Show I COMPLAINT I i i rl 1 1 1 1 BUREAU TO TOJ I J I HEAR HEAR CASES I Is I t I Utah's s Battle to Put Down High ligh Cost of Living I Given Impetus Cetus I I First definite steps in hl what is promised promised prom prom- to be bo a wide state battle attle against the hl high h cost of ot living were talon taken yesterday a when a n. complaint bureau I was In n the tho State Capitol un and I empowered to act as a tribunal before which the public ma may lodge complaints I relative to excessive prices charged for necessaries of ot life Tho The office is In charge of James W W. I commissioner I Funk federal fair price for Utah and immediate lato and personal attention at to legitimate complaints Is I promised The Thc commissioner together Wilson Wilson- and with a secretary X N. I L L. Miss l Doris Stewart Stoart a n clerk will vill occupy occupy oc oc- oc- oc j Office hours I cupy rooms 31 J a and will sill be from 9 3 J o'clock in the morning j juntU until 5 o'clock at night Official 1111 III Aid Sid i iThe The commissioner in cases wh where rc I police olice power po Is needed will be a assisted by special ae agents from the federal de department le- le I n t of or Justice The office has hal I been authorized to work un under tinder er the Lever Loer Lover Le Lo- Lo- Lo Loj j ver er act which grants rants the United and the United States attorney general an States tates attorneys s 's in every district in inthe inthe the nation nallon power to deal with profIteering profiteering profiteering prof prof- I and with excessive an and Increasing in increasing In- In creasing ln prices of the necessities In-I In of ot life Including Including- lus- lus food too clothing clothing- and shelter an and fuel It Is II perhaps unnecessary to SJ say that only bona bonn fIde complaints will bo be considered rc said the commissioner In self-protection self partly and also because because be be- J cause C It will greatly expedite the procedure procedure pro pro- I ce ure the commission lon will require tho the i complaints to bo ho re reduced to writing I Inn nn and signed Complaints may be e made by lW I letter or on per personal onal visit to the I office In III the latter event the tho salient I facts presented will 1 be c taken down h by a stenographer and ana the tho signature nature I i of tho the informant will be bo asked aske signifying sign signi signi I lying that he vouches in good faith ith for forthe forthe or the thc facts so presented presente I I nt ill All I Statements of this character may maybe maybe b be Investigated further urther by 1 the com commissioner commis commis- mIs- mIs I I or tho the office staff to det determine I It t o facts and will then bo be referred I to the tho nd advisory board of or the commission commis commis- I sion slon for such furth further r action as ns that board m may deem proper I What hat that action will be will un undoubtedly undoubtedly un- un unI I depend on tho the circumstances i When hen the advisory board or Its tivo tho committee committe-c. finds that excessive and unjustifiable profits arc are being I I taken there Is no doubt that there are arc I metho methods s h h by which such a a. situation may be bo corrected It Is safe to predict pre- pre I t diet dict lct that tho the severity of ot the method adopted will depend largely on the tho at attitude at- at of tho the offending person Defiant profiteering in necessaries of life will be followed b by arrests t Rules Hules and decisions will be bo issued I from Crom the thc fair price board from time ito Ito i ito to time after due du consideration of oC all nil I the circumstances and tho the merchants i of or the state will be expected to keep themselves informed as to rules and I decisions Seek to Normal I But tho the prosecution of or the profiteer important as aR it may become Is not the sole aim of or the tho commission In In- In deed I ma may sa that say hat 1 have confidence ne enough in tho the ability fairness and pa patriotism patriotism patriotism pa- pa 0 of the merchants of or Utah to sa say that prosecution will not be bo even cven tho time most Important work of ot Jho iho of- of I flee lice For one thing wo we will seeks with I I Ithe the a assistance of the the- press Rn and other mediums me to brin bring tho the public to a n re realization realization re- re of or tho the duty ut 0 oi of the individual re-I re worker to stimulate stimulate production nn and and I the equally important dut duty through trough sensible buying to diminish an ex extravagant ox- ox ant demand no AO that supply mn may catch up with demand and thereby induce a stabilization of ot prices These topic open up a n. wl wide o field to which I hope that public attention will twill be bo attracted later I Finally the commission is not seeking seek seek- seeking ing and will not sock seek to tear down the machinery of ot commerce It Is not our aim Im to throw a monkey wrench |