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Show Few Interesting Items For Everyone OAR PLACED ON 8PECULATI0N.- Necesiltles of Life Under Protection In France, Whnt Is popularly known In the United States as "cornering" such commercial commodities as are termed necessities of life Is a criminal crim-inal offence in France, and has been slnco 1703, with varying forms of pen altlos, Tho law applies to all who destroy or permit to perish any merchandise of prlmo necessity, whether It Is the property of tho offender or not. Among tho articles thus protected are grain, bread, meat, wine, vegetables, fruit, butter, coal, wood and others, but not tobacco, as that Is a government govern-ment monopoly. The law also prohibits manipulations manipula-tions tending to bring about an advance ad-vance or fall In price not warrnntcd by supply nnil demand. The punishment Is by both flno and Imprisonment, and tho offender has his factory or business establishment placed under police supervision at his own expense for from two to Ave years. There Is no more trouble In handling han-dling corporations thnt aro offenders than Individuals. Kvory director and employe In u managerial capacity are held equally responsible. For a second sec-ond offense the penalty Is ho severe that It would result In the extermination extermina-tion of almost any establishment. |