The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-20
"sx feet Of earth" toward which he
seems TO be hurryng.
THE SUGAR PROSECUTIONS.

1t is announced that Collector Loeb
of the Port of New York is satisfied
with the outcome of the sugar fraud
trials of Now York; and still the man
who was supposed to be in a way the
"king pin'' Of those frauds was not
convicted AS TO him. howcver,-Ben-
dernagel-there is possibility of con
viction yet. inasmuch ms the jury dis
agreed in his case. Five men CLOVER
down were convicted, but "the man
higher up is stil free even from in.
dictmcnt. We hear great deal about
this man higher mp, but so far he is
among the "grcat unknown
Though Collector Loeb may be en-.
tirely satisfied with the result of that
trial we can hardly imagine that the
American people will be content There
is another thing that the public can
hardly be entirely satisfied with, and
that is the announcement that no more
effort will be made to recover money
from the sugar trust OH account of their
frauds in weights The payment of 81
134,fll is to be the end OF the Gov
ernment claim on that account, and was
accepted in full settlement of all
civil liabilities Undoubtedly, how
ever, since the sugar trust was so will
ing to settle on those terms and take
its quittance Of all further obligations,
the trust comes out vastly ahead in the
transaction Those frauds in weights
have been going on for good many
years. 1t is not likely that the Gov
ernment has recovered even n tithe of
the amount actually stolen.
However, the Government was not
.estopped from criminal procedure
against any and all connected with
those frauds. and a pretty fair start
has been made in convicting five of
the guilty ones. If now this talk
about ''the man higher up will take
substance and develop who that man is,
and with the Government prosecuting
to the fullest extent of the law and
obtaining conviction against that "high
up' man, there VIII, it is TO be hoped,
be strenuous warning sounded against
all who in future may try to swindle
Uncle Sam and expect immunity by rea-
son of their prominence either in bust
ness. official, or social life. The Sec.
retary Gage method of dealing with
the rascals proved TO be disgusting
failure, 1t will be remembered that
he thought the proper thing to do was
TO submit the charges if irregularity
and thefts TO the head of the sugar
trust, in full simplicity and faith that |
the men higher up would discipline |
their subordinates and put stop TO
the stealing at once. But that was not
the result On the contrary, the result |
showed that the thieves were embeld |
oned by reason of their immunity and
the warning in simplicity from head |
quarters that they ought not to do these
things, but that if they did them no |
harm would come TO them (Which was |
the practical effect of Secretary Gage IS |
act). The public has gained something |
in the change of attitude Of the Secre
tary of the Treasury towards these dis |
tinguished thieves, and is is mournful |
example of simplicity Of tinsuspectlng
and credulous manhood that any other
result should have been expected from
.hc Gage reference than that the thieves
would be emboldeued and 90 on and |
steal more and more: Just as they did