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RhINE'Y :>fLAYS
SUGAR TRUST
Hits at Mt. Taft in Speecn
in Congress.
SHIELDING MEN HIGHER Of
Charges the President and Wicker
cham With Protecting Big Men In
Fraud Cases.
SHIELDING MEN HIGHER uf

cham With Protecting Big Men In
Fraud Cases.
Washington, April l5.-In delivering
q scathing denunciation of the Ameri-
, can Sugar Refining company in the
house of Representatives. Representa-
tive Rainey, of Illinois, did not hest
tate to make bold suggestions con
corning that most corrupt and rotten
trust ever created by the protective
tariff system" and President Taft, At,
torney General Wickersham and
HeRry w. Taft. brother of the presi
dent.
Mr.. sRaiuey referred to President
Taft's message sent to congress about
3 year ago in which the president ad'
,vised against an investigation of the
sugar frauds by congress for the rea
son that "it might, by giving immunity
aud otherwise, prove an embarrass
nent in securing conviction OF the
guilty parties"
asHeviewing the history OF the sugar
trust, and especially recent fraudulent
acts In underweighing raw sugar for
the purpose of defrauding the govern.
ment of millions of revenue, Mr..
einey aAid:
Jail Doors Were Open.
"The situation in brief is as follows:
Prominent stockholders and direc
tors Of the sugar trust are in grave
danger, OF at least they were not long
ago; the doors of our penitentiaries
wire opening for many of them. They
have, however, succeeded, through
their control of the Republican party,
. q. bringing about this most delightful
Advancement:
THE attorney general of the United
sugar trust attorney, familiar with the
tHetbods Of the sugar trust, exhibiting
--6I4As NOW q remarkable sympathy for
it, .oActals in their difficulties.
The general counsel for the sugar
trust 10 q former assistant attorney
general =of the United States, loyal to
The Republican party. familiar with
the methods and with the secrets OF
the attorney generals Office.
-ofhe brother of the president of the
United States is one of the attorneys
for the sugar trust.
y. E. Parsons, the father of the
former president Of the New York
county Republican committee, is under
indictment on account of his offense
21ainst the law in Philadelphia.
and the president of the United
States has advised against a congress
sional investigation Of the sugar trust,
for the reason that it might prove EN-.
barrassing.
The last OF the frauds committed
81 the sugar occurred on the
a6tS day of November, 1907 The stat
,Sfe Vi limitations is running sexerY GAY
ead viii soon become complete bar
eSainst any criminal prosecution that
may be- brought The Republican par
Il IL charged with the administration
Of affairs in this house. Two hundred
and nineteen Republican members sit
on the other side of This chamber, and
since the message of the president OF
the United States was read In this
house not one of them has lifted his
voice AGAINST the sugar trust or In
favor Of an: Investigation by congress"
Mr.. Rainey proceeded to review
many incidents in the career of the
sugar trust, which he declared reach
Cd out through political parties and
corrupted men 'as no other law defy.
iaS corporation has ever been able
t. Do"
Rsfsrs to Pitssburs.
Il respectfully contend" concluded
kr. Rahey, that the Republican
majority in this house cannot afford |
to longer delay a congressional inves-
tisation: and the millionaire malefac
tors who control the sugar trust and
who are responsible for the perpetra |
ton Of these gigantic frauds ought to |
te held up to the contempt of the |
country. In Pittsburg they have learn. |
ed how to reach the men higher UP
They simply propose immunity to the
men whose conviction is not Import
ant, but wno are only fools in the
hands of the principal malefactors.
snd as q result minor city oFifials
were q few days ago coming by scores
ID kllISDuGs to tuc pipoS
cutting attsrnes duplicating the real
criminals And the .iinis may not be
far distant when men who pas" ID
Pittsburs as respectable citizens will
pay the penalty 10 which their cfimi
nat conduct has rendered them liable.
The attorney general CT the United
States, however commences his pros
ecutions snd ends them with unim
portant official and BIS week check,
,ers, and the ret. pefSons guilty Of the
most colossal frsnd i'm tn history OF
our government sre permitted 10 &C
about without punishment. without eX'
'Desure, still posing a. honest men
still willing and still able to contrib
ute to the campaign funds of tbs Re
publican party
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