The Washington herald., 1909-11-17
MORE WEIGHERS
IN SUGAR FRAUDS
CONFINED from Paee One.

a member OF the tariff board said he
had nothing 20 add 90 the statement
which he gave out Monday night in an
swer 20 the allegations made in an in
terview with Mr. Parr, which were
construed TO mean that Mr.. PARIS work
had been interfered with by Mr.
Reynolds.
A report that Mr.. Parr had been de-
tached from duty at the New York Gus
toms-house and assigned 10 service at
San Francisco was denied authoritatvoly
at the Treasury Department. 1t was said
in this connection that Mr.. Parr was not
now under the general Jurisdiction Of the
Treasury Department, but was directly
under Collector Loeb.
Another report which found fits way
here was that James F. Vail. deputy sur
veyor at the port Of New York. had been
notified that he would be dismissed. Con-
corning this, Treasury officials said that
the fate Of Mr. Vail was also in Mr.
LOeb's hands.
First Cabinet Meeting.
The first meeting Of the Cabinet since
President Taft returned 10 Washington
from his 15,0OO-mile tour was held in the
Executive Offices yesterday. From Cabi-
net officers after the meeting the under
standing was obtained that the President
and his official advisers had discussed the
sugar frauds and the condition OF affairs
at the New York custom-house during
their council. which lasted nearly three
hours. Opportunity for more careful in
quirv showed that the matter did not
come up for any general discussion.
It has become known. however, that
Secretary MacVeagh had discussed the
sugar frauds at length with the President
since Mr. Tafts return to Washington,
and that the President had expressed
himself as IN accord with the efforts of
Mr. MacVeaFh and Attorney General
Wickersham TO bring the sugar trust TO
an accounting.
In the statement which Il made this
evening IN regard 70 the allegations that
the sugar trust had had a hand IN the
selection Of employees Of the New York
Custom-house. appointed under the civil
service rules, the Civil Service Commits
sion said that il had called on the Treas
ury Department In Washington and the
custom authorities IN New York for infor-
nation as to who were implicated in the
sugar frauds.
The commissions statement goes on "a
say that the examinations by which the
assistant weighers implicated had been
chosen in fifteen years had been pre-
pared and all the papers rated in the
Offices Of the commission at Washington
while the examinations themselves were
conducted by the local boards OF the com
mission. The commission contends that
Il would practically be impossible FOR
the commissions examiners I'm Washing
ton 20 show favoritlsm in the rating OF
examination papers.
Commission AbsoIved.
The commissions statement shows tha'
the commission itself could have had
nothing TO do with the appointment o.
dishonest men TO places as assistant ap
praisers in the New York custom house
But there was no accusation against n,
commission.
The commissions official Statement
does show. however. that Il was possibl,
for the Treasury Department or IN,
custom house IN New York 10 ignor,
men who had passed high examination
for places under the civil service at tn
custom house and the appointment o
men from the eligible list who have no
passed such high examinations. As In
dicated by the statement. the appointing
officers OF the Treasury Department wer
authorized. under the rules. TO file objec