Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-02-13


connected with thls matter Although
tue Lehi factory has been very sue
coostul under the circumstance 1t hnh
Bsen 90 only through the most careful
AMI economical management IL
should be also remembered that success
under the circumstances referred t0-ln
year Of financial depression Ike 1898
--moans the making Of both ends meet
In current cEponnss with liiilo TO spare
for wear on plaut-A result that would
be hardly satisfactory IN a aeason Of
general buslneoi property. IL Nigh
bo nu r.csltd iu this connection that
while tho Luhi factory 10 on the foad
to prosperity through TIA, cnofsy OF IT,
promoters and tho encouragement ro'
ecivuI from the psoplo, 10 n hnancial
investment u Ia not yet out Of tho
wo1da Hal j. not been tina. there
were good transportation lcilitic1 20
The Lahi works all thai a large
section OF thi c5untry close
IVY was ouch that Il bean
tributary through tho ability Of the
iarmcrs 10 got thoir bo,h 10 market
cheaply anu tnus secure Tor themselves
good rc,urn8-!ho ncggsury element
10 induce them 10 raise sugar bccia-
tho factory would have proved
failure.
At some time In tho future, a
new sugar factory mi sut be- tuc-
cossfully conducted, say Ia Davis
county, close 10 tlls city or Osdel, Or
10 oome similar location near cgntots OF
bIslnus1 AMI population, whsro the coll
~ suitable 10 sugar beet culture ami tho
farms are 40 oliuatei that 10 10 only q
short distance 10 tho railways, and
where the haul on thoso is short and
competition sufficiently close - bring
the cost Of transportation TO n low
figure. Tho1c conditions certainly do
NOT vzlstat present Ia the SEWER val.
Icy. They may do 20 some tlmr, but
tho probability OF Ia being In
tho near future IL hardly sui.
nclent 10 warrant tho outlay Of
much capital on tho prospect. Tho
NEWS has no inclination % discourage
the peoplu on the Sewer In tho matter
Of home Industries; out sinoefo desire
10 20 DO the opposite. Ia this situation
We would feel that We were durcllct Ia
our duly werB We 70 fail - p1ln, out
the fact that au attempt % establish a
sugar factory ON tuu SEWER az tho pres.
ont time would probably roiult ia fail.
uro, loss Of confidence Ia the promoters
VI the scheme, aud consequent OBSCURE
agemcnt Ia and lnluty 10 thu cause u
houu Industry. This good people Of
that ambitious county eau do much
better by coming forward and bnying
SONS OF tho stock OF tho Lsii factory,
which "a still la necI of aid.
Among this attributes that can DO
observed 10 Communities Is ono ffo.
quen,ly aud markedly exhibited by this
actions Of dock Of sheep--when ono
jumps IA n certain direction there
is n general inclination to 80 the
same way. This feature ia one that
under many circumstances OBSERVER
encouragement, a. II Indicates 4
unanimily thatis valuable aud CON-
mendable. But II doe, not do to DO
come incorporate In this respect, mol
when there seems 10 be q success mad,
In any particular llne Of huaino,s OIL
manufacture, ios people 10 rush Into
that branch till II Is ovetdone aud
made failure all around. Instance
OF this kind, Of which there have beef
number In Utah, should serve ~
warnings for the future. There or,
plenty OF home industries which car
bo yet successfully started In Utah, anc
which could bo inaugurated unde
present conditions, with ample supper
from tho start. Some Of these nr,
ominently suited to the SEWER valley
aud the situation OF ~ PEOPLE. w,
sugges, Ia oil kindness that the present
movement for q new sugar factory b
promptly dropped.