Bisbee daily review., 1910-02-27
EFFORTS To Be
MADE TOFORCE
RULES REPORT
Congress Determined to go Af-
ter Higher Ups" in Sugar
Weighing Frauds and Com
pei Committee to get Busy,
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WASHINGTON. Feb. 26.-Within
two weeks an attempt viii be made in
the House to force the Committee on
Rules, OF which Uncle Joe" Cannon
is chairman. TO max a report upon
one OF the resolutions providing for
an investigation Of the sugar trust
| scandal by congress. Several such
measures. it will be recalled. were in
trodueed soon after the present ses-
| sion convned.
Not only have the Democrats. but
some of those Republicans who on
previous occasions have rebelled at
/ the policies Of the Cannon-Dalzeil
steering committee of the Hose. will
insist that since recent developments
New York have indicated that the
m "kigher-up" in the sugar weigh
ng frauds are not TO be prosecuted.
4 Congressional probe ought to pro
eed without further delay.
Those who desire the invesug ioh
ieclare that il is an insult to the
lational intelligence Tor the Uniled
States government to take the posi-
ien that S1S-a-week weighers and
checkers on the sugar docks would
steal S3.434 .304 from the government
and lay themselves liable 70 peniten-
tiary sentences, without the kEowI-
edge of their employers And il is
hF employers. ard not the hirelings,
they contend. who are the most guilty.
A unique feature of the situation is
that the President is mainly response
bic for the side-tracking Of the inves-
ugation. II viii be recalled that IA
his message to Congress. on Dec. Z,
1909, he advised against a probe. tax
ing the position that il might give i'm
munity and otherwise prove an en-.
barrassment" in securing conviction
of the guilty parties in New York.
At the same time this message was
delivered the movement for a Con-
gressional probe vas well under way.
So loudly had a couple of the Repub-
licans cried for an investigation that
| they were disinclined to abandon the
project even at the suggestion Of tho
President Taft These few PROCESS
Tvs and insurgents were called to the
White House. The President strong
ly urged them to abandon further ag-
itation OF the subject. What reasons
he gave aside from those mentioned
In mis- message the public does not
| know Vt. The sugar trust is a gooo
camgaign-fund contributor. Perhaps
that had something to do with it.
| Anyway those few Repb,icans who
had been agitating for an investoga-
| ion by Congress gradually turned
heir attention to other things. 1t
ooked ike the sugar scandal had
been successfully bottled and corked
But since Dec.7 there have been
ivelopments which have convinced
| close observers that the government
going to be content with the inn
prisoament Of a few minor employees
Iere is what the record shows as to
he Sugar Trust weighing frauds
| Splitter. the trusts dock superin-
I sndent. has been sent to the Atlanta
prison for two years; four S1S-a-week
government s~Sar checkers have been
| each; Bendernagel. the Williamsburg |
cashier, is awaiting retrial: Heike. |
he trust secretary, is under indict-
ment; the sugar trust has made res
tuition to the government OF 81 .000,- |
900 of stolen duties; refunds by the
National Sugar Refining company !
and ArbuckIes makes the total l
amount stolen from the government |
80. .434. .304.
But not one of the really big men
of the sugar trust has been brought
10 bar. much less convicted
The sugar trust made a scapegoat
OF me- said Splitter. the trusts dock
superintendent after receiving his
two years sentence. Il was sacri-
fed so that the big men might save
their own skins. The government
cried for a victim and the sugar tFusi
answered by sacrificing me and four
s1S-a-week checkers. None OF US were
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