| Show PRESIDENT TAfT AND SUGAR fRAUDS Sends Special Message to House Regarding a Congressional Investigation of Them ThemIS IS INEXPEDIENT AT PRESENT Takes in to I h o Only Vo o M r Chen WI Ki MI MINot Nut Not Acting Aeling In ht l Hh Washington say May t President Taft Taftt lent ent t a petal 1 to the tIM house haul of r tir t toda teda to tell tall why y h he considers a con r lion of or n the fI frauds ud In h he heto eve cue torn tome to service Inexpedient It Is Ja h he MM old because a t Investigation t at al the tb time would embarrass emba th the executive department In Inthe Inthe the continuance and completion of nt the th Investigation of ot the tIM appraisers appraisers and nd other of th the customs custom service The presidents reply Ply was to 10 a re resolution reo resolution solution pared pad In the th house April 14 11 calling on him to state stat tAI hi h has l reasons reason for not wishing a ion as he h had Intimated In tn hi his men me nit sage at the opening of nf the Ih session Ion The president dent did not lose an n op opportunity 1 to tell the th houw ho when 1 e congressional Ional Investigation atlon was wa nerea n nI nA wry sary I A WON LIC POR Fog THE HOtE HOI BE BEThe The necessity for congressional In Investigation he wrote arise art when hn an n executive investigation to Ie I either not In good faith or lacking In vigor or when additional legislation ta M needed to 10 prevent a recurrence of lit the fraud frauds The primary duty with respect to fraud In th the executive service falls on the executive eJ to direct proper exe folie executive legislation and nd upon the dis dle discovery dl covery ovel of fraud and nd crime to direct t judicial Investigation to 10 recover whet what Is Ic I due to the tb government and ind to 10 bring to justice julice th the I Ie i iThe iThe The e report of the secretary a t 1 the Ih treasury end and nd th the attorn shows bowa beyond question the utmost vigor and nd effectiveness In the Ih Investigation gallon gation Uon and prosecution up to 10 this Ihl time and ami nd the whining achieving of exceptional exception re N results result Nulta ulta sult In the recovery of nf moneys mone of had bad been Men de defrauded defrauded which the government I fraud the Indictment of participant participants pant pants In the th Ih frauds fraud and In th the Iha re rs reformation formation of or the custom service with witha I a view 1 to 10 the UI prevention of ot such auch frauds fraud In the future I The Th danger daner of or taming granting Immunity to any offenders through a congressional Investigation the Ih president pointed fainted out nut was wan still HP lie 11 re referred r referred to in n the th case a e of r He li Ile 1 fei sern n r larv larr of r f the he vf ar William Lorimer of Illinois Accused of Buying iN e ki kik S G k p r M let Ile rr 9 t tea 1 M k Dr Ap A r m SENATOR WILLIAM LORIMER LORINER I I I n nn company who ho h wan was summoned before th the granil rand jury during the Ih sugar com corn company pany parrys alleged connection with Ith a s scorn combination corn violating the Sherman antitrust act and pleaded Immunity While the th supreme court coun refuNd refused to topa par pans pa on the claiming It did not properly come before betor It the Ih petal president dent Indicates Ind leat that tbt th the point Is I left lett to 10 be raised ral In the event of a conviction conviction tion of Helke Heike If It was wan 11 to Investigate the th and nd appraisers appraiser offices office It would haw have h to go about bout getting such uch expert evidence as I now being gathered the thO president said eald and will willbe willbe willbe be sent nt to Congress Conr as r soon a as the present Investigation Is le I at an end WHAT HEPBURN Former Fornier Representative W I 1 P Hep Hepburn lie liebum Hepburn burn bum of ot Iowa appeared before batoN the house hour hou committee on expenditures expenditure In Inthe Inthe the Ih treasury department today tod and nd related lat 1 detail of or an Investigation which as a Holl of the treasury d 4 de department he h conducted onI Id Into lot affairs In Inthe inthe the Ih N SW New York Turk list stoma ms office e In 1 1 I In ht which hh he h dip condition nn similar to thoe Ihn recently unearthed I regarding the weighing or of f sugar Mr 11 r I Hepburn Investigation were fr mil inn mods li during durin President Harrison x administration adminis administration and nd there thre have hv been b charges that his hi report reports were held up Mr statements statement are r added adIM Importance by hy reason reann of f the h fact fa t that several even ral resolutions resolution are pHI petel Ins Ing for a congressional Investigation of ot conditions condition In la the United States State Hlat cu us u toms tom offices office Mr Hepburn found that Ihal sugar ur refiner re refiners finer finers were wre willing to In pay ay their Im tm Import Import port pre duties dU from weights of ot the gov government IJ government scalp scales 1 but refused to sell cell n sugar ugar on the Ihl same ems m scales scale Indicating that the government scale were wre short hurt |
