LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 262, 1 August 1919, Page 8

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

"PROFITEERING" Sir,—l am tM busy a man to reply to the various letters appearing in your columns and thos? of other papers on the ouestion of "profiteering." Questions of "motive " "want of logic, and person-alities,"-etc., can be posse* over as irrelevant to the subject. Is .profiteering rail- on in our midst? That is the quesissue. If there is/then my case.is proved. If, however, fl-s some business ken say there is not, then let us both put our cards on the tab e and leave it to he public to decide. Tn?y hove onlj to throw their b:ok? open tor investigation to tl<e"Baar(i of Trade or a couple.ot public accountants, »ml the question can be settled. All Hie shrtemen s I heve ,uade from the piVnit 1 can substantiate, otherwise I would not have made them. The Board of Trade assures me that it i> prepared to investigate any cases of p oiteirinK thnt.niny be brought under its otce But the board know, as well as do the difficulty of following up mforr. Jtion that one gets. If f * ie to divulr.' even to the Hoard of Trade, m % formal ion contained in letters from some employees their positions wo.lld not be. worth' a dnv's purchase. I decline to be drnffn into" an endless newspaper con■trovcrsv. Somebody has been hit, hence the "howl" that we I^^.

,Sir _.\ eermon which was preached on lest Suidiy by the JRcr, J. G. thapman was Hie most sensible ct the season. I hope that the rev. gentleman will brook ■ o interference wtfh the exploiters. Ihe inference shows thnt a good bull's-eye scored. the canst,c comments in the Press, it evidently pricked the conscience of some. Many of oui traders are devoid of considering, anyone but them-elves. All denominations seem Sred with '.the one brush. Mr. Chanmin'o appeal was given from a charitable SoW view, knowing the distress which prevails all through the country. The inadequate wages do not compere wth tho exorbitant cost of living Every pa try rise in wages is compensated with mme than a 20 per cent, rise in prongs. «e ho Id be Thankful that WoWon has express his opinion from the pulpit, i am, etc., PECCAVI.