Religion, Politics, and Sugar : The LDS Church, the Federal Government, and the Utah-Idaho Sugar Company, 1907-1927 / / Matthew C. Godfrey.
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 th...
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| Superior document: | Life Writings Frontier Women |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Logan, Utah : : Utah State University Press,, 2007. ©2007. |
| Year of Publication: | 2007 |
| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Life Writings Frontier Women
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (234 p.) |
| Notes: | Description based upon print version of record. |
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| Summary: | 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 intermoun |
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| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-219) and index. |
| ISBN: | 087421548X |
| Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
| Statement of Responsibility: | Matthew C. Godfrey. |