Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 141, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 June 1918 — EXPOSE EVERY ONE [ARTICLE]

EXPOSE EVERY ONE

By HARRY V. MARTIN

of the Vigilantes. While we are at it, reporting German spies to the federal government, why not go a little further and give your local food administrator the names of those grocers and butchers who are charging more for their goods than they should? By helping to force up the cost of living, already deucedly high, these petit larceny profiteers, although waving the American flag at every opportunity, are really helping the kaiser. Their safety lies.in the fact that they are too Insignificant to come under the notice of investigators employed by Unde Sam. Here is your opportunity, Mr.' or Mrs. or Miss Citizen. A chance to air that detective instinct that is within us all. A very good way of “doing your bit,” and one that is bound to be appreciated. It stands to reason that the food administrator in your town and county has his hands full taking care of the big things. Give him s lift by appointing yourself, this very instant, as one of his assistants to fer ret out the meanest men and women in all the world, the criminals who see in the war a chance to get rich quick at the expense of their owt countrymen.