Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1920-04-11 | Page 27 | Campaign Against Profiteering Halted

Campaign Against fi Profiteering Halted ffl l1UEBLO, Colo.. April 10 The fed- HH " y cral government's campaign against " profiteering received a distinct sct- Wm back here yesterday with the Issuance Wgk ' of an injunction By Robert E. Lewis, Dk United States district judge, restrain- Wf ing the district attorney from submit- l ting to the grand jury' evidence he has! IE II II l I Illlinu jl"M-FMI J I -II spent months in obtaining against merchants and othor business houses, j The injunction prohibits submission t of evidence of profiteering insofar usj It is based on cost prices dating sev-i era I months back and selling prices of! today. Judge Lewis ruled that the in-! creased value of merchandise through j rise in wholesale prices operates to! the advantage of the merchant and! , that profiteering charges must ue based on the margin of protlt between J present wholesale and retail prices. I oo