The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-06-11
FRANKLY SAYS
DOESN' 7 KNOW
House Committee Questions
United States District AttOr-
ney Henry A. Wise.
SUGAR TRUST CASES
SUBJECT OF INQUIRY
Importers Alleged TO Have
Been Treated With Leniency
by the Government.
BY Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
WASHINGTON. June Io,--Henry
4 Wise. United States district attor.
npv Of New York, frankly admitted 10
the house committee on expenditures In
The department. of Justice today mat
he could not say why ii WAS that the
government had been content merely
TO collect duties in The sugar fraud
cases and had not seized and confis.
Gated the millions of dollars worth o1
sugar involved in the frauds
When Mr.. Wise specifically was
asked why the sugar itself bad not
been declared forfeited to the govern
ment, he said:
~ am unable to answer that ques
ton. because the policy of the govern
ment had been determined before | be,
came district attorney: don want
10 reflect on any one, but say that j
have exacted a pound of flesh IN every
instance where have been CON
cerned. y
Remark by Mr.. Beall.
Chairman Beall said he had noticed
that women and others who tried to de
fraud the government were usually re
quired Ia forfeit their imports and he
considered il a great misfortune that
the sugar importers had not been
treated likewise.
Mr.. Wise, in discussing another phase
of the sugar prosecutions IN New York
said every man ''hIgher up who could
he reached had been proceeded against
81 think President Havemcyer OF
the American Sugar Refining company
could have been prosecuted and con
viuced, SAID Mr.. Wise. Mr.. lave
never died shortly after the frauds
were discovered.
Other officers of the sugar corporation
in Mr. Havemeyer S day were alluded
to by Mr. Wise as mere mannlkinS.
Chairman Beall al this point ques-
toned Mr.. Wise As to The recent in
dictment of cotton SPECTATORS on
charges Of attempting TO corner the
cotton market.
The Cotton Indictment.
Mr. Wise said the reason the sec
end Indictment against the cotton buy
ers was withheld from July to Deccm.
Der was tha; ono OF the men undet
indictment was oa: of tne country. He
testified thai the indicted men we're
charged with dealing with not more
than one thirty fifth of the entire sup
Ply.
M BeaIT wanted TO know why So
much activity had been manifested
against the men who had dealt in SO
small quantity OF commodity. while
no stops had been taken toward legal
proceedings against tie officials Of the
Standard Oil, tobacco or steel corpora
lions. Mr.. Wiss explained tha; until
very recently interpretations of She
Sherman anti trust law We're conflict
ing
Favoritisp Denied
District Attorney Wise denied that
any fsvoritism was shown hv his ofiic"
to the brokers or spinnsrs who were
interested in keeping down the price
of cotton as compared with that shown
10 those who were endeavoring 10 keep
up The price.
Attorney Ernest f. Baldwin. legal
representative Of cotton merchants in
New York. old The committee he had
moral conviction that none Of the
government S information about the
pool came from any Of his clients.
'' will say. added Mr. Wise, "thai
half of the information that comes to
the district attorneys Office is obtained
from squealers. When they want pro.
lection they come 10 the government.
Mr.. Wise added lie would prosecute
the bears .iust as soon as he was
furnished with proof against those in
his jurisdiction
Mr., Baldwin contradicted several
statements accredited TO an affidavit
made by s +. Tanner Of Charlotte,
\. g., in regard 10 IN attempt 10 secure
AR. Tanner a u government witness in
the prosecution of the ''bulls. Mr..
Baldwin claimed he did not pretend TO
Mr.. Tanner that he was able, on behalf
of Attorney General Wickersham, to
assure Mr.. Tanner OF immunity shonld
he testify.
He acted as a messenger for Mr..
Rhodestrum OF the department of JUS
tice in conveying TO Mr.. Tanner an
cff mn g = ho a.
accept him as vii ness