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Show JHEJTAND Denver Man, Dominant in Beet Sugar Indus- trjr, Testiifes New York. May 2o. Chester S. Morey of Denver, a dominant figure In the beet sugar Industry for the last decade, was the government's first witness today In the taklnc of testimony testi-mony In the dissolution suit against the American Sugar Refining company and others alloged to constitute a monopoly in restraint of trade. He-fore He-fore calling Mr. Morey, Assistant District Attorney Knapp introduced documentary evidence to show that Mr. Morey had been president of al. beet sugar companies In Colorado, all of which were organized In lilOl-O;;, and dissolved simultaneously on April 21), 1007. These companies were the Great Western Sugar company, Greeley Gree-ley Sugar compRiiy. Eaton Sugar company, Lonsmont Si gar Manufacturing Manufac-turing company. Fort Collins, Colo-Sugar Colo-Sugar company, the Windsor Sugar company. Mr. Morey gave. his occupation ws "president of the Great Western Sugar Su-gar company," an office, he said, ne had held since 100S. He was also president, he said, of the Sterling Sugar Su-gar company, and might have been president of another company, he was not sure. Mr. Morey also said he had bee i president of the Morgan county Construction Con-struction company from Its organization organiza-tion to the present time and he was organizer of the Billings Sugar company. com-pany. Most of these companies, he said, wore capitalized at from $;50,000 to $1,500,000. He apologized for tak'ns an unusually long time to answer questions as to the date of his becoming becom-ing president of the various companies, com-panies, explaining that there were so many concerns he had forgotten the dates. Referring to a tabulated list of the connections with numerous concerns, he was able to recall that he was president of the Great Western Railway Rail-way company and the Great Noith-ern Noith-ern Construction company. More than an hour was consumed giving a list of the offices he held and the date he had assumed them. '"Were you tho general manager of the Great Western Sugar company, com-pany, a New .Jersey corporation ?"' atkod Mr, Knapp. "Yes; almost from its incorporation." incorpora-tion." "What factories does the company now operate?" "The Eaton, Greeioy. Windsor, For Collins, Lovcland, Longmont, Ster-I'ng, Ster-I'ng, Brush and Fort Morgan plants in Colorado. They have a capacity of from GOO to 1,200 tons of sugar. The Billinss Sugar company has a plant at Billings. Mont., anil the Scotts Bluff Sugar company at Scotts Bluff, Neb." "Do any other companies operate in Colorado?" ' Yes, there are quite a number seventeen. 1 belleva." on . |