South Bend News-Times, Volume 37, Number 113, South Bend, St. Joseph County, 22 April 1920 — Page 5

THE SOUTH. BEND NEWS-TiMES

COMPLAINTS POUR IN AGAINST HIGH COST OF LIVING From School to Auto Shop ' 4 . ; , - v t t : ; :- .. f . f y . :'f.; .-v i A, i Campaign Ajiain-t Profitrrrs Result in Conviction of 107 Offender,.

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xi:v vom;, Apr.i a. w. ;siy, chi.f ,f th- "rly.n.,' Kjuiiil-n-n" f th- !' partniMit of Ju-tiM-, v1k'.') rarr.iui irii f-o f ir r..i. rwi!t'l in tho conviction t 10 7 irof,f 'r.Avitli ? . r, m ranini? from J.V to 12, "00 anl Impn.-nr ,n;-rit frm 'inn day to t .vo ji ars, ur,i.iiv r i n.nnlK-r f .--;rpfi.-ir.t; crnir.oditi s fT which dial'iis art' ail to lt- akinic xrl.it.in i:i''- l.tint.s of ali "k'NtJk'iiii:" in alnut '.' ryihir.i? from p;:k to roiic and from ltrnor.adt to whi-ky an- l.cir. if portf'tl t' Mr. liily 1 y York "nsuincrs. Or.o mar. who h.'ul jcdd 5 1.15 to :l rtstaiirattur for a. tiny n ak an! i mii all j!(cs f-f I'rcr.ch fiM-il potato'"--, ilitJn't stop to cat th-m t.ut Klar.tint: at his check, took ;t r:u;tpr )u- h:t -(n rfirlinK, '. r.ii'p 1 up bis "mral"' anl brought it fo the fclcral rro.-orutor. Soiiu of th! l"ttrs of complaint v.cro am us int,'. thrs pathetic AH. l.iwt'vtr, j-hfv-'l th- eriousnes.-i of th jirrhcnt rr;i of hii;h prices. One intllcr.nnt citiz-rt wrot-: "Vom ouK'ht to investigate 's t.sh Market iu Urooklyn. H:'rf a modern .fs.- Jariws. What l you think of ! cents a pound for salmon and cents for Fe.-i bass?" Ixnmplcs "Mol. Tho chief ct th "flying squadron" lias received rompl lints of such examples of alleged prrittTinK as follows': Imitr ftoro whisky at ? ." a pint and more for doctor's prescription; canary hirds ?20 to and $:? to $1S for a cape; lemonade, served at a hotel dance anil said to have hem "weak" 1 a Klass; rou'e SI to a lox for "imported" brands; that tih during .Lent rose from 20

enfs to 51 a pound in some New j

Yolk markets; prunes, three for 10 i frits In a popular restaurant; pearut oil, Fold as "olive oil," ?l a mart; anthracite coal $1." instead f ? 0.Ö0 a ton m Nyju-k, N. Y., heeause the miners were pranted a uat'n increase of .",0 cents a ton. Consumers complain to Mr. Ililey that they have to pay 7,0 cents a pound for the sume brands of coffee that retailed for 2 1 cents a pound hefore the war and that wholesalers paid 11 cents a pound for some of these coffees three years apo and are now paym; 1 7, cents. Milk they harpo cost? 1 cents a p.las in restaurants which huy it for 12 cents a quart; that they have to pay cents for linen collars cotin- at wholesale 52.10 a dozen; pickles cost six cents each; cahhao 4 0 tents a head; 7 cents a hunch for asparagus and 2f cents a head for 1 ttuco. Kcmeily SuppctNl. A your.;; woman protested after having j-aid for a hap at a department store, "bargain sale" which, fhe discovered later, cost 75 cents to manufacture. Sh said that many bitr business houses were not sat-..-:; I with 100 . rcent irtfit hut were makinp. in s me cases, ir.o to i;t0 per cent. She yui-stol .i "r niel" as follows; "Io not buy anything jn the first store you visit. Ask tlie price and, , if it seem at all excessive, say you will not pay it and walk out. Then po next door arul you may huy it for less. At any rate these profiteers need to know that the public is wise to them. A tremendous volume of refusals to buy would make such merchants realize they must stop overcharpinp. if they would not preipitate a peneral business boycott." obviously the "fiyinp squadron" is workinp with the utmost secrecy and names of complainants are withheld. Several hip Now York corporations, which have been accused of mak

inp unJustl:iaMo profits on foodstuffs and clothinp. are now reported under Investigation. According to Mr. Kiley, one convicted profiteer blamed ! the public for much of the hiuh price?. ' "It's fin easy to Kct what you nk for." the merchant conrided to the chief Investigator, "that few business men can resist the temptation to r tiso prices. If I put two per- ! ments In my t-tore window of exact- j ly tho h-amo cut and materials but ! with a $!0 ta on one and a ?."." j tap On the other, most persons would i buy tho hicher-priced one. it's a ! t-tranpo freak if human nature.

Eyes Inflamed? 1 If your cjT4 are infliirncd, weak tired or overworked; if they ache: if picture show make them feel dry and etrained jret a bottle cf BonOpto tablets ircra ycur drugrgwt, dissolra ono ia a fourth of a glass of Kvatar and use as an eyo bath from Jtwo to four times a day. Bon-Opto llays inrlamrnatlon, inrigorates, tones xrp thfi eyes. iLtpe la wcc.' Use la amy intact

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Cementing automobile tirs pays three times a? much money as school teaching, so Mrs. Lillian S. Sanders pave up her position in NewYork's public schools, and went into the automobile repair business. Now she's service manaper of a tire station in Nyack. N. Y. Hundreds of other school teachers have left their desks for better payinp positions in all kinds of businesses and profusions. "Ar.ythinp but teachinp" has been the cry, with thr result that New York schools are in a state of hopeless confusion and need. Children are beinp turned into the streets at the rate of rnr- than 1P.1.Q0O a week, class rooms are crowded to twice their capacity anil mi bstitutes' requirements have been lowered. ;ill because of the alarming uacher shortage due to in-i-uflic lciit wapes.

I'eoplo nowadays don't seem to concern" themselves any 'more about what a thinp costs." Protests- apainst prohteerinp are reported pourirp into the federal buildinp here from all over the country. When a complaint is received it is Indexed and forwarded to federal prosecutors and "Jlyinp s-quadrons" operatinp in the United States judicial territory where the victim resides. Investipation follows and, if the facts warrant, arrests are

made. The campaign, initiated by Atty. den. Palmer will po on according to II. I. Van tickler, in charge of the New York oflice for Mr. Kiley, "until prices of food, clothinp. fuel and feed for livestock are brought to more normal levels."

ATTENTION TO HOKSi: OYVVUltS. AVe have installed barcuse stalls for shoeinp younir. vicious horses and mules 15. J . Poyer HorseShuer. 2S93-:i.'

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