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Show f SUGAR COMPANIES If . 1 FJ CHARGES IR I 1 Federal Trade Commission I Aims to Prove Serious Com- 1 I plaints Against Companies S. I SALT LAKE CITY. April 2.- -Do- H I clarinp that it will bo the ulm of tlie x H j federal Ira do cornmlwulon to prove $ -S i that the Utah-Idaho Sufjnr company j fl 1 1 nnd the Amalgamated Suffar compai.y I ' have conspired unfairly to nnmper hv j H depondont sugar companies In L'uin x S and Idaho In their enterprises while 111 , engaged In Interstate commerce, Hcr.-II Hcr.-II t ry Ward .Deem, special attorney for fB 1 tno commission, opened tho hearing fB f the complaint against the sugar a'' companies before Judge J. II. Dun-,, Dun-,, K-W ham. examiner, yesterday. H im I Mr. Beers stated that It will also be l d I t,le nurl,08 of tn? prosecution lo 3 Prove that the respondents have coii-- coii-- spired to circulate false statements ot competitor and prospective coin-IB coin-IB potltors; have cunvustfcd the occt IV ' prowlng territory in Utah" and Idaho IK and entered Into longtime contr.iouj , l, with boot growers; have caused bantu 'f''"'J l ratuso crcf,h to competitors and w$"- prospective compotllors. and ha o 1,'WjN! used their Influence and money powsr IMk, i io prevent the building of spurs .ind tracks for the ue of competitors, 'ft l! "V,r" Bocr ,s al?ted by Herbert I. W Anderson, another attorney for th flw :l commlHsIon. The hearing. It is cx- pected, will Inst about three waek. |