The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-06-29
Roosevelt Not Anxious
to Pro secute Sugar
Trust He ads.
HAD EVIDENCES;
REFUSED 10 ACT
Story of Former Presidents
Luke-Warmness Toward Big
Offenders Is Told to House
Investigating Committee by
Receiver of Wrecked
Trust Company.

Washington, June 2s.-Because Of
the failure OF the government to prose-
cute former heads OF TIE American
Sugar Refining Company tor the
wrecking OF the Real Estate Trust
Company. of Philadelphia, in the Penn
sylvania Sugar Refining Company deal
! IN 1906. George II. Earle. Jr.. receiver
for the trust COMPANY, before the
House sugar investis at.ng committee,
asserter that former President Theo-
core Roosevelt had lost his preference
FOR large game" The Pennsylvania
refinery was acquired by the American
company and promptly closed
Mir Earle. who declared that he made
repeated efforts to induce the Federal
authorities to take up the case. also
declared that considera ole OF his cor
respondence with Mir Roosevelt in
relation to the case was not communi-
Gated TO the Senate when a resolution
was passed calling for ali papers alr
Earle submitted TO the committee two
letters he said he wrote to Mr. Roose-
welt subsequent to the one bearing
date of September 81. 1906, submitted
to the Senate.
Never Saw Light of Duy.
That letter was not all l wrote TO
Mr.. Roosevelt" said MIR Earle, in re-
Spouse to query by Chairman Hard
the Ugh, of day, and have been able
to find two OF them"
Read them said Mr.. Hardwick
'on October /, 1906, Mr. Earle re-
piled. nothing having been done by
the government in this case. ! wrote
another letter to Mr.. Roosevelt"
Here the witness began reading a
copy of that letter. in which he said
being n aiumnus of Harvard, as was
Mr.. Roosevelt. that L began to labor
under the horrible suspicion that this
might prove the first occasion upon
which 20 asked assistance OF so and
did not get it," The remainder Of the
! letter follows:
Seriously. mean still seriously. the
! matter of the wrecking OF the Real
! Estate Trust Company by the Sugar
Trust, If justice should be done. needs
the promptest attention from the At
torney General l have seen a number
of conspirators who wrecked this in
stitution for the benefit and at the
instigation of the Sugar Trust. and I
am in myself a magazine of evidence
against them but while we have been
waiting and doing nothing others have
been intensely active and these very
persons who were hot 10 help me are
now withholding all documents and
evidence at their command. If we
could have jointly acted a little earlier
we might have gotten some original
papers which we greatly need. and
may find 1t very difficult to do so now;
but have copies and can prove them,
although not all the facts that es-
tablish the infamy of this conspiracy.
1t has often happened that you
have been able to punish the oppres-
sors of the public. but there has really
been no occasion where there has been
substantial evidence against so many
of the first rank; and I totally mis-
Judge your character If you have lost
your preference for large game"
Hnd Lost His Preference.
MFR. Roosevelt had lost his prefer
ence for large game and I was mis-
taken" declared Mr.. Earle when he
concluded He then read another let
ter which he wrote to Mr.. Roosevelt
under date of October 81. 1906 In
this letter. after apologizing for his
Importantly. he said:
81 thought that the case that had
come to my attention in the perform
ance of an unsought trust, both might
enable the government to enforce a
most important statute hitherto I'M
used and at the same time demon
strate that the oft-made assertion OF
the trust that they were but techni-
cally. not morally. guilty of crime.
was untrue. When men. for pecunia ry
ends. violate one class Of laws they do
| not stop at infringing others; but
when they so charge that the govern
ment is prosecuting them for making
| more necessary arrangements. It Is
| difficult to prove the untruth of their
assertion. And so. when I found a
| case of first impression where they
! was proof of what l consider pure
| viilainy. / thought 1t my duty to lay
| ii directly before you. And I have. or
! had no other end to serve.
81 have followed your suggestion
and visited the Attorney-General, who
| In turn referred me to Mr.. Purdy at
which 1 greatly rejoiced For. unless
| I have misread his character he is in
| teiligent, fearless and devoted to the
! performance of his duty. I think he
now understands the Importance OF
! this case: AID so I am content. and
! wish to thank you for whatever trou-
! BILE you may have been put to by my
/ appeal to you.
Mr.. Lar'e declared he had not talk ed
! with Attorney General Moody because
| the latter had been appointed to the
Supreme Court bench. and could not
/ undertake the case. He had seen AS
sistant Attorney General Purdy, ex
| planned the case to him, and thought
that the government was going to
press the case
Wanted All Details.
"Purdy told me-" said Mr. Earle.
that he wanted all the details. I
gave them to him. After he heard
them he jumped up and said: Wen
send them all to JAIL He said they
! wanted to get the best man in the
United States as special counsel In
| the case. and asked mo how James
NJ. Beck, former associate attorney
| general. would do, said l thought
he would be all right
That was before Mr., Beck became
counsel for tho American Sugar Re