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Show SUGAR PROBE IS POLITICAL I FRAME-UP, SMOOT DECLARES lor Utah Smttr Submit TalagraaM SbUa-, SbUa-, tUtlag Char That lavMtlfatloaWMPlMMd to Dcfaat Htm la NotmOmt EkMtiM. ' ' Waahlagtaa, T. C., May 9& Chfrf. tag that tae v-ederal Trade Coes-als- alsn's lavestlgstloa ef the Utah-Idaho tar Oaa-aaay' wm msrely tf rose to M - defeat Ma at the polls aet November. 'Senator Reed Smoot has presented, the laeaate with bonaflde copies of tele- grama disclosing the satire scheme, which he denoanced aa "rotten poll- Bos." The Senator said that he had been warned a-oaths age by the late Brlga. dler Qanarat Richard W. Youur, a leading Utah Democrat, that this Investigation In-vestigation wan framed up with the Idea of defeatlag him (Smoot) fof'Vhs senate. rV- v ' 'Wortl'.fer word' copy of meaaagea Kchanged; by George K. Sanders and Hairy, Ward ReerrUed. national of (trials, created a sensation, la. pollt csl clrdea aad accsritag to the senator girs patent vMeaee at a "frajae' ap." Mr. Rtor t attorney fr Die & Federal Trade commission In the In- m Teatlgatlon for the local sugar com' 1 pany; Mr. Sanders is a promoter, fc, widely known In Salt Lake. The mes-I mes-I sages follow: '., I The Telegrams. I tf Rlflby, Idaho, . fc - May 13, 1920. : ,f Qsorgs Sanders, Care of Dr. Snow, M piret Ave.,, Salt Lake, Utah: ' 'I Kxpeet to close, leaving here Satur. 'day. What do you Intend to do re-'I re-'I gardlng Medford, Ore., and Qranta M Pa 0r' prspossd hearing. Wire me collsct. BEER, ' Federal Trade Commission. !' Mr.1 Sanders' reply was: I , Salt Lake City, Utah, t May 13, 1920. Hnry w- B'r Special Counsel ? Federal Trade Commission, LM Rlgby, Idaho. ) Do not know what to advise you H about proposed hearing at Grants Pass. Think you ought to have about II -three' weeks from now. One of your mf Investigators should be'there a week W In advance lining up witnesses. Don't ,'( bs In too big hurry to finish your case, as public sentiment Is fast changing 'I and almost entirely for government H 'prosecution. Sugar magnates anxious H for you to get through. Palmer should H keep you on Job. If you .keep going for two months It wlH cost Smoot his H senate seat. Better kill some tlmo with Washington authority. Ogden H tomorrow, O. E. 8ANDERS. H , Senator Smoot snia tMwouUiwalt H and see vhcther the pkjpbflajherap-, H 'irOTar"o;the rodcfal gfrnOoAommtf. , '3bn aDrt-tlio atlowsy,ieJfclawAI expressed confidence In the people, of ,Otab, who, he said, wcml'd' not cbua-teoaaca cbua-teoaaca tats sart of pollHcs." I l Smeet Opposed, Rslse. Another disclosure tuade by Senator !Siaoot Incident to the' reading of his entire correspondence wltti C. W. Nib-ley Nib-ley of. the Utah-Idaho Sugar company eras the fact that aa long ago as January Janu-ary 19 he hid sent a telegram to Mr; Nlbley warning htm that 'an admnte in the price of sugar jto .fifteen cents Would result Wnhdue profljs 4aol "wonld lead to prosecution' nndex x-istlng x-istlng lawe,'vTlU .same telegra.-M r. Smoot said) discloses, (he senatr aa hsTtag been 'lastrarssntat In getting the. farmers a price) or $12 a'toti on 1W0 beets la return for a prior of twetr cecils oa Mgsr. .1. Seaator.Seaoot wplaioed at tbe ont-st ont-st hla laterset m . the U(ahdaho MgsVetepadyaa Interest which aets husi't eMrtdeael-ef-ra a meath.'"sad 1 ' III. I I ! I .. , then read In full correspondence that has passed' between him and officials of the company, since the advanco. la price of sugar Tas first ,takcnunder consideration. Ip opening-he attacked-the attacked-the admlnlstrat'lou and assorted that the people of the country "will not approve ap-prove of any such rotten politics" as ho chargod was' being played against iiltu, through the sugar Investigation. Senator's Statement The statement of .Senator Smoot In full follows; "Mr. President: Wo all recognize the extremo sugar shortage In the United States as well as In all the world, and the serious consequences following such a shortage, and no one can object to any action that can be taken to control or regulate the lawful distribution of the same, but when, any department of oar government undertakes under-takes to secure the defeat of tho election elec-tion of a United States senator, through an Investigation of the affairs of a sugar company It Is time