Show I I TRANSACTIONS OF BROKERS IN INN N V EXAMiNED l Great Secrecy Has Mark Mark- Marked Marked ed Investigation By ByU U S Men DATA REQUESTED Qu Question tion of Business Ethics Involved In Inquiry I II I NEW YORK April U 14 The I RO investigation 0 of high price ot sugar which had been upon the transactions the New York Tork and sugar 01 chance ci-chance change during February was wid- wid wid coed today to In Include lude all au tion I In sugar in the period bo- bo bot bo t een January 1 and April 1 I 1923 the past two woks weeks It was today on rood good authority ot oC the department of ot justice e been the l February ebru ary transactions ot oC several of ot tn largest brokers and dealers In sus- sus ue-ars ue paying particular attention to the names and addresses of ot ot sugar contracts The In- In In Inquiry quilY has been carried on QUietlY and was known only to the concerned and their customers whose hose permission was in most cases before their names were dl- dl closed du-closed closed to the th O Greatest secrecy has been ob- ob observed ob observed served by the government and nu to the nature or 01 scope cop ot th tha had bad been obtained until un- un until til 7 today Today the th Inquiry was broaden broaden- broadened ed cd to Include all aU transactions In In the first quarte rhe nd-rhe list o ot brokers o of tile thoM Io w York Tork coffee and sugar ex- ex ex exchange chan change e received letters from Da A L LEsperance special assistant 0 I Attorney General Daugherty rb- rb r Questing detailed information of ot au I transactions durIng that period promptly as possible I rhe Th letters also expressed the th de- de desire de desire sire o of the gO In ors ors to have the names and address addresses es of ot the customers o of the firms ad- ad addressed ad addressed dressed Ther Thele was no hint 0 j compulsion lon in the letters L IA QUI STION While the sugar brokers dIscussing the business ethics In- In In Involved 01 ed In a disclosure of ot their thell lu cus customers 1 names without their p- p pei mission an agent of the depart depart- department depart ment I ment of 0 justice justic visited the floor of the exchange and Invited several to present themselves It brokers the office of United State Stat District Attorney Hayward next t Mond-as Mond I morning Se Several eral o of the brokers went to toI volk on their books compiling thO I dah requested by the department o justice while others belle believed ed that It tak some time for thern to Rather gather the Information and put I It In shape shap no |