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Show SUGAR PROBE WILL SHOW FRAUD WASHINGTON. Dec. 30 "When the grand Jury now Investigating the sampling of sugar at New Orleans finishes fin-ishes its work, it will bo found that the frauds against tho government tkorc have been going on for at lea.nt 15 years." ' This statement was made today by an official of tho customs service, who said that all the suspected frauds would be found in the sampling of suar and in the polarlsooplc t"-st. which determines tho -acchnrlno con- tents upon which the inu'rter pays duty. An investigation of alleged "drawback" "draw-back" tvauds at San Francisco is also imminent. A preliminary Investigation Investiga-tion has furnished evidence which leads treasury officials to be lieve the frauds there will eclipse those at New York, which tho American Suc-ar Suc-ar Refining company recently offered to settle for $7u0.000. Evidence collected by the customs service Is said to show that tho government gov-ernment has for years been paying "draw-backs" on Philippine sugar which came into the United States duty-free, was used in tho preservation preserva-tion of California fruit, and later reported re-ported as sugar Imported from Java, on which duty had been paid. |