Government Investigation Disproves Charge Jews Are Profiteers Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
The charge of the Polish anti-Semitic organizations and newspapers that Jewish merchants are profiteers was disproved through an official investigation of the Polish Government. In the jargon of the Polish anti-Semitic campaigners, the word “Zyd” (Jew) and “Paskarz” (profiteer) are synonymous.
The results of the investigation of the Government were submitted by the Minister of Commerce Kwiatkowski to a press conference called at the Ministry to discuss the economic problems of the Republic.
To make purchases at Jewish stores is more advantageous, the Minister told the astounded representatives of the Polish newspapers. In order to compare prices, the Minister stated, he had ordered agents of the Ministry of Commerce to go out to various parts of the capital and purchase various articles in various stores. A comparison of the prices, between those bought in the Nalewki region, the Jewish shopping center, and on Marszalkowska Street, the Fifth Avenue of Warsaw, showed that the Jewish merchants sold their merchandise twenty-five percent cheaper than the non-Jews, the Minister declared.
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