Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-02-01
MORE OF The SUGAR BEET.
A Hon. Believer 10 BOuGlleS ADVOCATES
a Bounty.
Reasons why Evsry Enort shouid We
Made 60 crown the Sugar in'
dustry Win success.
HARRtsvtLLE, Utah,
Ian. uHLu. 1885.


Ire 3 per cent pot annum On DE lh.
vestmont I'm raising wheat M ulhh a..
the present price, II he allows hinaclI
gAre vorkefs' demands; and hilnou tn
am OF that polltlcsl complexion inst
does not favor bjunties, 1 think trcie
are exceptions TO all general tuIg-'
That exception will certainly apply ID
30 necessary IN enterpriee 90 algat
factory, where its consumption cni.i,
into every family, and nearly s,Vluiv'
tons 10 consumed In the United 'talrs
annually, all Of which except Aolut
oue eighth Il imported. Ihus lne
United States IL paying out annually W
foreign countries about 10 millions o.
dollars.
Surely our national fathers, supported
by the vast commonwealth eOulh
afford 20 give n helpiug hand 70 lhls
sweet Industry for which our
country 10 ~ we'll adapted, ~
has been proven by tho U'ah,
Nebraska and California factories
It would ttkea thousand such factories
10 supply tue demand, with an Invest
ment Of something like i've tnOusani
millions NJ dollars.
ltisettImated that these thousand
factories, with the tributary iudcbtrl-
ness necessary 10 their operation, wuuld
directly AMI indirect y furnish susiou'
nnoe ~ ELK millions Of souls, and thelf
operations would permeate every
channel VI trade, anu would prove lar
more beneficial 10 an industrial army
then marching from tho Pacific 10 the
Atlantic 10 get Congress 10 appropriate
nvo hundred millions OF dollars 10
build roads 10 give employment u thu
unemployed.
30 far a. Utah IL concerned, n Wo
were cut OIL from traffic commences, AZ
was the case a short time ago, We cef'
tainly should fsul the necessity Of the
operation Of this Utah Industry; aud "
number OF Ulah's most Influential
friends could come forward ami
guarantee assistance, A. was done
ia the Worli'a Fair case. 10 tide over
the factory tlll our neat legislature
meets, and then uto an influence 10
have them make m appropriation 10
meet the want Of making the Utah
factory a success, what splendid tluio
10 would bo for Utah. fully en-
dorhe your Pennington correspondent
wherein every taxpayer In Utah SHOULD
favor (f not a bounty)a bonus on all
the sugar produced AZ home until n
permenanoy Of success could be oitsb.
llshed In running the factory nj full
blast.
l am also In sympathy with your
Salt Lake correspondent, as found on
page l73 Of the same paper, whetoln
heavy risks have 10 be run In the great
care aud cultivation OF the beat suit
able for the sugar Industry. really
believe tue beet raiser should bo aided
and stimulated until success eau be-
made Of the horticultural part VI tho
induitry.
But the beet raiser must also boar In
mind that great risks arc fun Ia 10
raising Of all products. For instance
thOuaandH OF bushels OF onions are
today drug on the fArmef'a
hands, and like tho manna Of
tho Hebrews, subject 10 decay,
While tho rejected beets can be- utii.
lied, like fele, ted potatoes, for animal
food, and 10 quite an advantage 10 the
butter lArdef, and, like sugar, II USE
abe Ir either jew OF Gentle. Besidss,
the beet-rAiser has the advantage OF
knowing beforehand Whist he viii gut
for his marketable hretH, the contract
1 do not accord with my friend, Mr..
Fisher, wherein he s,ttus the company
have taken particular care 20 fuu no
risks. Expondisg tlo vat sum 0i
money Ia building tho factory AMI lu
paying for tho pr0uuCt' before r.t.ug
any returns taeroirom, oeituny IL
running u great risk, especially WHOM
met with the gigantic opposition Of the
sugar trust.
1 heard one member Of the company
state he had extended his credit aud
honor In obtaining funds 10 keep g.
these public benenoiarles, aud / have
implicit faith In his word that ho ana
II for pure philanthropy. Hoalso n, tsl
that President Wiliord Woodruff had
done the same thlng.
stated In a former communication
that beets were raised In Ban Burnat.
dino at kl.45 per ton, did not state
tue land rent For this choice land
rented for more thau the cost OF falsiuE
the crop, and the work IL reported %
have been thoroughly done. Not
more than $3.50 per day was allowed
10 any lahureitht three brothers count,
log theit bbgT at tnis figure, aud they
did fully Out-half OF tau work them.
Helves. AZ WBts0nviiit, California,
the yield was not so profile. Ia ISIS
the yield was only Hu average OF "a
tons 10 the acre on 1000 acre.. But iu
1892 the yield wins 10 tons 10 the acre
from 4, l57 uCTes, anu these results have
only been attained by GLOW Juuruus
aud many costly iailurrs O. uOlh ftfu-
Urs and mill owneu. BuI with tueaIu
Of the government bounty Oi cent?
per pound 10 enabled tho factory topty
IS Ter ton Tor bpuls In 1893 4, 9gi aurss
were planted, as I was considered the
best ptying crop tlst could he rnisri,
for there wasn suru local market fOI
the product.
SO tuaI n MI Fisher only realized
ton tons 10 the acre a. 81 per ton woulI
be $40 per acre returns. ELIMINATING
tue c0st Of raising beols III $50 pnr acre,
This would give 50 per aero Tor lanu
rent (bvsldes leaving the land In a tlrs %
Glaze tllable cOnuiuOuh whhicu is iag
more than the grain gaiter oau ntiutd
" pay a. tue present gTnih price,.
Tue Nebraska department Il aEri-
culture makes the average COsi pur
acre on l38, with ylula little larger
than tlu Utah product,
Nit. H.. IA, Dyer Of the AlyAIndu
factory IN California, makes the cJl0
per acre a. $40, upon an average yIelu
OF fifteen tuus ~ tho uOTu, 20 that az 8 4
per ton would be sll por acre Tor LAM
rut
10 conclusion permit mo 10 say t.
friend Fisher n he lost on Me las
venture u Will never 90 ~ Riyeit up su
but up anu try Il again.
You're, 4, T.,
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