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Show VICTOR MURDOCK of federal trade commis- j sion, who has discovered i that certain canners are j "Food H-.ns." -'y,S i v- - - -v MURDOCK GOES AFTER 'P0001WIP.5. Says Certain Canners Are Turning Into a Lot of Bloodsuckers. "WASHINGTON, Dec 13. In its hunt for food speculators responsible in a large measure for food shortage and high prices, the federal trade commission today to-day received evidence pointing to certain canners. "In the course of tho commission's hunt for these food-Huns," said Commissioner Commis-sioner Murdock, in charge of the Investigation, Investi-gation, "we are discovering that certain canners of this country are turning into a lot of unadulterated bloodsuckers on the public. These canners are not living up to their contracts with the wholesalers whole-salers and Jobbers and they are seizing upon the present situation to soak the trade. "Where they hare contracted to furnish fur-nish a wholesaler or Jobber a certain amount of canned goods, they are furnishing fur-nishing only a percentage of the amount and telling the trade that the remainder has had to be turned over for government govern-ment use. However, they have bungled in overlooking or forgetting the fact that tho federal trade commission has on file copies of all contracts they made with the wholesalers last soring. "Evidence has come to me that canned goods are being stored with some of the meat packers who are not In the canned goods business and that these goods are being boarded. The practices on the part of some of the canners are absolutely abso-lutely unjustifiable. I am going into this situation to t lie finish and every canner cauRht with the goods will have to deal with me. The country does not want professions of patriotism, but actions of patriot ism. ' |