The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-12-07


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the most sklllee expert -
tne unlleu States. luz w " "; t ~
investigation ls 70 deslse lllfssas ~ ~
crease tue average eLlsIeles U eau
employee Ihere Is grtp. Esultl t y ~
provement toward TINS enc. NOT ouis
py the reorganlzailon q purtslus anu
departments ana IN tne ayoloanee u
duplication. but also Id tue urea .l- mel
OF the lndlyidual emplo|ef.
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LIZ sunny OAatAAS 1850 -. -
a1ac+inc thon that Of The other. Su.
narsor ohiIItv ia mot rewarded or en-
ronraped
Civil Pensions.
4ho ,,.,r.,,, ~ t,tIic.rc, 4, oII thp
ae.o q, Ia.vs,, ..,t l,t tho ra
+a,,ti.,, ~ o,tI .,n,,,I,,.aaa who t,nve o,,t.
ii,.ad THAR anarry ami nsaf,,I,Irss. n
Il tnd,snanso I,Ia ~ anv nroner system
- aconnn,y tho, nrryisron i,a mnfle az
that their se,,n rotion from the service
sboIl hn fosv and Inevituhle n IL i'm.
nossfhle IN n,ol,e sucb nrorisfon unless
there IL ndonte1 nInn of civil pen.
sIons. We cannot. In view of the nd.
ynncfnr nrices of living hone TO save
money by n reduction In the stnndart
of salaries naId. Indeed, IL any change
is made in that regard an Increase
ratber than n decrease will be neces.
sary. and the only means of economy
will be In reducing the number of
employees and In obtaining a greater.
average of efficiency from those re-
tanned In the service.
Fr,us. In +h. Collection o. Customs.
81 recret ~ refcr 10 tho foct of the !
,1fscorerv ~ artansira frauds I'm tbe
co,Ioctlon ~ tho cnstoms rerenne ot
Nov yorl. .Itv IN which n nnml,er NJ,
tho sr,ordIno,a on,nlovaos In tbo
,sa,rt,nr o,,5 ,,tbor denort,nents ware
J,rectIv concerned and In which the
tanaf;c,srJas ,Taro tho 4morIcsn smear
pasrinr connony and ntbars TIei
frnnds eonsIstetl In the navvmerit of DIN. /
40 or rndo-,yef,,,te M snrnr Tho rov
ernr,ent has ,.eco we froIn the A mar.
ican Sugar Refining company all that
II Is shown to have been defrauded of. |
The sum was received In full Of the
amount due which might have been
recovered BIZ civil action against the
beneficiary Of the fraud. but there was
an excess reservation 10 the contract
of settlement by which the settlement
should not interfere with or prevent
the criminal prosecution of every one
who was found TO be subject TO the
some.
rCrImInoI prosecutions are now pro-
ceedinp against n number OF the gov
srnment ofticers The treasury de-
M, rtInant and the denartment of ius.
tice are exerting every effort to dis.
cover all the wrongdoers. including the
officers aud employees OF the compa.
MES who may have been privy TO the
fraud. 1t would seem to me that an
Investigation of the frauds by con-.
::Fc.s!. at present, pending the probing
by the TREASURY department and the