Profiteering
Denounced by Wilmington Citizens
Some 500 citizens of Wilmington at a mass meeting held in
the court house there Thursday night endorsed resolutions demanding that an
immediate appropriation be made from the funds of the city treasury, of a
sufficient amount to open, stock and conduct a municipal store, to be located in
the city market house, or some other suitable place, says the Star, which adds:
Another feather of the meeting was the adoption of a
resolution asking the governor to call a special session of the general
assembly to pass a bill limiting the percentage of profit that may be added to
the gross cost of necessary articles of food, clothing, etc., and also the
percentage of profit on the investment which may enter into the rental of any
residence or business property.
The chairman of the meeting, W.L. Riddle, was also
instructed to send a telegram to the governor of the state, Congressman H.L.
Godwin, and the two United States Senators, and the attorney-general of the
United States, asking that a representative of department of justice be sent
here to investigate the charges of profiteering.
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