The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-29
SPECIAL MESSAGE
 FROM ROOSEVELT Violation of Law By The Sugar
 Trust Is Considered LETTERS ARE INCLUDED Information Is Sent In Response to Senator culberson's Resolution
 Calling for the Correspond
 ence In the Case.
LETTERS ARE INCLUDED

Washington, January 28.-Responding to Senator Culbersons resolution, calling upon the Attorney General for eorre- spondenee relating to the alleged viola tion of the Sherman law by the so-called sugar trust, in connection with the fall ure of the Real Estate Trust company of Philadelphia, President Roosevelt today sent to the Senate special message and all correspondence relating to the case. The President said:
 .'In accordance with my direction, the Attorney General has forwarded to me the ine1osed papers in response to the res- olutions of the Senate of January p, 1909, in reference to sending to the Senate copies of all correspondence in the depart ment of justice relating to an alleged vio- lation of the act of July ?, 1890, by the American Sugar Refining company, in connection with an alleged loan by that company to one Seige, in which was pledged as security therefor a majority Of the capital stock of the Pennsylvania Sugar Refining company, with voting power thereon, and under which. it is al leged, an agreement was entered into that the Pennsylvania Sugar Refining com pany should not engage in business, and I herewith transmit them to the Sen- ate"
 The message went on the table. It is expected that Senator Culberson will call it up later.
 The correspondence includes many let ters that passed between George H. Earle, Jr. receiver of the Real Estate Trust company of Philadelphia. which failed in 1906 and the President and between Earle and former Attorney General Moody, and between Earle and Attorney General Bon aparte.
 MT. Earle first wrote President Roosevelt September 21, 1906, calling attention to the failure of the real es- tate company, and suggesting that he may have been misled as to the most potent cause of that calamity by the published explanation, that loans to Adolph Segal, a promoter. by President Nipple of the institution, were respon- sible. MT. Earle told the President that this explanation was the truth, but not the wh ole truth.
 In asking executive cooperation, MT. Earle suggested that the President had "a plain duty" and then said:
 1T write you because the information before me satisfied me beyond doubt that these loans would have been largely, if not entirely, liquidated but for the criminal conduct of the so- called sugar trust It is my delib- crate conclusion, after weighing the evidence, that have collected with the greatest care, that had 1t not been for a criminal conspiracy of the most odi- ous character, not of SegaPs or Hip ple's but of the sugar trust, this in- stitution and Segal himself would have been perfectly solvent today"
 The letter was a sweeping indict- ment of the Sugar trust" which Earle declared permeates the financial life of the country.
 President Roosevelt referred the whole subject to former Attorney Gen eral Moody, and later it was surren- dered to Attorney General Bonaparte and both of these officials corresponded with MT Earle, looking to prosecu- ton of the so-called sugar trust
 The Attorney General quoted the de- cision in the case of the United States against E. c. Knight & Co. as his req son for not proceeding against the sugar trust on the facts submitted by MT. Earle.