The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-11-04
STIMSOE Firm SUGAR COUNSEL
FOR NATIONAL SUGAR. one or
THH INDERW FIG HERS.
q Was Nearly Five Years Later rhat On
the Advice Of YER. stinasea the Gov.
rrnnsent settled vita the Company
foe soon, OaD ~ TO civil Liability Ont,

~ Wen wary rive nf4fs Is8tfg uuat on
the Advice OF Yer. stinason the Gov.
| rrument settled vita the Company
/ foe s6Dsp. o0O ~ To civil Liability Ont,
Al the time that the Government
special prosecutor in the sugar frauds
effected compromise with the National
Sugar Refining Company a year age q
was noted that MIR. Stinson. then special
! prosecutor OF the sugar cases, never made
a comprehensive statement OF the methods
1 OF graft which obtained In this case. That
the National was involved In the same
! sort Of ch,ns a. that for which the Amer
lean Sugar Refining Company tthe trustl
and the Arbucklss made refunds to the
Government came TO the public first
through channels other than the United
States Distrios Attorneys ONCE.
| On the day before tho facts regarding
underweighed sugar In so Tar a. the Ma
ttonai waa concerned were published In
TIKI Sun on December 10 last Mr.. Sumson
had an opr ortunity 70 make any state
ment he desired on the matter. He pre-
| ferred at that time TO remain silent
, IL was not unit. February 10 last, when
/ the official announcement was made that
! tho National had paid into tho United
States Treasury ssoa 30a. 81. that Mr.. Slim
son had anything 10 cay on the subject.
Then his utterance TOOK the form OF
compact statsmentswhich gave the his
tory Of the National frauds, consisting OF
underweighsd sugar imported by that
company between 1898 and 1907. In these
words:
In july last Messrs. Stimson and
Denison IA special counsel for the Gov
: eminent commenced an Investigation a.
: to the weights on which duties were paid
on sugar landed on the docks OF the sugar
resneries Of che National Sugar Refining
COMPANY Of New Jersey a. ,hs port ~
New York.
-Tha, company voluntarily CAV" them !
access To Ia books and a thorough IN !
vesti CATION was made Of those books and ,
Of the books Of 'hs constituent companies ,
and OF the compeny's purchasing aSen-s !
and OF the Custom House records. As
a result IL was ascartained hat there had /
ueeu "a shortage In ;he payment CT duties .
or i'npOgtat.ons Of sugar mace oy repre-
entatives ~ that company aao fs prede- /
ce-sor orspanies between Isys, wnen the j
re.nsries began business, and the end oil
30, amounting 20 sbJ..3oA.37. This short
age was report-! 20 the oftlcers of the com
Iany ard as soor. as they had Nerif.c 'hs !
,t,oysrnrn.nt's .ig'ires they voluntarily .
o1cred TO pay this s,:'n without suit INTO J
me Treasury OF ths United States. and 20 .
make good ,hs oSer they deposited the
fan slim n cash.
-rhi, payment has been accepted ,
bv the Secretary al the treasury with ,
iii. concurrence Of ,hs Attorney General
and On Tho recommendation >; the Soici- !
tor Of the lr.a-,.r- and the special coin !
-. io- the Government Ibis settlement |
ia nuwis. Affects the crImina! prosecution |
Df auy individuals who may be shown ?
10 have been Responsible for any criminal
frauds
None. Il the figures on which Mr. Slim
sons cumprofui-e with the Nat:OUa! ~a-
based wrr. ever made public. ara there
were ,hos. familiar w;th 'E. conditions
waiting ~ tnI- industry VINO believed
that the \atiOna! ~a- ~ no means " orst"d
In IN. settlement, Ibis concern = she
most important refining rpmpany IN the
East pu,-id. y .he :r'Ist tsslf. ard IL
annual Importation approNimat"- 500 oOO-
az pounds 4 sugar
II Developed yesterday thar 'he law
firm II Winthrop 4 Stimson. Of which
the candidate for Governor = a member,
had been Counsel for he National sugar
Refining Company ~ an earl ier date.
Al IN. pfflC. a 80 arm Yesterday II Was
said that this connection was severed
ia islI that th. !ast oil vas rendered
10 the National bv IN. 'a1 finn in October.
loni. and that II was paid soon afterward
In lsr. said un- who brought hts in
formation from Bronson Winthrop Of
from th. National This was declined
bv Mr. Winthrop. according To- NJ
S;'T = informant ard the reason specified
AT that tim. was that IL was rejected
On account 81 MIR Stim-on'- continued
..lo-. connection with tn" sugar cases IN
\.w ! ork
Mr. SiirrsoD'S tenure 81 the Office of
b United States | I-trict Nttnrney began
: IN 1855 and continued until soon after
! President Taft = inauguration. ~. agreed.
HOY. ever tu continue the sugar cases a.
B special prosecutor for the GoVerni ent.
! The firm issued this statement last
night
Previous to ne wear lGOs and before Mr.
Stiui-on was appointed niisd States ~
'nTnev the firm Uf Winthrop \ Stim-on had
been r.'ain.d hv the National Sugar Re-
fininx COMPANY nt New Jersey IN various
matters and lItigatIOn~ The last retainer
Ta'eiV-L bY The firm from that company
was received IN October. 1906 After that I
time and while Mr. Stim-rn was niisd
states Attorney N. hrm from whi'h Mr. .
Sim-on had been temporarily retired 7
rendered no services to the National Sugar
Refining COMPANY except drafting and .
Ming some formal reports. for whl"h no .
rharg. was mad.
Ia l'-Ps the COmpnDV desired - continue .
10 employ the Arm certain matters. bui =,
IA. retainer was d- lined in View ~ his 4
Mr. >'im~on'~, continued close association
with the interests of the company With
respect 10 tn. sugar companies generally
Iu New ioTA