Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1920-06-04

the rumor that the federal traa "
missicn was going to make an N esth
cation Of the affairs Of the Utah-Idaho
Sugar company. and " So. upon what
basis and for what reason. Think OF
my surprise when he told me that he
had no doubt the investigation would
be made some time before the next
election. and among other causes as
signed was the one that II would help
TO defeat Inc for reelection. could
not see how any investigation could
possibly affect me, for l have never
been an officer OF the company.
have nothing to do with its manage
ment: have never done anything for
the company that would not willingly
have done for any other business or
ganizatlon in the United States, that
own but 40 shares of the capital
stock OF the company, valued even to-
day at 50 per share, and the same
came to me through the purchase at
public sale of about seventy-six shares
Of the stock once owned by my fathers
holdings came by my subscribing $500
to build sugar factory at Dewey.
Idaho. which proved failure and was
dismantled and removed to Utah by
the Ctah-ldaho Sugar company, after
which | received stock In the Utah
Idaho Sugar company for my stock in
vested In the sugar factory Mt Dewey,
Idaho; that | never bought a share OF
the stock other than the seventy-six
shares already mentioned that have
never sold share of the stock of the
company in my life and that the divi.
dend l receive from the company is
81 a month.
Dropped Matter From Mind.
80. under these conditions, l paid
no more attention to the matter until
yesterday, when received informa-
tion of a telegram that had been sent
from Salt Lake City by one George
A.. Sanders to Attorney w. II. Beer Of
the federal trade commission at Rigby.
Idaho, to which l will call the senate's
attention later. Senators will remem-
WI ihu' iboN DtNfthbCl Nbtitd thO
tention Of the senate to the fact that
the attorney general had fixed the
price at which the producers of beet
sugar could sell their sugar at 10h
cents per pound, while at the same
time he allowed the cane sugar pro
ducers of Louisiana TO sell their sugar
at IL cents per pound.
Mr.. President" said Senator Smoot,
this is the program, and / shall wait
and see whether it meets with the APP
proval of the members of the federal
trade commission or has received the
sanction Of the attorney general. II
begins TO look to me as II Gen. Rich
ard W. Young knew what he was talk
ing about when shortly before his
death, he informed me what he heard
was to take place In connection with
an investigation OF the Utah-Idaho
Sugar company.
young was one, IL not the leading,
Democrat in my state.
"Shame upon officials OF depart
ment OF the government that have lent
themselves to such action. | think |
know the people of Utah well enough
to know that this sort Of politics will
never be countenanced and IL the Off
Gals at Washington are acting in the
matter upon the advice Of politicians
of the State of Utah, their action will
not assist in any way in my defeat or
their success" he concluded.
Sanders Admits Sending kilograms.
Salt Lake City, May 26.-George r..
Sanders, interviewed here. said: The
kilograms were private matter.
There must have been a leak on the
! telegraph wire. l didn't give them
out" This was the only comment Mfr.
Sanders would make.