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Show 3UCKE YE GOVERNOR ON WARPATH FOR PROFITEERS GOVERNOR JAMES M. COX of Ohio, who has taken drastic steps against food profiteers. w 5 1 Ohio Executive Makes Drastic Move in Campaign Cam-paign Against Alleged Hoarders in That State. Federal Government to Give Aid; Storage Products to Ee Forced on the Open Market. COLUMBUS, O., Aug. 15. Governor Gov-ernor James II. Cox late today wired Assistant United States Attorney At-torney General Frank Davis at Washington that the Sheriff street market house, Cleveland, to avoid federal penalty, is moving its meat products to Chicago warehouses, and ' that records as to previous storage in Cleveland are heing destroyed. CLEVELAND, O., Aug. 15. J. C. Breitenstein, assistant United States district attorney for northern north-ern Ohio, late today announced that a libel has heen i'iled under the Lever act, for seizure and condemnation condem-nation of 200,000 pounds of sugar belonging to the C. D. Kenny company com-pany of Baltimore, and held in storage stor-age by the Canton Storage & Transfer Trans-fer company at Canton, Ohio. COLUMBUS, Ohio. Aug. 13 Forty warrants war-rants charging Ohio food dealers with food hoarding and profiteering were issued by the state of Ohio today, and arrests will be made immediately, according to Governor James Cox and Attorney General Gen-eral John Price. In addition, Governor Cox announced that he will ask the federal fed-eral authorities to confiscate approximately approximate-ly 2,000,000 pounds of meat and poultry which have been held in cold storage houses longer than the period allowed by the Ohio laws. Governor Cox, in a telegram to United States Attorney General Palmer, said evidence evi-dence had been uncovered by inspectors of the state dairy and food department that some of the big Chicago packing companies have shipped food into the state and then back to Chicago, and again shipped it into the state and sold "for the double purpose of deceiving the authorities authori-ties of Ohio and Illinois, and of keeping food necessities off the market in order that defficlency and higher prices might come together." On this alleged showing ' the governor asks the federal attorney general to bring criminal prosecutions, offering of-fering evidence gathered by Ohio officials. offi-cials. ONLY BEGINNING, GOVERNOR SAYS. While the governor's telegram did not give the names of companies alleged to be shipping their products to Chicago, his teiegram enrlier in the day to Attorney Attor-ney General Palmer said Morris t Co. and Wilson & Co. were owners of part of 2,000,00u poundd nf meiU alleged to be held in tho Cleveland storage bourse illegally ille-gally under Ohio laws. Brandt & Co., Cleveland, were alleged to own the remainder. re-mainder. Governor Cox announced tonight that today's activity is only the bt-giiining in ( the slate's war on food prof itcjrmg. He said many additional warrants will be issued, is-sued, some probably tomorrow. Tho governor today rcjuested the resignation res-ignation of y. T. -N'ash, Cloveiand member mem-ber of the slate board of agriculture. Mr. Xa?h is president of the Cleveland Provision company, the manager of winch is charged in a warrant is&ued today with violating the cold storage law. FEDERAL HELP IS ASSURED COX IN ! OHIO'S CAMPAIGN I WASHINGTON, Aug. 15 Close co-op-! eration between Ftate authorities, wno ! possess detailed information of fond and ' price conditions, and the attorney perioral '. ar.d his Ftaff of aspratua, empowered to ! enforce the food-control )riv.-, is twir, pv- I tabVMied as part of the cnvemnitnl's , fight to reduce the cost of living. I Instruct ii ns wnt out U-,iy f rom At- ' torney General Palmer to the two district i attorneys in Ohio to proceed imn.edi.'it : j to app'st Governor Cox in tho figure ol fCor.tinned cn Pce 2. Column 2 ) I OHIO'S mm 01 THEWARPATH Cox Orders Warrants for Arrest cf Hoarders and Profiteers. (Continued from Paee One.) large quantities of meat, butter and eggs alleged to have been he'.d in storage in that state for more- t nan six to ten month?, the legal limit. Criminal prosecutions prose-cutions will bo instituted, it was said, if it can be shown that the foods were held from the market for the purrose of boost v.s prices. Gmcials here were inclined in-clined to be!. evo that the lone: period of su-:;tre indicated some other reason than an eiiort to spread the abundant suppLes. of a producing season over the lean part of the year. Acting on a telegram late today from Governor Cox say.ng that a Cleveland concern, in order to escape possible prosecution prose-cution lor hoarding, was mov.ng its meat products to warehouses m Chicago and destroying its record, the department of jus i ico ordei ed the d:s;rict attorney at Cleveland to look into the matter immediately. imme-diately. All attempts to effect transfer of goods in storage, officials taid, would be summarily dealt with. Se.zure of large stocks of foodstuffs in sturage continued today with reports received re-ceived of libels filed in Cleveland and Detroit, and preparations for such action in many cities. The department was informed tonight that tie district attorney attor-ney at Detroit had filed Kbeis in three cases and seized approximately 10.460.000 eggs and cOO.000 pounds of butter, all of which had been heid in storage for some time. Statistics announced by the bureau of markets, showing a great increase in the amount of food held in storage, were said by Judge Ames, assistant to the attorney general in charge of enforcing the food-control food-control law, to bear out ihe department's contention that a prime reason for enhanced en-hanced prices was the holding of supplies sup-plies from the market. I "We aro going to force the hoarders and profiteers to disgorge, wherever they are found to hold greater amounts than are necessary for the conduct of their business and the safeguarding of the food situation during the winter." The house agriculture committee today proceeded with its hearings with a view 1 to an early report on the amendment. In the senate committee Senator Harri- : son, Democrat, Mississippi, urged that the committee act immediately, but his motion was defeated. ; In opposing the amendments. Senators Smith, Georgia, and Smith, South Carolina, Caro-lina, as well as Senator Ransdale. Ixniis-iana, Ixniis-iana, ook the position that sufficient power row exists to met the situation. Senator Smith, Georgia, said two creat movements now in progress would reduce the cost of living, return of soldiers to civil life, thereby increasing production, and the reduction In taxes In K'CO. ! Chairman Gronna announced that a 1 joint meeting of the house and senate agriculture committee would be held to- I morrow to hear witnesses representing ' the national grange and mi'k producers j regarding the high cost of living. I Before the house committee today. John D. Miller of New York, representing the ' national board of farm organizations, ' urged that farmers' organizations be ex- i empted from provisions of all laws reu- J la ting prices or controlling the distribution j of foodstuffs. |