The enterprise-recorder. (Madison, Fla.) 1908-1933, 1909-07-15

Philadelphia. - In common with
every other good citizen. / am at the
service of my country" said George
H. Earle, Jr.. receiver of the Penn
sylvania Sugar Refining Company,
when asked whether he would aid the
Government in a criminal prosecution
directed against the heads Of the SUI
gar trust.
Those who knew Mr.. Earle keenly
appreciated the irony of hls remark
when they recalled that he had plead
ed with and petltioned President
Roosevelt and Attorney-General Bon
aparte in vain to institute or to per-
nit him 90 institute Just such Grim
inal proceedings as are now threat
ened by the present Department of
Justice. AS long ago as November,
1906, Mr. Earle now admits, he
warned President Roosevelt and his
Attorney General of the Weighing
frauds in New York and rebating
practlced by the sugar trust, but no
Rction was taken.
Earle's Personality.
Dir. Earle is the son Of the late
George II. Earle, Sr, one Of the fore
most lawyers of the Philadelphia bar.
The son, himself q lawyer, ls the eX-
ecutive head Of FIVE of the largest
banks in the city. He has rescued
many concerns from the graveyard
OF high finance. was too busy to be
Mayor of Philadelphia, is not
against" trusts, Is worth $1,000, 900,
but lives on one Of his many salaries,
and his hobbies are coins, first. prints
and a model farm. He was offered
100000 for revising the Real Estate
Trust Company, aad went into court
and told the judge that his services
were worth only $4,000, and he has
not yet collected the $4,000 because
1.-The company needs the money more
than ! do
While a financial genius Mr.. Earle
has absolutely no ambition for great
wealth OF political preferment and no
desire for social glories. Upon his
unsupported word the So, 500 depos-
itors OF the defunct Real Estate Trust
Company turned over to him all that
was left Of s7,50O,0O0 deposits at the
time Of the crash, August 2S, 1906,
and every stockhoher in the company
assigned his property 70 Mr.. Earle
without recourse OF recovery" with
out q scratch of a pen TO safeguard
INC NAuANy'
ut would be manlfestly improper
for me to discuss any phase of the
sugar trust case at this time" said
Nr. Earle, because I am still an OH !
Ger Of the court in my capacity az re- !
ceiver of the Pennsylvania Sugar Re
fning Company"
DOCS the same apply to the Gov
eminent and its agents?" he was !
asked.
ooh, yes, I suppose so. They did |
not care TO discuss the case two or |
three years ago, and / prefer not TO 7
talk about it now. for the more par |
ticular reason that we have agreed |
upon a settlement and ! consider It |
hardly fair TO agree to settlement /
and then participate in an expose OF /
the other party to the bargain. Then, |
too. I must keep in mind the fact that
the court has yet to review the terms |
and conditions OF our settlement, and |
I might be subjected to some criti-
cism for commenting upon the case
at this time"
Gave Warning in 1906.
ais It true that you directed the |
attention of the Government TO the |
scale frauds and rebating more than
two years ago."
"Mr. Frank L. Neall, Of Peter |
Wright's Sons, told me about these |
frauds so long ago that cannot now |
FIX the date, but l certainly wrote to /
the Acknowledgement about them on |
November 8, 1906. as the papers In |
the Pennsylvania Refinery case Will |
show.
II am not fixing responsibilities.
I am not naming men who performed |
their duties, nor am / pointing out
any one who failed TO measure up to |
their responsibilities.
II must not be placed in the posi-