The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-11-06
THE PRICE OF SUGAR BETS.

Last Tuesday The Herald, in an arti-
Gle entitled The Price of Sugar Beets, !"
said:
II as understood that the sugar fac
tory viii pay % cents ton more for
beets next year than was paid this. 1t
is further understood that the reason
for the advance is the fact that the
new tariff law has raised the price of
sugar 81 per hundred pounds.
The advance in the price of beets Il
not at all equal 10 the advance in the
price of sugar A ton of beets in g
year when they yield what is called
an average per cent Of Saccharlne mat
ter viii make about 30 pounds Of
sugar. In such a year as the present,
when the beet crop is not up to the
avera ge, ton of beets yields about 1856
pounds Of sugar.
Under the new tariff the sugar COM
pany viii get an additional $1S5 or 81
on the sugar produced from each ton Of
beets. while the farmer who grows the
sugar beets is only to get an additional
% cents on his ton of beets. The divd-
sion OF the profit that the new tariff
gives the sugar manufacturers ism t
equitable. The manufacturer is not
put TO q single new expense to get the
additional S1.85 or the additional $40
for the sugar he makes from a ton Of
beets.
When the sugar schedule was framed
to give additional protection to the pro-
Queer of sugar it contemplated the
grower of the beets as well as the
maker of the sugar Why should the
maker of sugar get S1.S5 or $2.10 more
for the sugar he makes cut of q ton OF
beets as the result Of the new tariff
while the grower Of the beets is only
to get % cents? The additional profit
should be divided equally between the
producer of the beets and the producer
of the sugar.
To this article MI Thomas r. Cutler,
the manager of the Lehi sugar factory,
made reply last Wednesday morning
through the columns of the Salt Lake
Tribune. That there may be no mis-
understanding, we give Mr. Cutters
reply entire. Here it is:
The salt Lake Herald, in its issue OF
this date, has an editorial on the Price
of Sugar Be IS' in which ut says that
the advance in the price of beets is not
at all equal to the advance in the price
Of sugar. lit further says that d ton
of beets, in a year when the . yield
what is called an average per cent of
Saccharine matter, viii make 210
pounds of sugar. In answer to these
statements I viii simply say that this
is the seventh year Of our operations,
and the average sugar content UP to
this date for the seven seasons is 165
pounds of gr2nulated sugar per ton Of
beets
The Herald then further says that
under the new tariff the sugar COM
pany will get an additional $1.S5 or $2.IG
on the sugar produced from each ton Of
beets. Such statement The Herald
has no foundation for whatever Not
withstanding that the tariff in the su-
gar clause of the Dingley bill provides
for d duty Of S1.95 per hundred pounds
on such sugars as the Utah factory
manufactures, there is nothing in the
bill. nor in the condition of the sugar
markets of the world, to guarantee any
prices whatever for sugar, as there IS
no article of commerce on which there
has beeen such q nuctuation of prices
in the last few years, as in that of su-
gar, for reasons which might be elabor-
ated upon in this article would time
and space permit or wisdom dictate.
viii simply say that when The Herald
makes the statement that the farmer
is not getting his proportion, l would
be glad to so into details Of the bust
ness for the past seven years in Utah
and compare conditions with the aver
age farmer in Utah who has supplied
the beets-taling into consideration the
amount of capital employed.