RACKEETERS AND BLACKMAIL
(Received 24th November, 8 a.m.)' VANCOUVER, 23rd November. Racketeers controlling the movement of freights at railway and steamship terminals collect, millions of dollar* yearly, a-nd their action reduces tjie shippers' rate three cents per hundred pounds on merchandise in. and out of New York, according to information, reaching District-Attorney Grain. Astounding stories are told of how; small traders pay .tribute to racketeers, and of how- others are blackmailed.
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Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 125, 24 November 1930, Page 9
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71RACKEETERS AND BLACKMAIL Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 125, 24 November 1930, Page 9
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