The rise in sugar has become a political as well as financial sensation. Six separate government agencies are now investigating the sugar situation: the Departments of Justice, Commerce, Agriculture and Treasury, the Federal Trade Commission, the U. S. Tariff Commission. The most vigorous action so far has been the application by the first-named for an injunction against the New York Sugar Exchange. A host of local political figures are also joining in the search for the guilty parties, notably Mayor Hylan, who has urged a consumers' boycott. Several women's organizations have...
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