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Show H PROFITEERS NATURALLY the war has been responsible for profiteering to an - unprecedented extent, and this has become apparent in various H lines, from the retailer, who unjustly blames it on the farmer, to the H charitable worker posing as a collector of money or a solicitor of ad- H vertising for money or something similar, for the good of the cause. H The retailer who is getting rich at the expense of the communitv H by charging more than a fair profit for what he sells, should be sum- H marily dealt with, and those who are soliciting advertising for various H publications and who are seeking funds for various war organizations Hj without the sanction of a federal organization or the State Council H of Defense should be put out of business before they go any further. H It is hard work for the average citizen or merchant to refuse the H request of people in uniform, but in many instances they are collecting H funds for their personal use, and not for the public good or to help H win the war, and unless they have governmental or state recognition H there is no reason for permitting them to continue their mooching H tactics while the necessary burdens are in many instances almost too H heavy to bear. H The jackal of the desert has nothing on the men who will use H the national needs at such a time as this to obtain money under false H pretenses, and before anything else is done the names of every profi- H teer should be published and whatever means is necessary should be H used to put him out of business. H If the State Council of Defense would take it up immediately, a H great deal of good could be accomplished, for if it were necessary to H gain the sanction of those constituting the Council of Defense before H prices could be raised or funds solicited for any cause or publication, H those engaged in mulchting the public would speedily desist. |