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Show every Hiquo of mon brunleil to'ctlur to rob 1 he public to t he penitfM tiarv. The question of fines will not 1m run-siilnred, run-siilnred, inainueli as tin only effective means to stop tliis tbin is to send tho guilty one.s to prison. ' ' CLYNE DENOUNCES HOARDERS OF FOOD; PROMISES ACTIONS CChicfiRO Tribune Special Sorvior.) CHICAGO, Aug. 9.Food' hoarders ami profiteers eonvietod of violations of tho Sherman antitrust law and the food eontrol arts mn.t not lock for in-sign in-sign if iea Tit fines as the jjenalt v t or ! their offences, District Attorney j Charles l (.'lyne declared today upon his return to his dek after a 'week ' t absence in Wu.-hington. The penitentiary is tho only plneo for those who prev ujion the public, Mr. Clyne siiid, and lie will ask the trial judges to impose penitentiary penalties in all eases brought in Chicago. At tho .amp time, Ihtrry A. Wheeler, former I'nited States food administrator administra-tor for Illinois, came out in favor of the immediate revival of governmen t food control nnd its principal features, licensing of all producers and merchants mer-chants and proven t ion of c ross-tei ; n among dealers. Mr. Whe-der, in com-meriting com-meriting on President Wilson's food message, declared that only ft system , similar to that adopted by (he food j administration could cherk profiteering profiteer-ing nnd speou In: in g in t tie uecesariei of lite effectively. Mr. CN no was emphatic ia his statement. state-ment. "No quarter will lie shown thon who have taken advantage of condition drought about by the world war,'' said he, ''to hoist proe to su.h a high1 pit i'Ii That necessaries of li f o have in 1 so manv en son become prohibitive. Tho ! government is going to this matter with hammer and t-ng. We'r.- going to I roi" ut m to t h" vr r v limit, with a ' iew of sending everv individual and |