Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-11-27
ps SAYS the Western Companies
Nave Nothing to Fear From
An Investigation.
,ssuROITY OF PRESS YARNS
-, of philippine and Cuban Compe-
dtion the Cause of Cessation oil
Building New Plants.

,.to5 for an opinion on a distorted
.,.i IN The Tribune" which was
a,.d today in regard 10 charges
1e In the cleveland. Ohio. press
a.p,,g senator's Aldrich and Smoot IN
.,sstiopal attempt to head or
susar trust Investigation before
y. ,ts the local sugar companies,
e,ns,or smoot over the long distance
,.nhone from his home in Provo this
.rrlnq declared that the news con-
lined IN the entire story was a collec-
.an NJ facts distorted out Of all SEM
,,,r.e 10 the actual He said:
9TH. several Utah. Idaho and all
49, v.estern sugar companies VIII
o.ut t,hi,, he investigated II IL is
,,,Sht necessary by the department.
~ t.fjce TO carry the investigation
~, far II DO does, the Otah ana
,1sho sugar companies have nothing
e. FEAR and the Investigators VIII De
,flcomed They can find nothing but
lean records. for there are no others.
senator Smoot referred TO parts or
srsecb on the floor Of the senate,
,rbicb senator Clay did not answer,
,5nittine that some stock in the
,'esfern companies was held by the
s,ser trust. but he denied this morn
ine As he did at the time OF his
sreech that lt held the control OF all
Inc western companies.
ia the statement made that the
.,iornon hierarchy and the trust are
A. league and control SO per cent of
ne beet sugar production in the
United states senator smoot replied
maj such a statement was too aO-
rlrd on lbs face TO need cOntradictlng.
me sugar factories Of Utah and Idaho
are but few in number and their
output small compared with those OF
colorado. California and Michigan.
The great beet sugar producing states
of the Union. what stock the trust
might own In the factories of these
states. he did not know, but certainly
The Utah PEOPLE referred 10 as the
hierarchy had no interest In them
whatever.
senator Smoot had at the time he
made his speech upon the subject of
suaar on the floor OF the senate. a
eompete list Of the stockholders of the
western companies, which, had Senator
Clay deemed II eSpedient 70 answer
Senator Shoots speech. he would have
essFed TO the public on the legislative
for 10 b. made OF record. Senator
Clay however RETAINED from letting
down he bars
senator smoot declared that the
statement that the consent OF the "hier-
hfchy' had been necessary before any
new sugar plants were built was almost
100 EVIDENT al the production Of hair
brain to need a statement to the con-
iary. The reason new sugar compa-
HES have not been built Is the fear
he west entertains, and rightfully, that
irec sugar from the Philippines and
The prospect Of free sugar e'on Cuba
would seriously threaten the beet sugar
Industry lie said:
IL It were not for this condition, the
vest could In % years supply the en-
Tire United states with sugar But IL
" were 10 have unlimited free sugar
ron both the Philippines and from
tuoa the one 10 furnish the supply to
~ ne western demands and the other
o hl the eastern demands, not many
pope In my opinion would want much
money Invested in the western beet
hsaf companies IL was a desire TO
protect these interests that dec ided the
PRESIDENT and Congress to limit the
.iporn Of Philippine sugar 10 800 900
Tons per annum.
referring 10 the statement made that
ne attorney general has a stenographic
lspet OF the proceedings Of the board
directors or the sugar trust Of an
Eliminating nature. senator Smoot
s1'a mat he did not know whether he
"a On not but II he has, he declared
.Ignauc,lly that such a report could
.ss no shadow on the western COM
ras The Tribune's alleged "spe-
n. vas read 10 Senator Smoot over
~ telephone and this reading Of II.
.Nu' was the first he had known
existence as he made Il rule
W 70 read the carnations OF that
l "a any other journalistic sensa-