Show WITNESSES TESTIFY ON AGENTS AGENTS' WORK FOR AR CO Sugar beet growers from the region tributary to the factory of the G n Valley Sugar company were called to lo testify testify testify tes tes- tes- tes at the sessions cessions today of ot the hearing b before tore the federal trade commission of ot the complaint charging the Utah-Idaho Utah Sugar company the Amalgamated Sugar company Ernest Ernes R n. Woolley A A. A P. P P. P Cooper Coop CooP- er er and andlE and E. E F. E-F. F. F Cullen with Illegal interference interference ence nce In the activities of Individual cOIn coni- com competitors Jl engaged in Interstate inte tate comm com com- m merce N. N ces S S. S Hansen Hanson of ot testified to having held a conversation with Moroni 1 Jensen n of the e Elsinore r plant a of t the Utah Utah- Idaho ns s Sugar c company i r In which hI hIt Dir Mr Jensen Jen- Jen Ben sen had remarked that it was advisable to sell beets to the Utah-Idaho Utah Sugar company Instead of ot to the Gunnison company because the G Gunnison company would not pay for them Mr Hansen tea tea- titled that he sold his beet crop to th the tho Gunnison company and that he received th the money for it Other elai farmers re who testified to having I sold their crops to the Gunnison company 1 and to having been approached by agents of the Utah Idaho company were Alma Bastian of Vermillion John Stewart of Venice and John J Peterson eterson of Redmond OPPOSITION MET Henry Ward Beer special attorney for tor forthe forthe the federal fe-deral tr trade commission examined Max Daniels formerly manager of the Gunnison Valley company and one of th the organizers r and s stock salesmen n ir Daniels Dan Dan- Daniels rl lr targe f oa told of the organization I of f The company company com com- pany with A 9 directorate of eleven each of whom had subscribed for worth of stock He lIe said that salesmen had been sent out Olt who had encountered opposition particularly from Richfield bankers banker in inthe inthe inthe the sale o of t the stock Df Mr l r. r Daniels said sold that these bankers had knocked Gunnison Gunnison Gunnison Gun Gun- nison Valley stock and had advocated the purchase of Utah-Idaho Utah stock in Us its st stead Mr Daniels also told of his going to Richfield to Investigate the situation and that he had received admissions from of officials officials of- of of the Peterson bank and the Commercial bank of that town that the purchase of Gunnison Valley Vaney stock had been discouraged CONFERENCE HELD Mr Daniels told of a conf conference rence held by him and a Mr Loomis of a i. i Kansas City bond company O p with V W W. T. T assistant secretary and treasurer of the Utah-Idaho Utah company The conference had been arranged said the witness to acquaint Mr Loomis with sugar company company company com com- pany securities Mr Daniels quoted Mr as saying that independent companIes companies companies com com- had not teen a success because of lack of capital and there were too many factories and not enough beets to supply them According to the witness Mr also remarked that if U Gunnison Gunnison Gunni- Gunni son valley had been a a. good place to grow row v beets the tho i 1 rah h com company pan would have had a factory there Ion long ago At the conclusion of ot the tle direct examInation examination examination exam exam- Mr Daniels was cross examined by Judge Jude D D. D N N. principal counsel for the Utah-Idaho Utah Sugar company |