Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 159, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 July 1920 — FLAGRANT CASE OF SUGAR PROFITEERING [ARTICLE]

FLAGRANT CASE OF SUGAR PROFITEERING

Chicago, June 30.—Shipments or betwe.en four million and five million pounds of sugar which are being received in Chicago by way of Canada, were billed to packers, canners and wholesalers at as low as 9 and 9% cefits a pound, federal investigators said today. The United States district attorney’s office said an investigation would be started to determine if evidences of profiteering existed. Wholesalers and other large users were generally reported to be paying 26 and 26% cents for sugar, with the retail a price hovenng around 30 cents.’