The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1910-12-12
In the Annual Report o ths
Attorney General to
the Congress
ACTIoNs ARE PENlDIly9
Against a List Of the Lead
ing Combines and Sew
eraI Are Fined.

eral Are Fined
WASHINGTON. D. G.. Dec i2
The annual report OF Attorney GeEs
eral Wickersham presented to Con-
gress today is one long story of
frauds against the government
Trusts. so-called and real their
alleged conspiraG:es 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 atronuous year In the hIsa
tory OF the department OF ustlee
Mr.. Wickersham states than only the
earnest and enthusiasts work OF the
men of his force has made the work
successful.
The salaries paid are smell, he
says. land the funds available for
special counsel do not permit tho
payment OF fees which bear any cons
parison with those offered by pri-
vate interests. But notwithstandi
these Obstacles, the department. is
fortunate in having been able to SCI
cure the services OF earnest and cons
petent lawyers, to whose ability and
industry are due the very large
measure OF success that has attend
ed the management of the Regal bust
ness of the government during the
year.
prosecutions for Violations OF the
antitrust law were foremost In the
work of the year. Actions. says the
attorney general, are now under way
or pending against the following soy
called trusts:
Tobacco trust.
STANDARD Oil Company.
Sugar trust.
Hartman lines.
Coal trust.
Terminal Railway Association q
lst Louis.
Towing trust on the Great lakes
James "A. Patton and others for ais
legged corner In cotton.
Beef trust.
wholesale grocers trust.
Butter and egg trust
Brick t-ust.
Bath tub trust.
The following convictions were 50.
cured and fines imposed during the
year:
Paper trust fined $4,000
Night riders fined $500.
Window glass trust fined $4,000:
After the attorney generals report
came from the press, however, the
American Naval Stores COMPANY,
known as the Turpentine trust, and
six co-defendants were convicted OF
,4.1.Aio.. - tI,a outF-f.,1st lavV FlHvIn
Of the Individual defendants were
sentenced to three months each In
jail and fines aggregating $14,5O0
were imposed.
Prosecutions of the Sugar trust
for frauds upon. the government IN
the weighing of raw sugar recovered
for the government SO, 1876 SO
lConvictions and sentence OF indlyldT
uals, still fresh in the public mind.
were secured.
Most extensive OF all frauda
against the government yet dtscoY-
cred, are those in the undervalua-
tIons of Imports into the United
States. The extent OF the treasury
losses can only be conjecutred, 1y-
cry step of the investigation shows
fresh frauds.
There are now suits under way to
recover 100000 OF which the GUS
toms revenue is said to have 9been
defrauded In imports of cheese and
ags from the Mediterranean ports,
indictments are pending and some
convictions have been secured
highly organized system to de
fraud the government has been dis
closed.
More than thirty individual tndict7
ments are pending against PERSONS
charged with smuggling with
sleeper trunks Offers Of com-
promised and prayers for Immunity
are in the hands of the attorney gems
eraI from several firms OF importers
who have confessed to frauds Ia un-
ldervaluations.
'sThe conditions disclosed seem 70
indicate a very general practice Of
iundervaIuations, says the attorney
general, ':and avery lax administra-
ton of the customs laws in the past,
which has subjected the government
to a very material loss OF revenue.
A general Investigation into the siib-
Fy.,,,d,, -1,Iy mr., a et,t has