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Fy eo8 an! yo “at Tho Sugar House syndicate sold its product on a cash basis. Those . still operators who dil not possess ready cash to pay for the sugar were i 4 nermitted to pay in installments but were charged an ezorbitant interest rate, Sugar was made available to still operators on the condition that they sell the: liquor back to the syndicate at the wholesale price of five dollars a gallon. Tha syndicate then retailed it for three times that figure. (92-2813-3f The syndicate alno controlled the gale and financing of automobiles: used by these illicit Liquor manufacturers. Competing groups were permitted by the syndicate to operate on a small scale in the sugar and liquor business, ' | Members of (he “ugar House aynlicale bacame rich as a result of provided the syndicate received a percentage of their profits. (92-2813-3) thelr monopolistic ventures. Following the repeal of Prohibition, they put their illegally accumulate.t ‘vealth to use by establishing legitimate beer and . liquor distributorships. (92-2813-3) ~ 8. Chicago The story of /rohibition ia Chicago is the story of the Capone gang. At the start of S-rohibltion in Chicago, thousands of residents of the Italian community were organized into a veritable ar:ny of alcohol makers. It has been claimed that at one time 80 per cent of the families in the Italian ma ee, "45 - ees oe