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Show W MHHMHMMHWHMUMMMHMM CAN WE (JET DOWN TO BUSINESS? In dealing with profiteering can wo i ti got away from the political buncombo rf Nond limit tlio prorits of retailers, pr , " oven the humblo milkman? Is tho onco sacred law of supprr and demand to bo the solvont for tlio problem of oxlstenco without rovolu-! i Jf tlon? Will a return to Individualism vWif bring about the tumble tu prices that S we aro all crying for? Tlio trend Is In tlio othor direction as congress by resolution wants to regulate and regulate still more. Too , " many Americans bollovo In paternal- , ism. which is another namq for res- It. ,Ulatlou, j 3 Competition would bring ovqry- fyl thing to a level If permitted by gov 't4 ' ornmont. Take off all the war hobbles and K prices would come back to near nor-H nor-H '. niul. Itemovo prlco fixing by tho federal IK government and lot products have a B free iiarket. Wk .St A aaB w I j. - siS'ssMnlsl Profiteering Is n mania or contagion conta-gion that follows -evory world upheaval, up-heaval, according tp history. Can government at Washlntgon or at homo prevent tho corner store charging a profit of from 200 to 500 per cent on a bunch of vegetables or a box of fruit? Can It prevent tho rotaller from charging more than tho wholesale cost or his goods as a retailer's profit? pro-fit? Can It get rid of that mountain of bureauciacy that Is eating Into, tnj nation's vitals mid Is oncptiragtng profiteering In many quarters? |