Everyman's Price

District Attorney Bruce Steele is concerned about the extent of profiteering in foodstuff. He assigns men to investigate the problem, then dashes off to propose marriage to Ethel Armstrong, who accepts him, but later breaks the engagement when the investigators report that her father, financier Henry Armstong, is one of the profiteers. Bruce interrupts Ethel's father's trial, dismissing the case for lack of evidence. Grateful, Mr. Armstrong arranges to get Bruce and Ethel together again by a plot involving his son and Bruce's brother in a forgery case. The plot proves successful, everyone involved is proven innocent, Henry Armstrong releases the food he has kept from the market, and Bruce and Ethel rediscover their love.