New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-27

Neither Heike nor his counsel knew
that the government had copies of the
the secretary's private correspondence
The documents We're well on the way to
being read before the counsel recovered
enough to object. The objection was
overruled. The Turner letter follows;
/ spoke TO Mr.. Thomas the other day IN
reference to a change we wish to make In
your melting account in order to have II
conform with the melting accounts OF Itie
other refineries, and which VIII ihcIiitate
the comparison Of the workings OF our se'
eral houses. ...-,i
years ago. when we founo t hat - qo,,2s5
of sugar melted at our ref1nerleS snoM N
larger losses in weight than II was rea
sonable to expect That the dlfferehcs We" e.,
not due TO actual losses was SnoWn , y!
the technical statements, which Frequently
gave large gains in the percentaSe OF 81 81
tallizable sugar. If you have Io3 loon hoS %
noticed the same at the Boston rennerE-
The month of July showed q Gainn, VI TV'''
September +o.Sl and OCTOBER 10. u,SS causes
First. the desire of the superintendents 20
make as good showing of thelr Mo ni s,ns
as possible Second. to the nberal WeiSntS
and tares which we receive from the Gus
tom House. and which or Gourss' Cv,eton
not undertake to correct. Lho osI,,1 as a
House weights are geneIdhS 'a
basis for the MEETINGS ,,a rroner
To charge the MEETINGS on lle Flo ass
basis. We have adopted the 1oa O,,,naTe the
nIimber, of pounds reported as melted WI VII
the actual humber for which we palu I az Az
If there is any difference l 'ii''
melting account follows: .;-++
/. on sugars bought on LANDED. WeIsn u;
refinery is charged with the fuil hu'ii'ei "
pounds for which we have pald. III.
2 On sugars bought on invoice NelS
that is on invoices from foreign countries
| allow to the refinery 49, ,s,,t.
(a) On Java sugars loss OF per gu,
that is n the refinery weight would snow
a loss of per cent. add the pei 'eh'
to the MEETINGS a., invoices
If which are~rendered In Spanish pounds;
7 allow the refinery the difference oetWeeI
Spanish and American pounfa ,SI, nnn nb Of
rounds for which we have paid III,
fe1 sugars from English west inaia
Islands Jamaica, Antigua. baloau' 49,
I allow loss of L per cent -
1fS On beet sugars allow loss OF ..
-,ere those changes in the office in New
work. and I do not alter the accounts AZ
the refinery. as 1t does nor seem 70 iI
desirable that there shoula d, oe tM1 one
cot for instance. representing the CuStoll,
House weight on which duty is paid ana
another set Ste Gep 21T9ber Of pounds
r. S,,II he most convenient for you after
vo,r statement of raw sugar IleltSu nc -
Ses-, con1pIeted to add these dinerenceS 70
eocb lot The correction of the technl"al
ststement l shall make here in New horh'
Tn a. long letter to Gerbracht regarding
the destruction of records of weights. the
first paragraph refers especially TO the
case on trial Mention Is made OF one
cargo in a ship which the captain re-
norted had been nearly scuttled, but in
which the water had not quite reached
the sugar There was a claim on this
cargo because of damage due to rough
weather. The paragraph TO which the
government counsel attaches significance
follows:
The clerk of the insurance inspectors who
went over to your refinery to see the weight
report that the weight books had all been
DESTROYED and when he expressed surprise
flat they could not be seen by HIM ne was
told that il would require special annex
10 he huiIt If we were to keep the weight
looks for inspection. AS the Indiana did
not arrive until September Is. which was
annex would be very small to keep weight
books for ten days; and as there were no
duties paid on these sugars, there couin
under no circumstances be any narm III
showing the weights. as there could be no
comparison with Custom House weights.
There was a letter from Gerbracht to
Jeil.e which. the prosecution held, con-
tradicted counsel for the defence, who
said that the tables did not necessarily
show the raw melted returns. The let
ter said:
"The averages we give you for each
month represent naturally the sugars
we make out of the raw melted that
month
In the red ink tables. which in signifi
canoe are rated at the top by the prose-
cution, the following show the differ
ences. the last column. according 10 the
counsel for the government. represent
ing the underweight due to the manipu-
1ation Of the scales.
Original In red ink.
,aoe weight. Added weight.