Salt Lake Tribune | 1919-12-07 | Page 2 | S. H. Love Declares Firm has Obeyed all Food Rulings

S. H. LOVE DECLARES FIRM HAS OBEYED ALL FOOD RULINGS j Stephen II. TLovc, .sales manager fur the ' I Huh - Idaho Suar company, said yester- day thai the charge 01" hoarding brought by Iiritrli't Attorney ilarreeht is without j foundation and unjustified. He asserted I that the chaise thai the company is I holding the suar for an advuiico in price ( has (u basis. Mr. lxvo pointed out that the company ban obeyed all rulings of the attorney genera!, tlie miiar equalization board and the department of justice. He said that I lie com pa ny has most scrupulously ob- served these rulings in every particular. He called attention to the newness of 1 the pla nts at Tuppenish and Sunnyside, , t lits being- their first year of operation. I The suar they have on hand, he said, I lias been produced since November li. i amount in tr to u total of ;;,S;"H; ha-.s of suiar. Of this amount, he said, more than 10,000 bnes have been sold and approximately approxi-mately SOtHi bays have left the factory. Referring to t lie amount of suar' on band at the. two plants, he said that the 1 company has made a splendid record in i Kettinu the suar away from the factory, i a record better than it has made elsc- f where. "With the run only advanced about three weeks, lie said that the charge of hoarding: could not possibly have anv jus- tiflcation. J Mr. I.ove spoke of the difficulties en- l countered at the plant in obtaining i he l behest grade of suear. and said" that the plant superintendent had been eom- pellrd to put many sacks tli rough the mill 1 a second time. I Mr. bove showed let ters from y. H. j Wassoy of the bureau of investigation of t the department of justice at Spokane. asking when the factory could begin to ship to t he northw est district. In renly .Mr. I.ove designated November CtL SLtyiny; that the factory had boon authorized to st - irt slii)ments, a nd he gave a list of firms to whieii PU'iM bags, or 1.0UO,0!." pounds, had been old. The I'tali-ldaho comp'iny has also been in comnnmicat 10:1 with Kalph P. Merrkt. 1 chairman of the snga.r equalization h(?ard I in San I'h-aneist.-o, wiih reference to shipments ship-ments of sia:ar 10 Cue northwest, and had iiiforni'd Mr. Merritt that shipments .would lug-in as so, n as possible. The sugar company sales manager was last, night awaiting more definite word from the factories a- to Cue st.-ps actually , taken by the government agencies.