The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-04-14
CORRUPT AND ROTTEN
CREATURE OF TARIFF
Bold Suggestions Concerning
The Tafts and Attorney
General WickeTSham
(By Associated press.D

(By Associated press)
Washington, April li~In delivering
q soething denunciaion Of tho Ampi-
iran Sugar Refining company. In the
House OF Representatives today Rep.
rcsentative Ralney of Illinois, did not
hesitate to make bold suggestians
concerning that most corrupt and
rotten trust ever created by the pro.
tectiye tariff system and President
Taft, Attorney GeneDal Wickcrsham,
and Henry w. Taft, brother of the
President
Mr. Rainey referred to President
Taft's message sent to congress about
4 year ago in which the President
advised against an investigation OF
the sugar frauds by congress for the
reason tFat 1T might, by giving inn
munity and otherwise, Prove an eul-
arrassment in securing conviction
of the guilty parties"
Reviewing the history OF the su.
gar trust, and especially recent fraud
ulent acts in underwolghing raw SUI
gar for the purpose of defraudlng
the government Of millions OF rev.
enue, Mr.. Rainey said:
Situation In Brief
"The situation in brief Is as fol.
lows Prominent stockholders and
directors Of the sugar trust are In
Grave danger, or at least they were
not long aeo. the doors Of our pen.
itentaries were opening for many OF
them. They have, however, succeed
ed. through their control Of the Re
publican party, in bringing about this
most delightful arrangement:
"The attorney general Of the Unit
cd States was until his appointment
a sugar trust attorney familiar wiiA
the methods of the sugar trust, ey
patby for It's officials in their diff
! culties.
'The general counsel for tho su
gar trust ls an ox.aslslanl attorney
general of tho United states, loya
to the Republican party, familiar
with the methods and with secrets
Of the attorney generals office.
"The brother Of the President o.
/ Jhe United states IS one Of the attor
neys for the sugar trust
y f. Parsons. the father Of the ex
president Of the Now York County Re
publican committee, Is under indici
mcn on account of his otfcn3'
against the law IN philadelphia.
/ and the President Of the lInltc'
4 States has advised against congres
sional investigation Of the suga
trust. for he reason that II nigh
Prove embarrassing
Frauds Committed By Trusts
The last of the frauds commltle
by the sugar trust occurred on tn
20 day of November, 1907 Tho sta
ble running every day and will 500
become a completed bar against an
e. limitations Is criminal prosccn
tons that may be brought, The R'
publican party Is charged with fh
administration Of affairs In thl
House. Two hundred and ninetee
Republican members sit on the othe
side Of this chamber, and since IN
message Of the President Of the Uni
td States was read IN this hous
rot one Of them has lifted his voie
, against The sugar trust or IN fave
Of an Investigation by congress"
In a carefully prepared speech NJ
t Rainey proceeded TO review many i
. oidents In the career Of the mgs
q trust which he declared reached OF
through political parties and CO
rupted men "as no other lay defyif
2 corporation has ever been able to do
"F'or fourteen years, through u
! almost absolute management al
? control of the Republican party d
/ olared Mr.. Rainey, "the sugar 'ru
= has been able to wreck great flna
: cial institutions: II has been able
u shape tariff schedules, through "a
c iff schedules framed 10 suit It's pt
r poses. II has been able 10 steal
directly from the people. and,
Y, briblng Republican officials. 1t b
4 been able to steal directly from q
4 treasury of the United States unto
=. millions Of dollars"
e Scores Republican Party
u II respectfully contend" conclu
q cd Mr.. Rainey, that the Republics
70 majority In this house can not affo
TO longer delay q congressional invt
Y tigation: and the millionaire naiers
II tors who control the sugar trust al
r, who are responsible for the peri
le tration OF these gigantic frauds oug
r, To be held uD to the contempt OF {
IL country. In Pittsburg they ha'
q learned nov 10 reach ihe men high
n up. They simply propose immuni
% to the men whose conviction Is n
important but who are only tools