Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 192, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 August 1918 — Penalties for Profiteering Fall on Foodstuff Dealers. [ARTICLE]

Penalties for Profiteering Fall on Foodstuff Dealers.

Notwithstanding Hoover’s handicap in having to work with a volunteer and untrained detective force, more than 800 penalties for profiteering have been imposed on licensed dealers in foodstuffs during the last ten months. These are the “big fellows.” About 150 companies and individuals have been ordered to quit business for a limited period and more than 500 have voluntarily made a money payment, usually to the Red Cross, or have temporarily abstained from doing business rather than risk more drastic penalties.