The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-11-17
RUNNING UP THE PRODUCTION.
Over Two and a Half Million Pounds
Sugar Turned Out.

\ Utalh's sugar factory has practically
reached the 100000 pound mark of its
1894 production, the indicators yester-
day morning showing that the plant
had then turned out 1855. 600 pounds of
dry granulated sugar. OF The amount
produced the company now has in its
warehouse at Lehi l, 100000 pounds, rep
resenting the surplus, which will be
held for the anticipated advance, unless
/, che demand for the sugar is so heavy
A'st the reserve will of necessity have
Z &,be reduced,
JDuring the early part of the week
4l2e jobberS were SO apprehensiVe of
another advance that they purchased
I very heavily, and in consequence are
now pretty well stocked. As a result
the company has made no heavy sales
since Wednesday, when 200 bags were
sold and delivered. Today some ship
ments are to be made. and with the be-
ginning of the new week there should
be considerable of a revival Of business
in the sugar line. Prices have not
changed since Monday, and the jobbers
are still selling by the sack at $3.50 and
S5.75.
A great deal Of interest is being talk
en- in the 1894 run of the sugar plant.
and the question as to the cost Of pro-
duction is often asked by the public. Al
present the Utah Sugar COMPANY is
SCilltlS " AliS tIdNC - tAdClIH Inc Same
price as the sugar costs to produce it
in 1893, or $3.50. In his speech at the
theater, on Thursday night. Manager
Cutler, of the company. III AiVing the
people some idea Of the impor 5ance OF
>the baet sugar industry stated that
Furing the first years run OF the fac
&ory 1t cost II cents to produce every
pound Of sugar: during the second S
cents, and IN 1888 5l5 cents
Evt+r t7,o hnp,,,+N- e~o~a If Is ,-arv
< necessary for the factory to produce
the sugar this year considerably less
&than in 1893 and this is the aim of the
management That such an attain
ment is possible can be attributed di-
rectly 10 the additional educ ion aine
by the people, the splendid condition of
the beets and the smoothneSS with
which the factory is operafjng. All con-
tracts for beets provide that the far
7nerS must receive So for every ton Of
tubers, which is accepted at the fac
tory, and some idea may be gained of
the Importance of his beet crop to the
farmer from the statement that sew
eral days ago Manager Cutler paid 10
4 West Jordan farmer the sum OF
S1000 which amount was earned by
ten acres of beets.
1t Is now said that a certain mer-
chant is again giving aid and comfort
TO the trust by acting as the agent Of
the latter in an attempt to bear the
local market. Sugar is being sold by
this merchant at 10 cents less per sack
to the retail trade than the Utah Sugar
company is selling to the other job
bers. Of course, it is Western Refinery
product which is being sold, for the
house has not, UP TO date, purchased
a single pound of the Utah sugar Just
why Salt Lake merchant would lend
himself TO this sort of thing is what
the general public cannot understand
especially in view of the sentiment ex-
pressed at the mass meeting held or
Thursday night. The people who took
part in that meeting and endorsed the
resolution pledging faith to the Utah
company cannot now, with clear con.
sciences, make purchases of western
sugar from such business men.