LEADER 03153nam 2200697 a 450 001 9910146251203321 005 20250306233003.0 010 $a9780874215489 010 $a087421548X 035 $a(CKB)1000000000470131 035 $a(EBL)316763 035 $a(OCoLC)476107814 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000235582 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11202879 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000235582 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10254993 035 $a(PQKB)11271957 035 $a(OCoLC)298788366 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse13457 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3442680 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10233587 035 $a(OCoLC)932313384 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL316763 035 $a(OCoLC)935264552 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3442680 035 $a(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/58139 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC316763 035 $a(Perlego)2068188 035 $a(oapen)doab58139 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000470131 100 $a20061102d2007 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aReligion, politics, and sugar $ethe Mormon Church, the federal government, and the Utah-Idaho Sugar Company, 1907-1921 /$fMatthew C. Godfrey 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aLogan, Utah $cUtah State University Press$dc2007 215 $a1 online resource (234 p.) 225 1 $aLife Writings Frontier Women 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 08$a9780874216585 311 08$a0874216583 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 209-219) and index. 327 $aIntroduction -- 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. 330 $aOne famous target of Progressive Era attempts to rein in monopolistic big business was the eastern Sugar Trust. Less known is how federal regulators also tried to break monopoly control over beet sugar in the West by going after the Utah-Idaho Sugar Company, a business supported and controlled by the Latter-day Saints church and run by Mormon authorities. As sugar beet agriculture boomed, the Mormon church's involvement led directly to monopolistic practices by Utah-Idaho Sugar and to federal investigations. Church leaders encouraged members, a majority population in much of the intermoun 410 0$aLife Writings Frontier Women 606 $aBeet sugar industry$zUnited States$xHistory 606 $aSugar trade$xGovernment policy$zUnited States 615 0$aBeet sugar industry$xHistory. 615 0$aSugar trade$xGovernment policy 676 $a338.7/6641230973 700 $aGodfrey$b Matthew C.$f1972-$01791145 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910146251203321 996 $aReligion, politics, and sugar$94330794 997 $aUNINA