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Show England Is After the Profiteers LONDON, Aug. 8 The government bill, provides prosecution and penal -tiea for persons guilty of profiteering, empowers the board of trade to investigate inves-tigate prices, costs and profits, and to investigate complaints of unreasonable profits, whether wholesale ur retail. After investigation, the board of I trade is authorized to declare what is a reasonable price and require that the article be sold at that price. In case of failure to sell article at the price specified, the board is empowered to take proceedings against offenders before be-fore a court of summary Jurisdiction, which may inflict penalties not exceeding ex-ceeding a fine of 200 pounds or six-months six-months imprisonment. Tin act sill continue in force for six months. |