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Show NIBLE)T NOT AFRAID OFCONGRESS'ACTION President Joaepk - P. ' Smitl and Bishop Cbarlee W. Nibley of tha Mormon Mor-mon rhareh returned yesterday afternoon after-noon from Washiagtoa, D. C, where they testified before the eonftreeatoaal committee that is investigating tha sugar trust. Bishop Nihley said that ia hie opie-ioa opie-ioa dissolution of the ao called tmat would have little or no effect on the local companies, despite the feet that the American Hugar Reining company owna 55 per cent of the stock of the Utah-Idaho Sugar company. Bishop Nibley declared that Utah representative were treated with every possible courtesy. - "One of the remit of the Investigation, Investiga-tion, as far a we are concerned," he aid, "will be to dispel the idea that the Mormon church is heavily interested inter-ested in business' matters. As stated by President Smith, the church was interested in the sugar business locally merely a a means of aiding the farmer farm-er in the state in the building up of a profitable business." Bishop Nibley declined to state what in hi opinion would be the oat-come oat-come of the investigation, but thought the committee would take 0 definite action this veer. President Smith stood the trip fairly well, though at time he suffered from rheumatism. |