Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-12-21


How many OF us will patronize the
home product in preference to that
which IL imported This IS an impor-
tant question. / heard lady say not
long ago, "Oh, / would not use Utah
sugar" Why Well, because it tastes
OF the beet" suppose the cause OF
that is that the bects OF which Utah
sugar is made are raised nearer home
than the beels from which the imported
sugar Is made. The beet taste, OF course,
evaporates from the beet sugar that Is
imported into Utah from other countries;
hence they do not taste the beet in the
foreign article. while they can taste il in
Utah sugar. U.aughter) But this is only
a prctext and a very poor pfetext. too,
not to patronize home productions.
Another lady land this lady that now
refer to is not Latter.day Saint; the
other lady was MOrmon--t cannot say
she was a Latter.day SAINT said once to
her husband, "What Is the matter with
my coilee, 1T IS too sweet, and have only
put the usual amount OF sugar in IN"
why" said he, don't you know that
! We are using Utah sugar and Il don't re.
quire so much to sweeten your coffee"
lLaughicr) Now, these non.Mormons are
good patrons Of home productions,
while many Of the Latter.day Saints will
not patronize the Leh sugar because
they can taste the beets in the sugar,
strange, isn't H. the gcntiles don't dis.
cover the beet taste also.
We notice that when the Lehi sugar
IS IN the market, importers OF sugar into
Utah cut down the price, In order to
undersell the home product, to, II pos
sible, / suppose, break down the institu-
ton and 10 ruin those who have invested
their means In this industry. And there
are thousands Of so-callcd Latter.day
Saints who will buy the imported ar.
iicle because they can get il for a few
cents less or even half a cent less than
the home article. Presidents Wiliord
Woodruff, George o. Cannon and
Joseph i. Smith have had to stand I'M
der the load OF this Lehi factory to the
extent OF hundreds OF thousands OF
dollars, UNTIL our credit at times has
been strained to the ultermost, In order
TO carry II through, and we feel that we
have been neglected to great extent.
by the people OF Utah, IN that they have
not favored that institution and sustained
i with their patronage. Numbers Of our
brethren who proposed to help us carry
the burden In the beginning, when the
times frightened up upon them, shrank
up In their feelings and withdrew their
support from 1t, leaving the load for
others TO carry, and we have had to
carry It, and we carry Il still, TO certain
extent. With permission ! will say this:
we met a gentleman from the East, who
came out here to Utah on a visit and
went down and took look at the sugar
factory. and at the fields OF growing
beets; he observed the industrious char.
acter Of the people, and he said to him.
self, and to these men here, 81 have
sufficient confidence In your integrity
and In your intelligence and wisdom, TO
invest ut least one hundred thousand
dollars In the purchase OF your bondsi-
and so we were able by this means to
dispose OF a lew oithe Utah sugar bonds
Tor money which has llghtened the
burden upon Us to that extent. And
this was confidence shown by stranger
in the integrity, industry and thrift OF
the people-and President Cannon
suggests, in the First Presidency as well.
Now, make this statement because the
First Presidency and some OF the Twelve
have been under this load, and are still
under the load to the extent OF all that
they possess in the world, and yet some
Of our brethren are fighting against the
industry, aud against the interests Of the
people and the interests OF the Presi-
dency OF the Church in relation to these
things, and we do not like IL. We want
the people to know that we do not like
II, and take this occasion to tell them
that we do not like 1t. We are giving
to the people OF Utah county and other
..I th.4 ia ~
dollars Tor their labor where years ago
they received not penny. We have
increased the value OF much. of their
farming lands more than one.hali by
the establishment OF an industry among
them that has given not only labor Tor
themselves and for their children, but
has increased double the value OF their
lands in their productions. And we
have received but little thanks for il.
Now, we ask the people to patrOnize
home neutrality-suspicious. the Lshi
sugar factory, and as long as you can
get an ounce OF Utah sugar at any price,
buy il In preference to anything that Is
imported. Then you will be showing
spirit OF patriotism, spirit OF home In.
terest, and OF wisdom, which will build
ND and bless the people Of the country
do not let any Latter.day Saint say that
he or she does not like Lehi sugar be-
cause it tastes OF the beet. have been
a lover OF sugar all my life. / loved It
50 much when | was boy and also
when got to be a man, and ate so
much OF Il that had to buy a now set
OF teeth. (Laughterl Well, do not
advise YOU TO use il 10 such an extent as
that. do not ask you to go to ex-
tremes in eating sugar. But il you wait
sweet, sugar is the best form in which to
use il. Although nave some expert.
ence in using sugar, have not yet been
able TO detect any unpleasant beet taste
in the Lehi sugar.
President Cannon tells me that
gentleman who is IN charge OF the eat
ing houses along the Denver and Rio |
GTande Railway had told him that |
The Utah sugar was remarkable Tor |
ms sweetness and he bought all lie |
could OF 1t in preference to other
sugar. Here Is case OF another
"outsider who can appreciate |
the value and the worth OF home pro
duct when Mormon sister did not like
Il and would not have 1t IN her house
for any consideration because she could
Il