03153nam 2200697 a 450 991014625120332120250306233003.09780874215489087421548X(CKB)1000000000470131(EBL)316763(OCoLC)476107814(SSID)ssj0000235582(PQKBManifestationID)11202879(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000235582(PQKBWorkID)10254993(PQKB)11271957(OCoLC)298788366(MdBmJHUP)muse13457(Au-PeEL)EBL3442680(CaPaEBR)ebr10233587(OCoLC)932313384(Au-PeEL)EBL316763(OCoLC)935264552(MiAaPQ)EBC3442680(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/58139(MiAaPQ)EBC316763(Perlego)2068188(oapen)doab58139(EXLCZ)99100000000047013120061102d2007 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrReligion, politics, and sugar the Mormon Church, the federal government, and the Utah-Idaho Sugar Company, 1907-1921 /Matthew C. Godfrey1st ed.Logan, Utah Utah State University Pressc20071 online resource (234 p.)Life Writings Frontier WomenDescription based upon print version of record.9780874216585 0874216583 Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-219) and index.Introduction -- The establishment of the sugar industry in Utah and Idaho, 1851-1907 -- Before the Hardwick Committee of the House of Representatives -- National sugar policies and the First World War -- Political and legal troubles in the aftermath of the First World War -- Restraint of trade : Federal Trade Commission v. Utah-Idaho Sugar -- Conclusion.One famous target of Progressive Era attempts to rein in monopolistic big business was the eastern Sugar Trust. Less known is how federal regulators also tried to break monopoly control over beet sugar in the West by going after the Utah-Idaho Sugar Company, a business supported and controlled by the Latter-day Saints church and run by Mormon authorities. As sugar beet agriculture boomed, the Mormon church's involvement led directly to monopolistic practices by Utah-Idaho Sugar and to federal investigations. Church leaders encouraged members, a majority population in much of the intermounLife Writings Frontier WomenBeet sugar industryUnited StatesHistorySugar tradeGovernment policyUnited StatesBeet sugar industryHistory.Sugar tradeGovernment policy338.7/6641230973Godfrey Matthew C.1972-1791145MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910146251203321Religion, politics, and sugar4330794UNINA