Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-01-13

vsl'su ,,ers in the United States IL
'as.' ,Se valley of the Great SAT- l : IKE
10 '"e Jaw hours ride OF salt Lake
vI'n" Ia the company which owns II
IlS y, make in the nelshborhooa Oh 10
~ wv NO pounds of white sugar TINS yea, :,
SNv~ 80 sugar industry is increasing
~. ',ously There are now immense
sDV'r ., IN a dozen different States,
''''. .n.ar,v new ones have been erected
a l.,i yssr. In Michigan alone eight peer
'as soc,orles have been constructed;
susN 80 new factories in Idaho, ana
'n''s ors two very large ones In utah'
, u'n,oroIa alone will produce more thah
am '.n ma mounds Of beet sugar IN lsss'
" ,.s,sor expects to produce about oV'-
y, oan mounds. and Nebraska, Mime
WV n,nols and New York VIII eaeh
'0'A ant sugar by the millions OF
'In as The industry is springing up
p0uiDs ... ana also in New Mexico, ana
VI, he within a short time protlta-
u w." a,,s,rv in half Of the States OF the
Union o.oa that more than 2OO,-
H,S lands of beet sugar VIII De
Il wy" ,bis wear. and that this amount
ms1I considerably increased IN isVV'
wa w. are now paying out aoou. siv ,5s
\ 400 annually to foreign coun.,ien
y. sugar. We are using more susas
w YEAR. our teeth get sweeler anu
w more Of them. In 1851 the aver
We Was ".ss only forty pounds per capita,
es hut four-ffths OF a pound per
. tor person. In 1898 1t had IN
We N sixty-two pounds and IL is
1880 eve Estimated that on the average eV-
~" nm woman and child in the Unit.
n a' s 49, eats al least one and one-hall
SSands Of sugar every week
MONEY IN THE SUGAR BUSINESS
r...A ,s lots Of money in the sugar
Arslness. The Utah company nave peeli
,sying regular cash dividends OF rom
"A ner cent 10 Y per cent per annuln'
/, addition 10 a number OF stock dlVl,
Sa1Ss Last year, think, they PAID
o SsoS, % per cent. Their stock is now
n 49, nsr cent above par. II Is the same
'r,,t many of the other sugar COM
,,nes and the business has undoubted-
r. come 10 stay. Many Of the FAC
,o-,Ss belong to the beet sugar trust,
N,hsrs ike those OF Utah, are stu
,nnning Independently, and some OF
,ssm saw that they intend TO continue
4 10 DO so, .s ,,roo,v
. no me oMormons." They prefer to keep
,Ssm in their own hands. because they
can help their own farmers by giving
them fair prices for the raising OF their
beets
HOW THE BEETS ARE RAISED.
II was in company with Bishop
Thomas r. Cutler and a crowd or
"Normons' that ! took the train 10
visit the big sugar beet factory at Lehi.
Va rode about forty miles from Salt
lake down the valley, now passing
4 trainloads OF cars filled with white
beets now going by great helds In
i which the green-top beets were being
Moved out Of the ground by the farm
ems, aud now seeing long lines OF teams
carrying them 10 the railroad or the
factory. Beet raising Is fast becoming
The chief Industry Of this section. Inc
company controls the product. 1t allots
10 each farmer Just so many acres OF
bis own land for beets every year ana
no more. The usual amount Is from
FIVE to six acres. The company FUR
nIshes the seed and plants the land for
the farmer, and agrees TO take the
bets OF him when they are raised AT
4 certain fixed price. The charge for
seed and planting Is about s2.75 an acre,
and II costs the farmer In labor about
!Sj per acre 10 raise the crop. This IN
cudes pay for his own labor and that
Of his family, so that In actual money
outlay the cost Is low. From each acre
he can raise from thirteen to fifteen
tons Of beets for which he can get
cash at the factory TO the amount OF
AN per ton, so that he clears from
IS 10 $50 per acre, and at the same
time has big payfor the labor Of him
SELF and his children.
At FIRST the farmers would not raise
the beets. They were afraid of them.
Bishop Cutler and his assistants went
about from school house 10 school
house lecturing on the profits 10 be
made out OF beet farming. Now they
have more applications for seed than
they can supply. They have In the
nelghborhood OF 1900 acres under Gull
tlyatlon and next year expect to d.
rect the putting In OF more than 5000
acres, The land, II must be remem-
bered, belongs TO the farmers, but the
company regulates just what shall be
used and how much OF 1t shall be
planted.
NOT EASY WORK.
! asked Bishop Cutler to tell me how
sugar beets are raised. He replied.
The ground must first be thoroughly
prepared. Then the beets are planted
from the seed, the seed being drilled in
N rows about eighteen inches apart.
We have a drill that puts In four rows
81 time After the beets have come
Up We have them thinned out so they
Stand six or eight inches apart In the
row. They have to be hoed and kept
Clear from weeds, and within five
months they are ready for making
sugar. The beets are then from twelve
% eighteen Inches long, about four or
nVs Inches thick at the top and they
Ntgh from pound to a pound and a
nat each. We don't want large beets.
me small beets have the sweetest Juice
sna make the best sugar. We try to
aaYe them run as near to pound and
quarter as possible"
How many beets does Il take 10
make pound OF sugar." / asked.
a. IL requires from six 20 eight" was
~, r reply. Eight Is about the average.
.ns number varies according to the soil
tna climatic conditions. Some regions
'.a produce more sugar to the beet
man others"
BEET SUGAR VS. CANE SUGAR.
How does beet sugar compare with
sis .suear, MT Cutler? ! have heard 1t
'1 ~, Vust cane sugar Is the sweeter."
, tuat Is not true" was the reply. "a
go. sSs crystal Is sugar crystal the
~ over Pure sugar made from cane
~. .ust as sweet and no sweeter than
'sas sugar made from beets."
..oy me way" continued Bishop CUT
49, nave you noticed how the beet
consumption is increasing. A
~, sedrs ago the world ate nothing but
sa' sugar. In 1860 the consumption
M M ssi,Vvv tons Of beet sugar and l,Os2,-
M w nv OF cane. In 1850 the world used
br. tons OF beet sugar and l.sli, 900
"a ~, ~ cane sugar. Last year almost
l nS w. IONS OF beet sugar were used
law n 10y, quite 100000 tons OF cane. The
nova a.. :. come when the beet sugar will
let.S 'ne cane sugar out Of the mar
now about the cana Gaia. =,