Show x Jl- Jl Ticket-Scalping Ticket f. f Parasites I i j 1 SCALPING fICKET-SCALPING tS is given s severe vere r Live five measures in indecent actions in New Twe Twenty three three ty individuals have just pleaded sIed guilty to shady hady dealings in connection YIt iTh 1 theatre ticket agencies and face heavy I ff s SJ sentences es forfeitures on overcharges and of income taxes on their profiteering government t. investigation is delving into the Operations of ticket brokers The campaign against ticket-scalpers ticket should be extended to all the the principal principal cities orthe r country Chicago Country Chicago San Francisco Los Angeles Philadelphia Boston etc Visitors 0 fp those those- metropolises know full well the pilfering pil- pil fing fering tactics pursued in connection with big Attractions The scalpers get corners on tickets to important events and boost their prices s to to the limit J y So huge is this questionable traffic in inti ti tickets ets in in Gotham 1 that the federal attorney estimates st a year is paid in 1 ti to 10 u b box x office men by ticket ag agencies in to corner the best seats for leading prop pro pro- p Seats for the Sharkey Dempsey-Sharkey priced at 2750 by the box office were sold from to each by scalpers The public needs protection from the wholesale ticket-scalping ticket that has gone on almost unchecked in large cities T The e practices ii tices es hurt the theatre and and managers should aid in clearing the business of the scalping |