Show Arrests and Arraignment I II Of Accused Sugar Company I Officials Due on on Friday Warrants were issued yesterday by United States Commissioner Henry V V. Van Pelt against the Peoples People's s Sugar company of Moroni Utah G. G Emmett tl Browning president of the company John vice president N N. G. G treasurer secretary-treasurer and Richard director upon complaint of United States District Attorney Attorney At At- Attorney At- At torney I. I Blair Evans charging the company and officers with profiteering in the charging of unreasonable rates for sugar and the violation of the Lever act The warr warrants will be served t tomorrow to tomorrow to- to morrow upon Mr Browning in Ogden and upon the in Salt Lake It is probable that they will be arraigned arraigned arraigned ar ar- ar- ar at once before Commissioner Van Pelt and held und under r bond to ap appear appear ap ap- pear before the next 1 federal grand jury SPECIAL PROBE ROBE MADE The c complaint prepared by Mr 1 Evans was was sworn to by Floyd T. T Jackson special Investigator of the de department dc- dc of Justice who has made ade a particular inquiry into int the costs of i foodstuffs in Utah ov over r a course of sev tal weeks The complaint was wa's was prepared upon confirmation of reports from St. St Paul and Chicago that the Peoples People's Sugar company had sold large I quantities of sugar in those cities at 20 cents a pound in violation of the fixed price s set t by the government of cents I FOUR COUNTS CHARGED I The complaint contains four counts i describing f four ur different rent sales of sugar engar These were sales of pound sacks or pounds of sugar to the Goelitz Confectionery company of North Chi Chicago ago 61 sacks or pounds to John F. F Lalla company company of Chicago sacks or pounds to Steele R company of Chic Chicago Chicago Chi Chi- c cago go and sacks or pounds to Foley Bros Grocery company of St. St Paul Minn 1 The price received In each instance Is stated to have been 20 cents a pound FIRST OF f KIND IND IN UTAH The suit is the first of the kind brought by the government in Utah and is is' is the first gun in Utah by United States Attorney General Palmer in the nationwide fight he is now conducting against the high cost of living Mr 1 Evans stated that he had evidence evidence evidence evi evi- dence of many other sales of sugar by the same same company at 20 cents and at 18 cents He said that other investigations investigations are under way involving sales of pf other foodstuffs and that it Is possible possible possible pos pos- sible other suits will be started in the near future Mr Evans said that con con conditions as as' shown at present would probably not make necessary the callIng calling calling call call- ing ofa of a special grand jury COMPANY OFFICIAL EXPLAINS N. N G. G said that the company company company com com- pany had been making sales of sugar at the prices named in the complaint without any Idea that a wrong was being committed in view of the fact that the attorney general had recently given permission to Louisiana sugar companies to sell their product at 18 cents a pound He said that had they been compelled to sell their product at atthe atthe atthe the price set by the government the Peoples People's Sugar company would have been compelled to go into the hands of ofa ofa ofa a receiver I |