Wilson Calls for National Action to Curb High Living Costs
President Wilson urges Congress to enact measures to curb profiteering and price hikes, warn of artificial inflation, and expand food control. He champions federal licenses for interstate commerce, marked pricing, and immediate sales of surplus food and clothing to ease shortages while urging unity and restraint among labor, producers, and merchants.
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High Shoe Prices Trigger FTC Report To Congress
The federal trade commission released a summary of its investigation into the leather industry. It finds inflated shoe prices driven by monopolistic control of hides and excess profits at many stages, urging strict anti monopoly enforcement and prohibiting hide tanning by producers.
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President Orders Action Against Big Five Packers
President Wilson directs the Department of Justice to pursue civil and criminal cases against the Chicago “Big Five” packers for alleged anti trust violations and hoarding, with Isador J. Kresel in charge of prosecution and broader probes into food price manipulation and profiteering across meat, sugar, and shoe trades.
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