Salt Lake Telegram | 1921-09-06 | Page 18 | Retail Profiteers Blamed by Bryan

RETAIL PROFITEERS BLAMED BY BRYAN CHICAGO Sept 6 G.- G. W. W. W J. J Bryan branded retail profiteers as tho the chief In the way war of ot the tho country's I return to I In a speech yes yes- es meeting under the at a mass of ot the Chicago Federation of oC auspices jl Labor I Ho said the fault was not with labor i willing to do Its share in which was I readjustment a but with the themen themen cl effecting a a. l' l I men who perpetuated tho the inflation of ot m It lt Impossible for tor tho the working classes to live e on reduced wages Labors chief t difficulty In lh readjustment readjust readjust- ment he said sald is tho the fact tact that re- re retail tall tail prices have not como come down as they should This makes readjustment impossible It Is difficult to wages while living expenses remain at wartime levels Woolen goods arenow aro are aronow aronow now selling at retail per cent above c tho war price the they were before the war Meat on the hook which the butcher bu buys s 's has been reduced but meat on the block which the butcher butchers s sells ha has not been reduced d. d The laborers laborer's la laborers laborer's Ja- Ja borers borer's family must suffer and It Is this which Is th the chief cause of ot labor unrest