Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 53, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 December 1908 — UNCLE SAM SHORT [ARTICLE]

UNCLE SAM SHORT

Testimony Is "Doctored” Beales Wars Furnished by Sugar Company. New York, Dec. 4.—Testimony tn the suits instituted by the government to recover customs duties aggregating $3,624,121, the payment of which is alleged to hjive been evaded by the American Sugar Refining company, was to the effect that the scales used to weight sugar unloaded in Brooklyn had been tampered with in such a manner that every lot weighed fell short of full weight. The scales were equipped with a secret device and loaned to the government by the sugar people.