Because it has grossly profiteered by charging a margin of
40 to 60 per cent on flour, meat, etc., J.L. Thompson Co. of Dunn was last week
severely censured by State Food Administrator Page and their business was
closed for the duration of the war. The firm had plead ignorance of the rules,
and this is what Mr. Page has to say on this line:
“The man who does not harmonize his operations with the
policy of the Food Administrator cannot plead ignorance of the law after all of
the publicity that has bene given the matter in the newspaper and Official
Bulletin. He who pleads ignorance cannot be said to have used due diligence in
informing himself of the rules and regulations. Such a man is not a practical
patriot, and as a matter of war policy it is dangerous to allow him to continue
in business.”
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