CRIME: Poultry Racket

Little does the lowly broiler, carelessly peeping in his Long Island or New Jersey chicken run, know what crimes may be committed over his carcass. He and 50,000,000 other chickens, ducks, geese and turkeys from all over the U. S. are shipped to New York City every year. Long before he fulfills his destiny in the pot or skillet, an amazing crime ring has its bloody eye on him.

To begin with, the broiler's raiser is often told to what wholesaler he may sell. The truck and the very crate in which the...

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