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Show - FEDERAL SUGAR PROBEGOES 01 HSH Alleged Relations Between H9lH Gunnison and Utah-Idaho BtjH Agents Brought Out SALT LAKE, April 14. Alleged rc- latlons between the Gunnison Valley Supar company and agents of the ' Utah-Idaho Sugar company was a ' Iart at the testimony yesterday in " both sessions In the hearing before the federal trade commission of the j complaint charging illegel restraint of I interstate commerce against the Utah- 1 Hl Idaho Sugar company, the Amalgam- I m ated Sugar company, Ernest li. Wool- ' H ley, A. V. Cooper and E. F. Cullen. j H Four farmers from, the Sevier coun-, v H ty district near Gunnison and backers! jffH of the Gunnison Valley company were' .fljH called to the witness stand. Jonnj 'JHH Stowart, of Venice, N. S. Hamilton of! 'MjH Axteli, Elmer J3astian of Vermillion I HH and Joseph Peterson of Redmond! 'HH ivcre the farmers who testified. BH Mr. Stewart related alleged convcr- R saltans with Peie ( "Sugar Beet") BI Hanson, field man for the Utah-Idaho H p Sugar company, in which Hansen Is '' Dj 1 alleged to havo deprecated the ability, HI of the Gunnison plant to make sugar; 9 I. and the ability of the company to -pay A. HH 'j for beets. Mr. Hansen gave evidence Eiiifi i I aloni? the same lines coucernlng el- i Jfwl i ' forts o the flL,ltl men oC t,lc trtah- kSsBl Idaho company to have him grow ur the older concern, alleging the inabil- mbB . ity of the new company to deal .is SrCaHg I . well with the farmers, and casting as-JSBb as-JSBb -jf' persions on the capa bill Lies o the i XflH itf 1 11 ou" Plant, i grafH Mtlx Daniels, Salt Lake business '' - H man, who was formerly a director and k. f 'j jBc! manager of the Gunnison factory, told '" ' ' iBB tne exP01"Jcncc he encountered! 'MSMH while selling stock in the company.) Sfo' :W Hc testified that Richfield banking' ?1 & 'SH interests had "knocked" the new en-1 SfKi-'-jflB r tcrprlse and had advised investors if) jUB they wanted to buy stock to buy it in j j&fc'HB the Utah-Idahp. Mr. Daniels also told fiB f 'm''ar 5nslancos reported to hlmj n TJenlels stated thai when tne BMajfflWL company was being organized thoy B employed export sugar men to go ovor the factory and ascertain its condl-i condl-i tion. Fred Ilinze, Mr. Daniels testified, testi-fied, was the sugar factory expert so In cross-examination of Mr. Daniel?, Judge D. N. Straup, counsel for the Utah-Tdaho company- asked tho wit-" ness if Mr. Hinze had ever constructed a successful factory. Mr. Danieia stated that he did not know Mr. Hlnze's complete history. It was said during the hearing yesterday yes-terday that Mr. Hinze is now at Filer, Idaho, engaged in promoting a new |