The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-06-14

Tor sugar and 10 cents per gallon for their
syrup, making return of only Zig for
| each ton of cane, which cost them 81 for
the cane and 81 for the working.
The extremely low price Of syrup is, to q
great extent, determined by the lew price
OF corn in their country; corn can be
bought there for Is cents per bushel, and
each Dushel of corn. at a small cost for man.
ufacture, will produce two to two and g
half gallons Of glucose, which ingredient
enters very largely into the composition OF
the syrup Of commerce; but although this
| glucose being cheaply provided controls To
some extent the price OF syrups, we learn
! that IL is not the only cause: the most po-
| tent factor exists in the fact that the Fort
Scott factory is now controlled by eastern
| stockholders who are syrup dealers, and
they manipulate the syrup product of the
| factory TO their own advantage. III. While
we found these conditions existing this
| year in Kansas, we found also that eight
| five pounds of sugar and fifteen gallons OF
syrup were the returns of last year, and
may be confidently expected under normal
conditions, and these returns made here
with the prices that prevail IN our market
would make very satisfactory showing.
For instance, thirty days run on cane
during the month of September, before
beets are fully ripe, at $50 tons per day, al
lowing 30 per cent. increase for cost OF
l.
manufacture. we would have as follows:
Il, 80 pounds of sugar, at 6
centS----------- io5 W
$50 gallons OF syrup. at %
cents 0o2 JD-Sl.S21
The cost would be, 80 tons OF
cane at s3. f51 90
Working. etc, $50 and 81 $50 CO 900 o.
Profit on one days run 4g7 q
For thirty days, sl2. SIS.
We having, as before stated, included an
estimate Of cost of every profitable area of
expense, actual and contingent, we con-
slider this sufficiently good showing upon
which to base our recommendation afore-
mentioned.
With regard to location:
We found in the southern end of the
cambridge in Davis county large acre OF
land suitable for the cultivation of cane
and beets, near to two railways, Rio Gra3de
Western and Union Pacific. with climate
unsurpassed in the territory. Land can
be purchased here in sufficient quantity for
the compaDy's needs at from SIS to $40 per
acre with water right dependent upon the
Davis county canal, for about one half the
acreage; additional water rights can lie
secured at q cost OF about $40 per share
estimated to irrigate one and half acres
per share. From the existence of some
two or three flowing wells in the neighbor-
is thought that a system of wells could be
made to produce sufficient quantity OF
water for the manufacturing, during the
fall months when canal water would be
difficult to obtain; but this is not yet deyel-
oped, although movement in that dIrec-
ton is taking place. Should the develop
ment of the water question prove satisfac
tory we regard the Davis county locality
as eligible.
In Cache countv we yyere shown IN tha
b. Y. college farm, south Of Logan. fine
body of land of probably 1000 acres or
more, which would produce beets Of good
quality, and fine, nom freezing spring of
soft, pure water, of great volume which
could be pumped up for use at little ex-
psnse, and would furnish for manufsctur-
ing purposes bountifui supply Of suitable
water in the most inclement weather Rail
road communication is at present within
one and half miles, but as ii Is in contem-
plation to change the present line of the
road, the nearest railroad communication
may be from two to three miles. This land
is a portion of 10000 acres of which the
4. Y. college farm consists, and it was
thought probable that 200 acres Of it might
either be given to the company or sold to
it at very low price and on easy terms.
The surrounding bench lands at Hyrum,
Millville, Providence and Logan, are now
occupied by thrifty farmers, ana give evil
dence of the possibility of furnishing a
factory with ample supplies of rich beets.
In Cache county the use of sorghum for
making sugar would be impracticable, but
beets could be furnished in great abund-
ance, and going by the sample received and
analysed Of the late fair excellent of saccha-
rine quality. The season here although
long enough would be some two weeks
shorter than in Salt Lake valley.
In Salt county, we saw at South Cotton
wood large body Of some 5000 acres Of
very fine land, admirably adapted to the
production of cane and beets, sufficiently
well supplied with water for irrigation and
flowing wells which render certain q sum-
cient quantity Of water for manufacturing
purposes. The railway communication is
within mile or less distance, and the cli
mate Is unexceptional, but the land il occu
pied by owners Of from 20 to 1.b40 acres asS