| Show I. I A National al ona Menace Menace Jarred into action by the roar that went up over the country because e er f of r the tho recent boost In the price of sugar the de department of or justice has buckled down to an investigation of or the robbery with a view lo o prosecuting the profiteers It was plain steal on the part of the sugar speculators and calls for tor 1 1 nothing less than the limit of punishment for tho the guilty parties But it should not be allowed to end there if even there are are prosecutions which are by no means certain There is a strong and growing demand on the part of or the people that congress put a stop to all such deals In future in every kl kind d' d dor d'or o or of corm com I It is urged that a federal law be pass passed d whereby no purchase or Transfer oft ownership can be made without the actual delivery of ot than tho thu Commodity to a legitimate wholesaler or r retailer an and nd d the punishment for fore fori I i e violation or evasion of or that law should be fixed at nothing less than n a sentence Here I is the way gambling speculators get in their work and extract their unholy profits A quantity of or sugar or other commodity is la shipped to market by the J producer and the purchaser purchase stores it In a warehouse There it stays for 1 months sometimes months sometimes for a at years or years In the meantime it is being j sold sod on boards of ot trade and stock exchanges over and over again p purely again purely reh I r on paper paper and and the purchasers never even see the stuff th they y buy They hey wouldn't know what to do with it if thy had it it |
