Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-12-27
The SUGAR WORKS.
Layinl Of the Corner Stone Of the
Building Yesterday.
An INTERESTING OCCASION.

An INTERESTING OCCASION.
Imposing Ceremonies Attended by
1000 People.
TIE late Matthew Arnoid con-
sidered sweetness and iigSt the two
great essentials TO a superior civil
ization. Had that learned gentle
man lived until the presen. and
visited Utah >on Dec. %, 1881, his
soul would be giaddened by sugar
and sunshine, equivalents in every
respect to the sweetness and light Of
the philosopher. With all their
greatness and luxury the ancient
Greeks and Romans never tasted
sugar. They had vague idea that
such an article existed. TheophrAs-
tus, q Greek. speaks Of 1t as ''honey
in rushes." Tho Latin poe. Lucan
speaks Of it as a curiosity. In India
and In China sugar was produced at
q very remote period.
Sugar was introducedinto Europe
by the crusaders. The cane was
grown in Cyprus in the latter part
OF the twelfth century. Later on it
was planted in Madeira. ard carly
in the Sixteenth century planted IN
the West Indies. But raw sugar
was not formed from the cane until
the middle of The fifteenth century.
The art of refining sugar was dis
covered by n Venetian about the
middle of the sixteenth eeaiury.
The first sugar refinery which
comes within the province Of hist6fy
was established in Dresden in 1897.
1t was supposed that cane alone
could pnouuce sugar until I7iI.
WhSn a. oSAAAA ClcA4tct uAiIru
Marggratf produced sugar from
beets and sther vegetables About
the year 1890 the manufacture of
beet-root sugar was established a.
an important industry in Silesia. AT
present. the beet furnishes the
greater portion of the sugar con-
simed in Euroye. In 1865 900, 900
tons Of beet-root sugar was produced
in Europe. In 1871 the article was
imported into England. The beet
CONTAINS on an average about 10 per
cent Oh sugar.
The history Of the sugr industry
IN Utah commences with the year
1857, when money and labor to the
value ofS25O, ooOwere pentedo or ex-
periments in sugar production. Not
~itnstanding aii tnis, erystaiizahle
sugar could not at that time be ob-
tained. The matter dropped Tor some
time, until Mr.Arthur 5taynsr made
a special study Of producing sugar
from raw material raised ON Utah
soil. Ii il owing 10 his energy, per
severance ami tenacity ~ purpose
that the matter has once more as
sumed material shape, and at pres
ent there seems no doubt at all hut
that sugar raising in Utah will be-
come q vast industry.
Between lSSJ anu 1851 Mr.. Stay
DER produced about ten tons Of sugar.
In 1888 the Utah Legislature appro-
priated 5000 as a subsidy for pro-
ducing three ami 4 half tons OF
sugar. This did not by any means
compensate MIR. Stayner for his
WORK. That gentiemln's actual
expenditure in producing 1000
pounds OF sugar was ST. 900. But
This was far bel0g the expense In
CURED by the United States govern
ment In its first efforts to Demon
strate the possibility OF producing
sugar from sorghum, which cost
:6s per pound, wiile Mr.. Siayner
expended 50 per pound.
In August, 1883. the Utah Sugar
Company was organized with a
capital stock of 81 ,0O1,O in IO1,-
O0O shares at Sl0 each. The board
Of directors is composed OF solid
men Of Utah. They are: George Q.
Cannon, Moses Thatcher. Heber J
Grant, Abram D. Smoot, John Beck,
A. l.. Hyde, L. r. Cutter, James
Jack, James Chapman. l.. q. Hardy,
Elias Morris, Francis Armstrong.
Arthur Stayner.
rhe prrsiuent Of the company Is
Elias Morris, vice-president George
z. Cannon, secret1ry Arthur Say
ger aud treasurer Thomas q. We6-
Der.
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nong tue pa. LAKE visitors to
LEM were noticed the following:
Bishop McRae, James lack, Geo.
y. Lambert, john Jaqu.s, James !
Dwyer, John w. Smell, II. p. Rich
,rds, l.. q. Hardy, Arthu. Sssyner,
)scar Hardy, II. y. Thomas,