Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 314, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 January 1920 — Belated Profiteer. [ARTICLE]

Belated Profiteer.

In ilontana there Is an old Indian brave who appears each year with quantities of a certain luscious berry which grows wild in great profusion and which is highly esteemed by thrifty housewives for canning. For many years his price has been five cents per quart. This season the same Indian came with the same berries which had been growing wild in the same profusion, but he calmly announced his price as 25 cents a quart. Asked why the increase, he shrugged his shoulders and said: “Heap big war some place." Then he added: “Me just hear about um,” as though to apologize for not having increased his price sooner.