Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1910-04-21

- NV iiI'. III INC cpllll'li W sh'toi IVY
General Wlckcrsham for a congressional
Investigation OF tho sugar trust, This
opinion is concurrcd in by President Taft
ana Secretary MacNeagii NJ the treasury
department. 1t Is their common belief
mat an investigation by Congress at this
lne would be even more incxpctient than
Il would have been at tho beginning Of
asst December. when Congress met IN the
FIRST flush ~ tho discovery of the crim-
inal activities Of the sugar trust en-
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Tho reasons aCtu2tinR the admlnistra-
ton, the department of Justice, and the
treasury depart rlcnt al this time arc that
ihr Investigation now being conducted
Iu0rr tho Joint control Of the secretary
" the treasury and tho attoruey-Sencrsl
- PROVING far moro fruitful in results
tEan was even suspected by those who
knew most about the criminal operations
Of the sucer trust. special grand jury
Is SITTING daily in New York city for tho
bringing true bills of indictment against
employees Of the sugar trust who are
forrd 80 have violated the criminal
statutes Of tho United states. It is inti-
mated Il ON u very responsible quarter
that. 0hcn the proper time comes to dis
close TO the public what this special grand
jury has learned and what it has done
there will be general establishment at the
range ard scope OF the frauds uncovered.
W HAT THE GRAND JURY HAS AC-
COMpLISHt.D.
The federal grand jury at New York
city has found 265 indictments against On
round numbers) 40 persons in connection
with tho sugar frauds at that port, and
under these Indictments there have been
Is convictions and one acquittal In the
courts. since this report was made to the
department of Justice here. the forces Of
the agencies OF investigation in the office
OF the district attorney OF New York and
in tho local treasury department offices
there have been doubled.
The treasury ana tho department OF
justice have been and are working in the
closest cooperation. and it is given out
here with the greatest and most crafty
ing success. While this legal investiga-
ton is proceeding So frutfully. it is felt
that only harm might follow II con-
crcssionai committee began going over
the same ground ana that the work now
under way might he Eravely embarrassed
If another agency oe federal investiga-
ton entered the field.
Representative Hill Of Connecticut who
has been reported to he considering agi-
tating a resolution for congressional in
qury, was at the White House this morn
IT,
he left the President he said that the
present was an inopportunc time for q
investigation of the sugar
fra uds. and that such an investigation
would he inexpedicnt and unwise. He re-
Trained from saying that this was also
the conclusion of the President. and
simply asserted ii MS his own personal
belief
PROBABLE ACTION OF HOUSE.
After his arrival NJ the Capitol to-day,
Mi. Hin said that in all probability his
committee on expenditures in the treas
Ury department would insist on report :
ing the Fitzgerald resolution, introduced
by Representative Fitzgerald of Brooklyn
ia tho House on February q. with an
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decide whether or rot an investigation
Of the customs at New York at the pre-
sent time would be Incompatible witt,
the public interest" The original
Fitzgerald resolution. with this amend
m-nt reads as follows:
Resolved, chat the President be, and he
is hereby. requested TO inform the House
what facts If any, now exist which max.
nIeXpcdiont thorough examination a,
this time by the House of Representatives
of the frauds in the customs service. men
toned by the President In his annual mes
sage 10 the Congress at this session.
Mr.. Hin reiterated that after an investi.
cation of the facts underlying the begin
Ming Of such an investigation by Congress
at this time, he was opposed to going
into the subject now
NO IMMEDIATE RESULTS IMPEND-
ING
The presence here to-day Of Nj. Loeb
collector OF the port of Kew York, and
Mr.. Stmson, who is conducting the sugar
fraud investigation at New York for the
department OF justice, does not imply
any Immediate public affirmative actor
against the sugar trust and It's employees
They are here to relate to the chiefs OF
Il cir respective departments what has
been accomplished since they We're here
last, to so over the whole field OF the in
vestiGation IN a general way, and to
racoive sucn advice AID LSx.-u3.ion as the
secretary OF the treasury and attorney
general may have 20 GiVe them.
NiiI n
daily, Gnd SIS Is said here. ACCOMPLISHING
Unexpectedly good results, both as ia
quantity and quality, the administration
ana tho department heads most interested
are DESTROYS Of keeping fully abreast OF
the disclosures as they arc made. 1t Is
felt hore by those most directly concern
ed that there has been crea ted at New
York city an exceptionally effective
agency OF investigation which is fully
competent to bring about the discovery
and conviction Of the guilty, and to cause
to be returned to the government al
moneys OF which IT has been fraudulent
~ deprived
The present general disposition in tho
House of Representatives is not to force
the hard or Interfere in the smallest wa,
with the present investigators, but allow
tho legal arm of the government fun pla,
until its work has ended. So long as tho
attorney general and the secretary OF tho
treasury are able to report that they are
meeting with success In uncovering the
frauds that have been committed. it seems
entirely probable that the hand OF Con
gress Will be restrained T. g. l.
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