The sun., 1910-05-10
HOUSE TO KEEP OUT OF SUGAR
TAFT ADVISES AGAINST SPB-
CIAL IN0CLRY.
other investigations Are nelnG Carried
Forward win EnegEy and IN Goed
Pain. Ne says m special Message
Net Rlght % interfere New.

Faith. Ne says IN special Message
Net Rlght 20 Interfere New.
WASHINGTON. May s-Presidsht Taft
sent a message 20 Congrcss to-day telling
why it would h. insxpedisnt a. this time
10 have a Cohgreasional Investigation
into the customs frauds
The Presidents message was e. follows;
10 The House Of Representative:
'On April II your House adopted the
following resolution:
Rssoired. That the President b. and is
hereby requested 70 inform the Houae.
" not Incompatible with the public interest.
what facts, u any. nov exist, which make
lnaxpediont a thorough examination a.
tAis time by the Houae of Representatives
Of the Frauds IN tbs customs service men
toned BY the President In his annual mes
aage 70 the Congress at this session
I beg herewith 10 enclose a Joint re-
port Of the Secretary Of tho Treasury
and the Attorney General showing eH-
actly what has been done by them and by
their RbordinAtes and ths present state
of fact In the matter of the investigation
Of tho frands In the customs service men
toned by me IN my annual message
This report shows that the Executive
Investigation and tho Investigation by
tho Grand Jury for the purpose of bringing
the guilty persons to justice are not yet
cO"pi''o' ie u~ne'I " hl-.ie h.1e -
nuntty by a Congresslonal investigator
while tho Rxecutive and Grand Jury IN
veatiRationa and trials are proceeding
4 still a serious one This n sufictently
Illustrated bV the case OF Charles X.
Weire referred to IN tna raDort OF the
secretary Of tha Treasury and the AttorA
nav. General Heike L lha secretary of
the Auoevican Rliear R@fninR Company.
and |. the highest ofacial of the company
said 10 ba implicated In the frauds. excopt
ies late nregideDt "A ID HaVemever. who
49, tvo yreslrs amer the first discovery
ol the frauda
sIn the Investigation before the Grand
I,rv a. 10 whether the American Sugar Re-
aninS ComnSnv h now a partv 10 an H.
legal combination under the Sherman anti
,r,,st a. peiEe wss sumponed of8cially
so ,rod,cs oertain documents and furnish
oertain information rsapsctinR the inquiry
nnrlsr thS Snti-tr,lef Iaw. m the trial Of
the indicernent found aRanat him for COM
nlicifV in the frauds on the revenue
sfisrt.d n, ~. false weighing Of sugar.
NJ siled .pecial ploa In Claiming immunity
frorn the nro.ertItion OF the Indictment
~ reaaoo N hia evidence before the Grand
I,,rv IN the auti-trtlet caae His plea was
ovreryI,lei In The circuit Court buf the
ouestion was carried to the supreme
fourt which rnhiaed 10 Da.a on Il because
!, - n,s ,,rornrlv, befare the oo,irf now
Il. vinS /, dfill to he raised in the event Of
4 conviction upon APPEAL from the iudR-
r,ent Of the Circuit Court.
-The INVESTIGATION INTO and prosecutiou
~ ths fra,,ds M the vrpiRhern oylee are now
nsarlv oomnlete. though there are 4 num-
heT az indictments vet untried. The execu-
tive and judicial inVe~fiRatora into the
frauda In he Apurniser's offica. however.
arn atiIl urooeedinR n will take a con-
aidarnbls time 10 complete them. Il nav
- added that the oharacter of the inveati-
RationS irto the wei ehers and appraisers
Co.. 1. s,,ch that a CongreIaiobal com
n,ittcs v,oul5 havs 10 yyaf upon such az
1890 seSroh a. Il now prooaeiinR 10
1oSle elsar the frauda. The Grand Jurv
i-,--sts-ssion NO the rharge al ,olnfry.
- -,,ror.,i,y agsIn-f tha raAning cora.
nsnv n heine nre-~ei WITH viggr. blIt
~. ..,,id.-cs H y, yoi,funinot,. a1d vride-
s,r.sd IN al II h nacs~anriiv mloV
sThe Urinary duty with respect 20
fr.,,ss i, tbe executive s..Tytce falls upon
fhe Fxec,1tive 10 direct proper sxecutive
investigafion and upon the discovery Of
The fraud and crime 10 direct judicial
invessi gation for the purpoae Of the re-
covering what is due the Government
ana Of the bringing 20 Justice the guilty
peraone Il is further the duty on the
Executive 20 ma ke such executive changes
in the service. both hv removal Of iHaf-
Rc5ent civil seryants and by changes in
offcial methods. a. will render 4 recrr-
renos Of fraud lees possible
The necessity for Congressional in
vestiQntion arisez first when executive
investiRnt non IL either not In aood faith
or h RckinE IN vixor. and second. when
Additional legislation Is needed 70 uro-
vide new safeguards % prevent a recur-
renos of the frauds A further advantage
of Congressional investigation is that Il
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