Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 200, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 August 1919 — LOOKS AS IF THEY MIGHT BE A TRIFLE WORRIED. [ARTICLE]

LOOKS AS IF THEY MIGHT BE A TRIFLE WORRIED.

Fort Wayne wholesale houses are sending rebates to retail dealers to whom they sold sugar at prices said to be exhorbitant, (according to word received Tuesday by Dr. Harry E. Barnard, federal food administrator for Indiana. The excessive charges were made, it is reported, during the period from July 29 to August 14 and the money being refunded is for business during this time, it is said. This is the first time that the campaign against the high cost of living and profiteering in Indiana (has had this effect.