Salt Lake Telegram | 1919-09-29 | Page 1 | Utah Aims Law at Profiteers

AIMS AIMS' A AT PROFITEERS f 7 GOU NG J TO Of E MADE C Mf Attorney A General General Genel al Dan I B B. B Shields C i I A gf fa ture for Strong r law w t f I HURLING T j URLING the gage of I battle li at the profiteer Dan B. B Shields attorney general of Utah this morning an announced that he is is contemplating intro in m the special session of of C the legislature a bill defining profiteering and making it a misdemeanor for the first of offense nse and nd a felony for the second The announcement followed owed a along long conference between Mr 11 Shields and d several of his colleagues on the subject The bill defining profiteering would make a misdemeanor any unreasonable unreasonable unreason unreason- able or excessive profits made on food clothing f fuel el rents and service The crime of would be punishable punishable pun pun- by a fine of not less than 50 nor more than or Imprisonment Imprison Imprison- I I ment in the county jail for not less than fifteen days nor more than six months or by both fine and I Conviction of the crime of profiteering profiteerIng prof prof- a second time would render the offender guilty of f felony lony subjectIng subjecting subject- subject I Ing him t to a term in the state penitentiary peni peni- i of not less than three months I I j nor more than one year The county or prosecuting attorney would be the I i machinery through which th the profiteers prof- prof j Heers would be prosecuted I II I The special session session lot I of the state I legislature was called primarily for tor i i I the purpose of investigating h the high cost of living problems and the ratification rati- rati I of the Susan B. B D n. Anthony I I amendment to the federal constitution I giving women the right of suffrage Mr Shields will ask the legislature I to appropriate to Investigate these these- problems and enforce existing I laws I