that such a contemptible practice be called to tho attention of the public. "I am positive tho honest people of tho country will not approve of any such rotten politics. This very thing Is taking place In the stato of Utah and to provo this statement I havo bnt to recite what has taken placo hi the past and Is taking place toduy.. Hears Rumor. "In tho first placo, I wish to go bak sino months, when this unthinkable proppflltlon was first brought to my attention by 0nra,b Klthard W. oiirig -ifurhig il visit e Washington, ,ay th attorney'sl. wtU ljjftttiaaji "Sijnr eoiaf oay .11 way heaw It M ;- .v Vttfc the rumor that" the federal trade eon-mission eon-mission was' going to'mnkean' Investigation Investi-gation of the affairs of the Utah-Idaho Sugar company, and If so, upon what basis nml for what' .reason.- Think of .uiy surprise when lie told me tlmtjie had no doubt the Investigation would be made some time before the next election, and among olher" causes assigned as-signed was the one that It would help to defeat me for reelection. 1 coutd not see bow any Investigation could possibly affect me. for I have never been an officer of the company. 1 have nothing to do with Its management manage-ment ; t have never done anything for the company that t would not willingly bave done ..(or any other business organisation or-ganisation In the United Stales; that 1 own but '440 'share of the capital stock of the -company, valued even today to-day nt t? per shave, and the .same came to me through the puri-hax? at public sale 'of about seroniy-li shares of Ihe stock once owned by. uiy.fat,li.?r's oslate and the balance of my present holdings came by my suW-rlblng lf00 to build a sugar' factory at Dewey, Idaho, -which promt failure. pud was dlsmuiilU-tl and removed ti Utah by Ihe Utah-tdalut Sugar1 OomVan'yV" after Which I received stock 'In the Utah-Idaho Utah-Idaho .SugHr company, foe my stock Invested In-vested In the sugat- fiictOry' at Dowry, Idaho; that I never boriKhrV share of Ihe. stock other than the. scveaty.'glx shares already mentioned ;thst I have niSVer sold a 'share of the stock of Ihe company In my1lf a'nd that'the dividend, divi-dend, I, receive, from- Ihe company is aTa monlh, ""''", . . Dropped Matter From Mkid. ' "3o,v under "these' conditions, I paid no more attention to the'matfe'r'iulll yeilerdsy, when I received Infonuuk lion of a telegram, 'that had been sent fronr8alt 'Luk'j'Clty by one tteorge ii.-SdiMle.rs to AKoniey W. H.Tlecr of the federal trade. ftnnmlsston ut Jtlgby, Idulio, to which I wlll.v;il the senaJLe's atteiillon later, ctinlors.wlll remember, remem-ber, tUiitJnst IiuiW'r I cnll'edtfie'ai-.Uyitlon cnll'edtfie'ai-.Uyitlon ttf.thejjeute to the fuet lllat' tno nttoiney' Keiienil limt flxj-jl,. Hie prTc'c'-ut'wMinjlr'inl; producers of beet ;stlgtu. could"ell--1holi'-(!UBiTr itt 10:-;eutspi'r..ii.(jjii, 10:-;eutspi'r..ii.(jjii, xy'lillo.iit vjlie, jmn 'tline'lie 'uiloweil the nine xtnjnr iro-iloVeri!f iro-iloVeri!f I.6u14ln'frrT'to hl-II IITefr kiigur (t(.n,.'MUl; pr IWllllll..'. ' J- vv;r $k c,''0Sy,','V'.lll 8PUlrSmoot, '''Inrs'is Uu- in-oi'iui!, nml I nlinll wait rihd'see whtfn'eV It nieelft 'llli the up-pr.vul; up-pr.vul; of -.the memlioMl of -the.' federal truo coniiisjil()i.or Jiiws received, the Kilnelloii'"oi tho" ntuirney genenii. It bcBliis tfrtOOk-Tolne its If OfttVlilcii-' nrd V. Youngtknew wllnt hei-iis--talkk lng about w1iuijl, shortly beforcv Ids dcatli,'h't! Informed me what he. henrd wns to tuke plfO:ln cond'eelloil-'wlth an tnveatlgutliin of the Utuh-Iduho Sugar company "Voutig was one, l'f nnVthc. lending. Dcmocrut in my state. "Slinme iiKn officials of n depart: ment of the government that have lent themselves to such nctlou. I think I know the people of Utah well euough to know that this sort of politics will never bo countenanced and If tho officials' offi-cials' at Washington arc uctlng In tne matter upon the advice of politicians of the Stnte of Utnli, their action will not assist In any wuy In my defeat or their success," he concluded.- Sanders Admits Sending Telegrams. Salt IJ-ko City, May 'JO. George l". Sunders, interviewed here, snld: "The telegrams were n prlvuto matter. There must hove been n leak on the telegraph wire. I didn't ,glvo them out." This, was the only.co'mmenfMr; Samiers, would make.. , |