The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-05-01

cials leave the department on their
assig nments, all connection with the
government is completely severed;
communication with the department in
this city and are given carte blanche
in order that their work may be thor
ough and unhampered by too mucn
''red tape"
The department of investigation is
in charge of Stanley w. Finch, who
has at his disposal staff of seven
clerks, and directs the energies OF
about 800 men who are constantly in
the field investig ating various cases 10
which they are assigned. NotaoIy
among the cases that have been
might rider and tobacco cases in Ken
lucky, and the bucket shop" cases
which occupied the attention of more
than fifty men of the department in
Louis, New Orleans and Washington,
D. c.
Many Men in the Field
At. present the department has men
in the field investigating alleged sugar
frauds in New York, New Orleans, Pu-
eblo, Colo, and also in California Inc
investigation of these cases, Whlle
centered IN the places named, have tax
en- department of justice operatives all
over the United States, Cuba and other
places in the West Indies, SCREENING
for the threads of evidence which make
I'D g. complete case. Men are also en-
gagged Investigating the importation
of mosquito netting in New Orleans
Galveston, and several other southern
SeapOrts. as well as the circumstances
surrounding the filibustering eXped1-
lions which have left those ports Tor
Nicaragua to aid the rebel cause there;
In New York, London and Paris, ana
in certain German, Italian and ScdIl-
dinavian cities, one or more OF the men
are engaged ferreting out evidence in
connection with the operations OF the the
transatlantic steamship pool. me
oneration Of this pool, while catering
to American trade, has come under the
ban of the Sherman antitrust law, the
violation of which is clasSed as con
spiracy in the giving of rebates TO Ior-
eign shippers
As the rehabilitation Of the customs
service. having primarily the investlga-
ton of the sugar refinery lnoustry OF
the United States, is one OF the hloSt
frnportant prosecutions this adm1nlStra-
of these men have been detailed on TINS
investiga ton All Information gath
cred BY the customs officials at points
Of entry are furnished to the TWO De
Dartmen+s in Washington, and then
sent to the men in the field for their
information No effort is being spared
in the search for evidence against Vio-
IatOrs of the law, even If the inquiry
should carry the operatives to the far
Within the past month Secretary of
the Treasury MacVeagh, Attorney Cen
eral Wickersham Collector of Customs
Loeb at New York, and Assistant Sec
rotary of the Treasury Curtis have held
several important conferences with
President Taft concerning these mat
terS Mr.. MacVeagh and Mr. Curtis are
in daily conference with customs law
yers who have of late become frequent
visitors at the treasury department and
the department of justice. Just what
these interviews resulted in no one who
knew about them is willing to say.
They evade questions by saying that
Everything will be made public when
the proper time arrives"
The business of the force is held in
strict confidence in each case that
comes before either the attorney gen.
erai or the secretary of the treasury.
and il is not until the law officers of