New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-12-13
STRENUOUS YEAR FOR
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Attorney General wickersham
Tells What He Has
Accomplished.
MANY TRUSTS PROSECUTED
Campaigns Against undervalua
tions. Bucket Shops and
Fraudulent Use of
Mails Reviewed.

buckingham. Dec. 1s.-Trusts, so-cailed
.e, their alleged conspiracies to de-
,.s. m. lev, land frauds, customs frauds
.-suss OF the internal revenue, rebates,
,uck.t shops and fraudulent uses Of the
,.us nav. made 1910 the most strenuous
-ss- IN the history Of the Department Of
Tustic. Attorney General Wickershan IN
his annual report says that cniy the ear
,es- and enthusiastic WORK OF MS lorce mas
made the work successful
.4Th. salaries raid are small he says,
and the funds available for special coun-
=, 5o 20. hermit the payment OF fees which
hear sny comparison with those onefed ps
--i,-,.. interests. But, Notwithstanding
these obstacles. the department Is fortunate
a. having been able 10 secure the services
- es-,ee, and competent lawyers. to
rbose ability and industry is due the very
80. Measure of success that has attend
81 me management Of the legal business
- -,,s government during the year"
proe.cl,+ions for violation OF the anti
-,,x+ ,ezr we're foremost in the work of
.be vea- Actions. says the Attorney Cen
.rsI ere now under way or pending against
the following so-cafied trusts
-Tohsrco Trust.
standard OIL Company-
Sugar Trust.
Hartman INES
Hard Coal Trust
terminal Railway Association of St.
Louis, ~.,,
lanes a. Patten and others for an alleged
corner in cotton
Beef Trust,
Wholesale Grocers' Trust.
Butter and Egg Trust.
Brick Trust.
Bsthtub Trust
The following convictions were secured
End fines imposed Paper Trust, $1,000:
Night Riders, s., so; window Glass Trust,
slneHo
After the Attorney Generals report came
from the press. however, the American
Naval Stores Company, known as the Tur-
rentine Trust, and six co-defenGents were
convicted Of violation of the antitrust law
Two Of the individual defendants were SEN
fenced 70 three months each in Jail and
fines aggregating sl7.5go were imposed
Prosecution Of the Sugar Trust for frauds
n the weighing Of raw sugar recovered foI
the government ss135.3s IS. Convictions
and sentences Of individuals were secured
un6ervaIuations Most Extensive Frauds
Nest extensive OF all frauds against Inc
government Yet discovered are those In the
naturalization of imports The extent OF
the Treasury losses can only be conject-
1ired Ever step OF the investigation show:
fresh leads Mr.. WickerslaI7l says
There are suits under way TO recover
100000 of which the customs revenue is
said 20 have been defrauded fn imports OF
cheese and figs from Mediterranean ports,
indictments are pending and some conyic-
-icus have been secured A highly organ
SEED system 10 defraud the government has
been disclosed. the report says.
More than thirty Individual indictments
are pending against persons charged with
smuggling with sleeper trunks" Offers
of compromise and prayers for immunity
are in the hands OF the Attorney General
rom several firms of importers who have
confessed TO frauds IN undervaiustion..
The conditions disclosed seem TO indi-
cate very general practice OF under
Valuations says the Attorney General,
and very lax administration of the
customs laws in the past, which has sub
COED the government to a material loss OF
revenue. a general investigation into
frauds by undervsius ton has only begun.
snd this branch Of the subject viii now
b Pressed Vigorously