Show LAW WILL GRIP FOOD ROBBERS I I U. U S. S to to Punish Profiteers Profiteers' Whom State Officials 1 Cannot Reach Rea 1 I Special Helena Mont Aug 2 State State and I federal law Is to be invoked against criminal food profiteering here In Mon Men tana The county attorney of or Silver SlIver SilverBow Dow Bow county at Butte Is operating co with the tho United States district attorney attorney ne ney here who will who will he be asked ed to secure indictments by a a. a a federal grand rand Jury jur against those persons who cannot be bo reached by state law law All AU profiteers ers who can b be reached through Montana lon tana statutes will bo be prosecuted as quickly and as vigorously a as possible as soon soona a as the time evidence can be put Into proper shapo shape Names are arc not given of those guilty sunt of this crime because to di do c so would be to warn them but amazing revelations revelations re ela will be tic made ronde It is said when evidence evi evl- deuce dence in the tho hands of ot the le legislative e Investigating In committee Is given on to to the public Laborer r Exploited l. l Charge One Butte concern Increased Its profits from In 1 to In 1917 after paying increased cost of or labor labor and office expenses It Is 11 rC report report- ed cd This money came caine almost entirely from th laboring and mining elements clements of Butte and this Increase as shown h by the he evidence e netted neither CarmelS Carmel'S farmers farmers farm farm- ers elS nor producers of foodstuffs any higher prices but went directly Into the tho profits of the commission man Further this same firms firm's stockholders are mostly residents of another state and the profits so made were expended expend expend- ed ell hy by them outside of or Montana Commission men have been found round charging to their expense account thousands of ot dollars Invested In other Interests Another favorite fa method for concealing excess profits was as to pay enormous sal salaries rles to officials of ot the cc companies mp an I es President Bronnan Brennan of ot tho the Montana branch of oC the United tUne Mine Workers o of America and Representative o Hunter of county count met In conference concerning the coal At present pros pres ent 10 a a. ton Is being being- asked for tor coal In Butte which Is declared an absurd abs price b by the two men In eastern and southern Montana miners are receiving 74 iH cents a ton for mining coal and I this coal Is being sold to consumers consumer at 10 In Butte Dulle the difference of or more than 9 a ton going to mine owners II railroads commission men and retail retail- e ers rs I IThe The Tho result of r a all this is that few tew arc are putting In tocks stocks tok of coal and miners miner therefore In many Montana mines are ara working on only one or two shirts shifts a week because of or the small demand This Is bringing great roal hardship upon tho the miners Evidence E Is being secured also aiso as ag to the retail prices being asked el hero o In In Montana for coal When hen the time food 01 investigation committee commit commit- tee toe began bogan work profiteers took It nil all allas nilas as a a. matter for Joking but at nt present the they are aro not feeling Joyous Montana with the rest teat of or the country Is waking up tip and the much exploited public Is arising In de deep p nn anger cr |