Perambulating Justice

A traveling court set up on an automobile is now visiting markets in Berlin to punish profiteers. Plain clothes policemen patrol the market place, and on finding that an excessive price has been charged, or on hearing any complaint they immediately arrest the offending dealer and take him before the court. Justice is meted out on the spot, and the result is that prices have been considerably reduced. The city officials hope that these courts will end the food riots which have resulted from the exorbitant demands made by the merchants.