The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-07-19

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beets, sugar and pulp. This beir
true, and the old company being CO..
WINGED that it has always treate
people. right there now appears
necessity for the independent sug;
companies to come in and spur tt
old one to activity and to install tt
improved machinery and put it
making sugar, as they did at Rigb
Lessons Learned in Court
When the whole truth of the col
duct of the Utah-Idaho Sugar con
pany is revealed, relative to the
opposition to the independent con
pany conducted by the beet grower
the influence of that company wi
take exactly the place in the pet
pies minds and operations that it d.
serves by its record. l am an eal
nest advocate Of the principle e.
pressed in the saying, Chicken
come home to roost," and there al
a whole flock of chickens comm
home to the Utah-Idaho Sugar con
pany unless they spring lot of sui
prises in their rebuttal testimon
before the close of the Investigate
now being conducted by the feders
trade commission. 1t seems to m
the principle involved in their OF
erations is illustrated by the fo
lowing story of how certain othe
firms came and went in the Snak
river valley generation ago:
History of Other Companies
In 1880 Bergman & Rogers an
Charles Bunting of Blackfoot an
Lyman & Wallace of Salt Lake Cit
built steel bridge over Snake rive
west of Blackfoot, and operated /
as toll bridge.
Charles Bunting had all the for
warding business at Blackfoot, which
means that he had control of al
goods shipped into Blackfoot to b,
hauled into central Idaho by freigh
teams, and it was rich business
besides offering control of the SALE
of much merchandise.
Danilson & Stevens were engagins
in the mercantile business in small
way and were borrowing money Of
Bergman & Rogers. Mr.. Bergman
was always very loyal to their bust
ness associates and clients.
Rise of Charles Bunting
Charles Bunting was the business
manager for the toll bridge company
and he kept a man at the bridge tc
collect the tolls The collector OF
tolls often received written orders
to pass certain teams and outfits
without charge. They were custom
ers Of Mr.. Bunting's store, and he
favored them because they bought
goods of him instead of at Danilson
& Stevens. 1t came to be known
that if a man would buy anything at
store he might get hear
ing for pass when he wanted to
cross the toll bridge.
The matter became a strong lever
age in Bunting's favor, but it also
developed some disagreeable phases,
because men asked for passes when
hey were hardly entitled to them
'ven on the basis of giving Bunting
heir undivided trade. Still Mr..
Bunting worried along with the mat
er and when he did not want to give
man pass he feigned bad humor
md did lot of first class swearing
ie claimed that If it were not for
lin most of the others would starve.
lie came to be known as a crank,
md it was said that when he was
ranky he would cuss his best
riends. In such cases it was best
o leave him alone and make a quick
'et-away. He saw that it worked,
nd he made it a practice to be as
lice as pie when things looked good
head, and to fly all to pieces in as
umed anger when he was in a pre-
icament. He had cinch and that
Ian worked.