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Show GUNNING FOR PROFITEER3 AN ANCIENT PRACTICE Profiteering In foods nnd high wng demands by lnbor nre fnr from beln ultra-modern problems. Ancient) Rgjpt flogged Its profiteer In the market places und mcdlcvnl Rnglnnd passed maximum wugo laws, according to n communication by Ilnlph A. ,Grnves to the National Geographic Geo-graphic society, which soys: "Following tho denstntlon of the IHack Death In Rnglnnd In UMS-IIMO, cultivation of tho llelds was utterly Impossible nnd thcro were not even enough able-bodied laborers to gather the crops which had nintured. Cattle roamed through the corn unmolested nnd the honest rotted where It stood, "Out of the situation which residted from tho Impoverishment of the labor resources of tho kingdom grew the first great clash In Rnglnnd between capital and lnbor. Tho peasnnts bo-came bo-came mnsters of the sltuntlon. In somt Instances they demanded double wnges nnd whereas formerly land-owners had paid one-twelfth of every quarter of wheat as the harvesting wnge they wero now forced to pay one-eight. "Parliament hurriedly passed dras-tic dras-tic laws In an effort to meet tho new condition. Stntutes provided that 'every man or woman, bond or free. nhlo In body nnd within tho ngo of threescore years, not lmvlng his owe whereof he inny live, nor Innd of tils own nbout which he may occupy himself, him-self, nnd not serving any other, slinll be bound to servo tho employer who shall require him to do so. provided thnt tho lords of nny bondsmnn or land-servant shall bo preferred before others for his service; thnt such scrv. ants shnll tnke only tho wnges which were customnrlly given In 1347' (the yonr prior to tho first nppcuranco of tho plague). "The first ordinance In English history, his-tory, designed to curb tho greed of tho mtddlemnn, wns passed nearly a century earlier (In 12118) when there wns n bountiful harvest, but destructive destruc-tive rains caused tho henvy crops to rot In the fields. "Hut Englniul did not orlglnntc food control mensures. A low Nllo In 001 A. D. resulted In n famine tho following follow-ing yenr, which swept nway 000,000 peoplo In tho vicinity of tho city of Fustnt. G'nwhur, n Mohnmmednn Joseph, Jo-seph, founded n new city (tho Cnlro of today) n short dlstnnco from the stricken town nnd Immediately organized organ-ized relief mensures. "The Cullph Mo'lzz lent every nsslst-nnco nsslst-nnco to his lleutcnnnt, sending many ships laden with grain; but prlco of brend still remained high nnd G'awhnr being n food controller who hnd no pntleneo with persuasive methods, on dered his 'soldiers to seize nil the mill era nnd grain denlers and flog thejn In the public market pi nee. Tho ad-mlnlstrator ad-mlnlstrator then established central grain depots nnd corn wns sold throughout tfio two jears of the famine under the eyes of u government Inspector." In-spector." a |