Show COMPANY CHARGED WITH ATTEMPT TO CREATE PREJUDICE I Witness T Tells elIs of Alleged Activities of Agents of Ut Utah Idaho Co r W W. Harvey Ross floss president of the Gunnison Gunnison Gun- Gun nison Valley VaHey Sugar company in testimony testimony mony before the federal trade commission commis lion sion today declared that efforts had been made by field agents and other em em- em of the Utah-Idaho Utah Sugar company company to create a prejudice against his company company company com com- pany among the the of Gunnison Gunni- Gunni son Bon valley and that the Utah-Idaho Utah Sugar company through the erection of ot a factory near th the Gunnison factory had calculated to cripple the latter laer's la ers er's s activities ties Mr Ross noss was called as a witness for forthe forthe forthe the government In the hearing ot of the complaint charging the Utah Idaho Sugar company the Amalgamated Sugar company company company com com- pany Ernest R R. Woolley A A. P. P P P. Cooper and C f. f F. F Cullen with Illegally hampering competitors engaged In interstate inter inter- interstate state commerce Mr Ross was examined by Henry Ward Beer special attorney for the federal trade commission on the activities of Robert D D. Young of Richfield president of the he Sevier stake of ot the L L. L D S So SI church chuich during the time that the Gunnison Gunni- Gunni son company was building Its factory and contracting with the farmers for foi b beets According to Mr Ross' Ross testimony Mr Young used derogatory In de describing describing describing de- de scribing the directors of the GunnIson company and had by his actions the dope done things which had hampered the company in selling its bonds RECITES CONVERSATION Mr Ross Moss oss to told d of a conversation n with Mr Young in which the latter had accused accused accused ac ac- Mr Ross of ot passing the remark that Mr Mr Yo Young g had said other things besides his prayers Mr Ross declared I that he had said in reply that Mr Young loung because of his Influence with his people had done more than any other Individual to harm the Gunnison Sugar company's company s I project Mr Young at the time time of ot the alleged activities WR was s and still is s' s employed em- em m. m played by the HIP Utah Utah-Jd Utah Idaho ho Sugar Hugal company com com- I pany as a purchaser of cattle I Mr Air Rosi Ross told of I a meeting v with Ith I Sugar Beet a went ag nt of the Utah company comp company ny Mr loss llos said RaW that tint tinto J o he p. p had c irl H of r. r being I the man who ho hovas was vas going goin the country betting that the Gunnison company company company com com- pany would never make malte sugar because it could not grow the beets and because the machinery at the factory was corroded Hanson Ranson according to Mr Ross Moss admitted that he had passed much remarks Another conversation this one 1 being with Moroni Jensen of the Elsinore factOry factory factory fac fac- tory of the Utah-Idaho Utah company was wall related by Mr Ross Rose In this conversation conversation conversa conversa- tion Mr Ross s said ld that he t told ld Mr Jensen that due to derogatory remarks of ot the Utah Idaho company and the promise of a factory by that company near the Gunnison company's factory the Gunnison company had been formed to enter the Elsinore Elsmore territory to get beets He lie declared red that the Gunnison factory was determined to get beets even thou though h forced to pay 1 1 l more per ton on than the contract price for them and that the company intended to give the pulp free of ot cost to the farmers PROTESTS ACTIVITIES Mr Ross told of going going- to to President He- He ber her J J. Grant In company with Robert T. T Harris and protesting against the al alleged alleged al- al le ed activities of the Utah-Idaho Utah company company com com- pany Mr Mr Ross said he told President Grant he did not believe the latter would woula countenance such procedure President Grant according to Mr Ross RO'S promised to tale taKe the matter up with Mark MarJe Austin general field agent for the Utah-Idaho Utah company Mr Mi Ross Hoss said he objected to this because he believed he could not get justice from Mi Mr Austin During the course couise of the direct testimony Judge D D. D N N. who vho is principal at attorney attorney attorney at- at torney for the Utah-Idaho Utah company strenuously objected to the admission of ot each morsel of testimony to the record Judge Joseph J J. J Dunham examiner al allowed allowed allowed al- al lowed the testimony to tobe b b spread ad on the record |