are
prosecuting people. who say anything
against the Government They aro
prosecuting everybody, who believe,
IN Socialism or Communism. They arc
prosecuting everybody, who takes the
time to make whiskcy.
They are confiscating The property
OF people, whether guilty or innocent
who own automobiles and in which
may be found Il bottle Of whiskor.
they are prosecuting any man, who
has even as much rs pint of whiskcy
III his house or III his pocket. They
are DONG all in ;hrir power to inter.
ferc with those newspapers. who OK
crclsc the right Of free speech. They
are keeping conscientious old man.
known by the name OF Eugene Y,
Dehs in tho Atlanta Pcni.cntiary and
I'LL this Is Il logical legacy handed
down from the Wilson Administration
whose Democratic officials now hold
office under II Republican Attorney.
General of the United States.
1t seems to us tina. il il time to
cali halt on these Kind OF assaults
upon certain people of this country,
In the meantime. thieves and robbers
are having FREQ hand in this country
me Government seems to DO too busy
Prosecuting and prosecuting people,
who arc innocent OF having violated
amy law or to have done any wrong to
proceed In the work of experimenting
them. In this connection, the follow
> Ing Geographic report will prove to BIO
interesting reading:
Washington. April 29.-Mail rob
scric- reported from several cities in
ne country during the last twenty
our hours have spcedcd up the gun
ming expedition General.
'ill Hays has inauguratcd againrt
he bandits.
Having hcen warned that postal
Jerks on trains are now being cquir
t"d with 5000 automatic reviewers.
upplied by the War Department and
undre1S Of ahotguna, the robbers
ave been wary recently OF ettnckina
rains. At the transfer points In large
cities. however. their depretlations
R,n:inuc and it is to meet this situat.
pm thar the Post-otllcc Department is
ow turning its attention.
1t has been decided thnt. mt points
where vast sum- OF specie arc TO b.,
transferred. not only will the postal
employees be more heavily armed than
feretofore. but when necessary their
forces will he augmented by armed
rnol@: borrowed from army pokts
carry. robbery reported in New
ersey Friday was m example OF the
necessity III was explained here OF
more forces ut transfer points The
t'ansfcr clerk OH this occasion wa.>
rmed, but before he could draw lis
pun. was shot in the face by the rob
Ter band. which escaped with the
pail sacks.
scores Of thousands OF mail t.aSrs
aave been reported to the Pos. Office
Department during the last twelve
lonths. or over 100000 losSc, suf
cred in these robr cries less thnr half
as been recovered. To stop this ,he
Jerks are to be armed with uu. ,r,a,.
cs and riot guns 1.000OO0 rounds
or ammunition have bcai. ~ nr over
the department by the army. aud
i'"diu vi @0,uUO mas he0n offered to
NY one who captures a mali rohhcr.
Already there has been falling OF
the average total OF robbcries since
he new system was announced. The
rms are now being rapidly delivered
to affected points. and there will be
let.up in vigilance
Postal mail clerks are to be required
to risk their lives in defending Unitca
States Mail, while the Department, o.
Justice officials arc Willing away thcir
time Killing men, who make whiSkcy
ana putting in jailA and rcnitcntinri,s
or the country people who are guilty of
committing nominal 0flcn<cs. The late
/. /. Barnum was right when he said,
me American people like to be hum
iugsed.' IT. is as true today rs il
was the day he gave oppression to his
cnlnlon. W. I'D hNncd that the pres
eht Acknowledgement would see to II