Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-01-18
TaG SUGAR INDUSTRY.


fAHNISuIoS, Utah, Jan. lg, 1895.
Editor Dsagra Acws.
~ tcous ihat t4o only aliorna-
tive Coz further manufacture OF beet
SUGAR iu Uah isa reduction iu the
price % sugar beeis or ono dollar per
ton. This may seem imprac.icaulo O.
come, bus 90 ,hg majority think u
viii not, or 10 should not.
sos uy o. late correspondent that In
California the iarmors have raised aud
delivered boots 10 tho factory ut u coat
OF si.ij pOr ton. believe 1t would be
Impossible 10 raisu bUp,s here Tor that
price. WhiIu have mad no experience
ia beet raising from which 60 fleaa,
yet 1 have had conlidUraUlo iu mring
grain aud all the cereals, alao produce
" all kinds.
II tue beet hisers OF Luhi anu sur.
rounding country would estimate tho
Gust Of raising grain Ut present prices,
also other produce Tor " hicn, practically
speaking, there IL no price auI 10 is
frequently the case uOsaiu at any pricg,
/ tuinE tucIo would be- but lew indeed
who would turu their attention from
beet raising 90 raising the different
Crruals.
Last season raised 1000 bushels Of
number Ouu wheat. on account OF
obligations that I had to meet / wa.
obliged TO coll ut ~ anu 50 cents por
bushrl. AsUr dguuciug the seed
expense OF harvesting machinery that
/ was uuliEel 10 buy, boarding harvest.
ere anu thftshersi and tho grain tho
haryuHtcrr carried away Tor Toll, 1 hal
enough lee % Fay % reasonable lease on
the land pruvi4iug 1 diu not own the
laud MYSELF but ia confederation OF
having no lease " pay L had snug
little sum 90 turn over 90 the county
collector Tor the satisfaction VI owning
my own land. IL will be borne umiud
also that 1 hAvo allowed mysclf moth.
log for piywing, narrowing, drilling,
harvesting anu marketing all VI tue
grain.
wish 10 say IN this connection that
l nnd my experience 10 be the tKpsri.
cncu Of many others. Tnis condition
cannot be laid 90 unsuccessful iaFming,
hut 10 the supply Of all tho different
Aiudu Oh grain, which exceeds tue de-.
mund anu has uouc 10 for - long sue.
uustlOn OF years.
II h TOT THIS Caueo that tho llrmtrs Of
tho M-Hsissippi valley have boon adopt.
Ing rgsuiutiUnf, looking 10 too cutting
VI large tracts OF lana into small farms
aud ulmiurhiUr the kinds ut products
mat are iu excess Of tue demand, ami
raising the kinds that are not burden /
lu the market Now, while nave no /
authority Yr experience iu the UIsl 10 /
boot production, yet 10 looks reasonable |
That 10 Hn acfu Of iuud could be- mnlc % |
produce I'D tons OF uurls Aud they could ]
Iu delivered go the auluty ai cont OF :
s-j, 10 would tnrn pay much better than |
iuy other product which know ana I
Thing about, providing thu uoo,s were |
- pee ton,
Il seem. 10 me that every taxpqr-r |
10 Utah should favor q bUluiy Ola
M tho sugar produced st nome.
RMS would not Unly stimulate the /
OF sugar ~ hume, hot /
would be- the means VI pi1Cl1g within |
HE reach OF all the people "a whol-slmr /
article which, 20 say tho least, is |
worth 80 per cent more 10 tho consumer |
hau luo sugar We have ruippud iu |
rom east ami west. / believe thla !
assertion Is mlly warranted because
hu home article 10 very much swtutur,
~ much 10 that 10 requires no skill & |
ietIct the difference between thuhuaIo
made article aud the Imported suyar.
It's very evident that times lu Umh |
gould have been very much harder
lurIug the past TWO years had 10 not
Iutu Tor tho vast Gums OF money usual
y sent abroad Tor sugar that were kent
u home. While / have in no instance
ecelvei "a dollar directly Tor labor OF
.yuts from tue sugar iso.Ory,yrt have
ll doubt Uut that have ueuu mater.
lly brIouttcd, nnd that financially. |
( iu no other manner 10 Do 10 the way
{ superior article OF sugar, wh.Cl |
ug cost the people lees than II would
ave done had lt not been for our
one manufacture.
Fora Ieuuls To bo telifuelhiuing it
squirus tho united effort OF all, realIz.
ig that when We arc sustaining home
,bor VIZ arc directly sustaining
ufBu.ves.
We are told that by our System OF
lstiluiion8 tho laws are enacted anu
NeCuted with the cOusout Of the ppU-
10. Then why not the people demand
the next Legislative Assembly the Z
pssngo OF au act placing uJuuty on p
u tue sugar male at HON. i think 4
Ie matAr should bs uglttt,d uy our
.sding men anu also by t.o presp.
1 am sure there are n ruut many
no would buy the home article at n
ipulated price, no matter what the
rice Of imported sugar may be-. but 1
a bounty was given this would IN
ite PROFIT which would keep our
resent lucyofy running at full blast,
nd puthupa bu the means Uf starting !
.Ors, it 81 truly 10 be- hopLd that this
cry important matter win receive all
ua attention anu that lhr desired end
~ be teachUIiand instead OF the pres.
d. factory clOsiUg that more viii be
.tahhsngd unui Utah viii be stle 20
Yep over one-halt million dollars to 3
rculptio which At present are being y
ut away for tukar
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