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Show SUGiR C0HTH0L CASE CONTINUES Hearings on Utah-Idaho and Amalgamated Based on Commission Complaint SALT LAKE, April 6. That stock control of the Utah-Idaho Sugar company com-pany rests with the Nibley family, President Hobcr .L Grant of the Mormon Mor-mon church, and the estate of' II. L. Havemoyer of New York, was shown in testimony yesterday's session of the hearing of the federal trade commission commis-sion complaint against the Utah-Idaho Sugar company, the Amalgamated Sug-nr Sug-nr company, Ernest U. Woolley, A. P. Cooper, and E. F. Cullen. The actual amounts of tho holdings are: Heber J. Grant as trustee in trust for the L, D. S. church. 361.919 shares; Heber J-, Grant, "special," 50,-000 50,-000 shares; G. W. Niblc-y, as presiding bishop, 1475 shares; Niblcy & Co., 756,-325 756,-325 shares; C. W. NIbley, 2500 shares; Joseph F. Nibloy, 11,737 shares; Preston Pres-ton Nibloy, 4164 shares; Alex Nibley. 1000 shares, and Jool NIbley, 1G25 shares. The item of the 50,000 shares held under the "special" designation by President Grant could not bo explained by the witness, W. T. Pyper, assistant secretary of tho company, who likewise like-wise claimed ignorance as to Whether Nibley & Co. is a Utah corporation and ; as to the nature of its organization. and general manager of the company, was called to the stand after Mr. Pyper had been excused to get additional information. in-formation. I Mr. Cutler wan examined concerning j the affairs of iho company since he ibecamo identified with the sugar Industry, In-dustry, in which he was one of the pic neers in Utah. Ko testified in reply to questions by Henry Ward Beer, special spe-cial attorney for the trade commission that he had'cnlisted the aid of iho late H. L. Havemeyer in getting capital for the building of factories after the first difficult years with tho Lehl and other oth-er early plants. Tho arrangement with Mr. Havemeyer, Have-meyer, he said, has been made on the basis of tho New York man's supplying 50 per cent of the capilr.l lor new plants, in consideration for which he got one-half or the stock of the ccm-panv. ccm-panv. This stock, he held, he said, until his death in 1911. Mr. Cutler said he paid the promoter of a proposed factqry at Gunnison his expenses in order "to get rid of him." Mr. Cutler said that he had never heard of the "special" stock held by President Grant, and that until it was brought about yesterday, did not know; how much stock Nibieys held. lie likowise said that he learned yesterday for tlie first time that such a concern as "Nibley & Co.," oxlsted. Mr. Cutler told of efforts and suggestions sug-gestions made for a factory at Payette, Pay-ette, Idaho, and Mr. Beer questioned him without result as to alleged action' taken at the time to prevent the coming com-ing of independents. The witness told of the failure of the Nampa, Idaho Ida-ho plant and of its removal to Spanish Fork, Utah. The former general manager was questioned by Mr. Beer regarding the reasons for forming tho Utah-Idaho company through a merger of various concerns. Mr. Cutler said that the move was made to effect greater eco-omies eco-omies in operation to provide a centralized cen-tralized b j;.rd of directors, and for ai. other reason that it wouli -'"ce the industry in-dustry in a safer position as regarded competing factories, and give the company com-pany a sounder hold on the sugar industry in-dustry in Utah and Idaho. |