Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1910-12-20
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REPORT IS OUT
Attorney General Takes Up
Work Accomplished and
Planned.
tBy Associated Prcss)

BIcSS TO-DAY, rs one IonB story u
frauds against the government.
Trusts. 80 called and real, their
alleged c.nspiracics to defeat The
law; land frauds, custom frauds
frauds on the internal revenue, re-
bates, bucket shops and fraudulent
uses of the mails have made 1910 the
most strenuous year in the history
of the Department of Justice. Mi.
Wickcrsham states that only the ear.
nest and enthusiastic work of the
men of his force has made the work
successful.
The salaries paid are small" he
says, land the funds available for
special counsel do not permit the
payment of fees which bear any com
parison with those offered by private
interests. But notwithstanding those
obstacles, the depal tment Is fortu.
nate in having been able to secure
the services of earnest and cOmpo'
tent lawyers to whose ability and
industry are due the very large meas
ure of success that has attended the
management of the legal business OF
the government during the year"
Prosecution for violations of the
antitrust law were foremost in the
work of the year. Actions, says the
Attorney General, are now under wa,
or pending against the following So
.,II,1 tr,,utc. Tnhnrp,, Trttpt Stand
ard Oil Company, Sugar Trust, Ha:-
riman Lines, Hard Coal Trust, Pow
der Trust, Terminal Railway AssC-
citation of st. Louis, Towing Trust,
on the Great Lakes; James A. Pat
ton and others for an alleged corner
in cotton Beef Trust, Wholesale Gre
GERS Trust, Butter and Egg Trust,
Brick Trust, Bath Tub Trust.
The following convictions were Sc
cured and fines imposed during the
year: Paper Trust. fined $4,000;
Night Riders. fued $500; Window
Glass Trust, fined $4,000.
After the Attorney-General's re-
port came from the press, however
the American Naval Stores Company
/ known as the Turpentine Trust, and
six co. defendants were convicted oil
violations of the antitrust law. Two
of the individual defendants were
, sentenced to three months each N
Jail and fines aggregating $17,5OO
were imposed.
4, .,g G,tnnr Trust tnr
frauds upon the government in the
weighing of raw sugar recovered fUi
the government $3,l35,3G3.SS. Con
yietions and sentence of individuals,
stlll fresh In the public mind were
secured.
Most extensive OF all frauds
against the government yet discov-
cred, are those in the undervalua-
ton OF imports into the United
States. The extent OF the treasury
losses can only be conjectured. Every
step of the investigation shows fresh
leads.
There are now suits under way to
recover 100000, of which the Gus
toms revenue is said to have been
defrauded in imports of cheese and
figs from Mediterranean ports. In
dictments are pending and some con-
yictions have been secured. A high
Is organized system to defraud the
government has been disclosed.
More than thirty individual indict
ments are pending against personi
| charged with smuggling with sleep
err" trunks. Offers of compromis'
and prayers for immunity are In tho
hands OF the Attorney General froa
several firms of importers who have
confessed to frauds In undorvalua
tions.
The Attorney General recommend
that a general immunity statute
such as exists under the interstate
commerce laws, should be enacted L
apply to criminal prosecutions gen
orally, but says such a statute SHOULD
mil, nrotcct a witness from the con