Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1909-12-08
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OF economy that provision he made 80
that their separation FROM the service
shall be easy aud inevitable, Il Is Inn
posslble>to make such provision unless
there Is adopted plan OF civil pen.
slons We cannot, In view OF the adj
vancmg prices OF living, hope TO save
money by q reduction In the standard
OF salaries paid, Indeed. n any change
Is made In that regard an increase
rather than decrease viii be ueces-
sary. aud the only means OF economy
will be In reducing the number Of
employees and In obtaining a greater
average OF efficiency from those re-
talned In the service
Frauds In the Collection Of Customs.
| regret to refer to the fact OF the
discovery OF extensive frauds IN the
collection Of the customs revenue az
New York city, IN which n number Of
the subordinate employees In tho
weighing and other departments we're
directly concerned aud IN which the
benenclaries were the American Sugar
Refining company aud others. The
frauds consisted In the payment Of du.
" on underwclghts OF sugar, Tho gov
crumenl has recovered from the Amer
lean Sugar Refining company all that
II Is shown 10 have been dcfrauded of.
The sum was received IN full Of the
amount due which might have been
recovered by Ciyll action against the
beneficiary 81 the fraud. but there was
on excess reservation IN the contract
OF settlement by which the settlement
should not interfere with or prevent
the criminal prosecution OF every one
who was found 20 DO subject TO the
same.
Criminal prosecutions are now pro-
ccedIng against number Of the gov
ernmcnt officers, The treasury de-
partmrnt aud the department Of Jus.
tlCe arr exeriing every effort TO dis
cOver nll the wrOngdoers, Including tho
officers ana employees of the compa-
nles who may have been prlvy 10 the
fraud u would seem 10 me that ass
investigation OF the frauds by eon.
gross 40 present, pending the probing
10y the treasury department aud tho
department of Justice. ~ proposed,
might by giving Immunity and other,
wise prove 90 embarrassment IN Sc
curing conviction " the guilty parties,
Maximum and Minimum Clause In
TafiF Act.
Two features Of the new tariff net
call for special reference Ia order
that the maximum duty shall be- charg
Cd against thc imports from country
II Is necessary that the executive sbai
lpd ou the pafl of that country not
only Determinations IN ~ laws ~ the
practice under them against the trade
81 the United States, bot that the dls-
ordinations found shall be- undue
that Is. without good aud fair reason.
No Que u seeking tarh war o. n con
dition IN which The spirit II retaliation
shall be- aroused
TaFlH Read lustmsnt
The nov tariff law enables me 10 APP
point a iarin board o. assist inc In cou.
nectl0n With the department u state On
the administration " che minimum aud
maximum clause u the act and also %
assist officers ~ The government M the
administration % the entire law. be-
lleye that the work ~ this board VII
~ II prime utility aud Importance
Wheneyer congress shall deem u WIS.,
aFaiH o. Fcadjast the customs duties,
u The facts secured ~ the tann board
are ~ such q character ~ ~ show gch-
orally that the Fates ~ duties Imposed
by tbs present tHrln law are excessive
under The principles ~ protection a.
described 10 the platform ~ the sue-
cezafm party ~ che late election
shall not hesitate 10 invite che atteh
ti0n n congress ~ this fact and % the
necessity fOr action pgedlcated there
on. Nothing. h0weyer. halts business
and isferfefas with toe course u pros.
pefiiY ~ much az fie threatened Fevi
nl0n n ths tariff and untli the facts
are a. hand after careful and deiibef.
Rts Investigation. upoo Wbieh such Fe-
vision can properly b. undertaken, u
seems % me uBulae % afiemVt "a
Wa pspsrtmsnt
ias fhs infefest % lmmediats econ
oiay { have Feqlifud feduetion On
~ estimates % ne waf department.
90 ne ooming htcai rear Whifh
tfiHgs the total estimates down % an
amounf f1Fty.hvs miilious leas than
ne eogrespoading estimates f0f Lass
ear This eosid b. aee0mpllsted osIF