TAILOR GETS 30 DAYS FOR CUTTING  PRICES

Father of Four Children Fined $100, Too, for 5-Cent Under-Charge for Pressing Surf.
Jacob Maged, 49 years old, a tailor of 427 Palisade Avenue, Union City, was sentenced to thirty days in the county jail and ordered to pay a $100 fine yesterday because he charged 35 cents for pressing a suit instead of 40 cents. The penalty was imposed by Judge Robert V. Kinkead in Quarter Sessions Court, Jersey City.

Mr. Maged, who is the father of four children, has not paid much attention to the changing order and was only vaguely aware of the existence of a code. He pleaded guilty to the charge that he violated the State code of fair competition for cleaners and dyers.

He had heard of the negotiations among the "higher-ups" in the cleaning and dyeing industry con-cerning attempts at price fixing and regulating, but it had been his conception that these changes were to be directed against the "cut-throat" competition that had been ruining his business. He believed that the codes were designed to help the "little fellow" and could not believe that by charging 35 Cents instead of 44 cents to press a suit would put him behind bars.

     In court yesterday he stood as if in a trance when sentence was pro-nounced. He hoped that it was a joke.
Published: April 21, 1934 Copyright © The New York Times