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Show PENROSE TALKS AT SUGAR PROBE Church Official Tells of His Efforts to Act As Conciliator Con-ciliator in Conflict SALT LAKE, April 21 Testimony of Charles AY, Fenrose. of the first presidency of the L. D. S. church, John A. Hendrickson and Lorenzo N. Stohl. was offered yesterday in the hearing before the federal trade commissioner com-missioner examiner of the complaint charging the Utah-Idaho Sugar company, com-pany, Ernest R. Woolley, A. P. Cooper Coop-er and E. F Cullen with consplracy to prevent competition In interstate commerce. President Penrose testified principally princi-pally to his efforts as a conciliator between Mr. Honrickson and Mr. Stohl and Mr. Woolley, when the latter, lat-ter, as president of the West Cache company, was about to bring suit for the return of "secret profits" alleged to have boon taken by the former. Tells or Mcctijig " The witness told of a meeting he" arranged between the three men, in which he endeavored to bring them to an agreement to arbitrate. He tes-1 tificd that Mr. Woolley seemed will- j ing to arbitrate If he could name the arbitrators. Tho name of Judge Harold Har-old H Stephens of the Third district court was suggested, Mr, Penrose said, as the referee of the matter which was later tried and which resulted re-sulted in a Judgment for the plaintiff, the West Cache Sugar company. In part of his testimony President Penrose told of the desire attributed to Mr. Woolley lo have Mr. Stohl sub- I mu 10 JUUgmem wmi u. piuimac wi later Immunity In order that he might "rip Hendrickson up the back." On redirect examination Mr. Hendrickson Hen-drickson again told the history of tho efforts he and Mr. Stohl made to establish es-tablish an independent enterprise in Cache valley. Ho recited how L. R. Eccles, at that time manager of tho Amalgamated Sugar company, upon up-on learning of his project had told him "if you o on and build that plant you will never live long enough to forget the trouble you will cause yourself." In reply to a question by Judge D. N. Straup. counsel for the Utah-Idaho as to whether tho testimony referred to his client, Henry Ward Beer,-special attorney for the commission, who Is conducting the case for tho government, govern-ment, said that every bit of evidence introduced Is offered against all of the defendants as co-conspirators I and individually Mr. Beer stated his intention of showing that the defend-dants defend-dants In the Hendrickson case and others endeavored to prevent the Dyer Dy-er Construction company of Cleveland from erecting plants for competitors or prospective ompetitors. The Dyer ompany is said to be one of the largest larg-est builders of sugar factories In the country. Letters Introduced Several letters between Mr. Hendrickson Hen-drickson and the -Dyer company wore Introduced into the record. In one of the letters to Mr. Hendrickson the Dyer company stated its desire to "cast its lot" with Hendrickson and i spoke of "certain interests" having ai wholesome respect for the federal laws, and expressing the opinion that harmony could be secured. Mr. Hendrickson testified that the friendly attitude of tho constructors continued until the bids for the Amalgamated Amal-gamated factory at Smithfield were to be opened, and quoted the president of tho company as saying that he did not like to build a factory where it might interfere with existing companies. com-panies. Mr. Hendrickson continued his testimony tes-timony regarding his relations with Mr. Woolley, who succeeded him as president of .the West Cache, and read into the record the following names of the prenent directors of the West Cache company, stating that none save Mr. Woolley has more than ten shares of stock: James Larson, D. M. Nielsen, H. D. Cole, H. L. Arnold. Joseph F. Featherstone. Bon C. Rich and Mr. Woolley. who, Mr. Hendrickson Hendrick-son said, "apparently" has 50-10 shares. Cross Examination Cross examination again by Herbert Herb-ert R. Macmillan. couiiHel for Mr. Woolley and the Amalgamated, resulted re-sulted almost immediately in the beginning be-ginning of a lengthy debate with Mr. Boor, regarding a letter which Mr. Hendrickson had identified tho signature, sig-nature, but which had not been offered of-fered in evidence. Mr. Macmillan wanted to read the letter and connect con-nect it as an answer to somo of the Dyer correspondence, but JSfr. Beer staid by his refusal to show it. holding hold-ing it, he said, for future Introduction. Introduc-tion. Judge Straup also demanded tho letter, but without avail. Mr. Stohl said he had been willing and anxious to sell the option he and Mr. Hendrickson had on the Canadian factory belonging to the Knight Interests, Inter-ests, and thought the offer by L. R. Eccles of the Amalgamated company of $75,000 cash or two-thirds of tho difference between the cost of building build-ing a new factory and the cost of the old plant and its removal to a new site in this country was most generous. gener-ous. He followed Mr. Hcnrlckaon In quoting L. R. Eccles as saying that the Amalgamated would make tho now company pay S7 a ton for its beets if it built In Cache valley when the prevailing price at the time was $6.50. Mr. Hendrickson steadfastly refused to sell unless the plant were to be located In the West Cache district, dis-trict, he said. |
