Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-08-27
Great Activity at the Half Dozen
Institutions.
FACTORY FOR BEAR RIVER.
Utah sugar Hoard VIII Meet Thurs
day to Hear Boxelder County
Farmers Proposition,

The hum Of the haf'dozen sugar
plants in Utah will commence to be
heard within the next ten days. Ex-
traordinary activity has begun at the
big parent plant at Lehl. where 1000
10 1900 tons Of beets per day can be
crushed, and the auxiliary plants az
sprlngvllle, Bingham Junction ana
Provo, where the Juice from the beets
is crushed and pumped TO Lehi are also
IN readiness to handle the crops which
the farmers viii haul TO their bins The
crop Is estimated az $1,000 tons. In og-
den, where the first operations are ex-
pected to be made the estimates are
that $1,000 tons Of beets VIII be handled
In Logan, where the new factory Is stlll
unfinished. there will be from 10000 TO
$4,000 tons Of beets received, though
they viii be worked up late In the sea-
son. As previously stated by the
News" the estimate OF this years
sugar output in Utah Is So,OOO.OOO
pounds, two-thirds Of which viii b.
turned out by the Utah Sugar company
The board OF directors OF the utah
Sugar company win meet on Thursday
morning at President SHOWS office, "
receive Manager Cutters report Of the
operations In the Bear River Valley
where there is also great deal OF labor
going on. The question of completing
the east side branch OF the canal to
Brigham City and Willard Is the main
one TO be considered by the board, ana
should any arrangement be entered into
with the farmers OF THAI locality, II is
not unlikely that a new sugar factory
for Boxelder county will be the next
step taken. The Utah Sugar company
has a large force Of men at work ON the
canal between the dam ana Collinstoh'
cleaning out the old ccnal. The 0Hers
made by the committee OF farmers on
the east side Of the river to the utah
Sugar company are deemed dulie au-
yantageous by Mr., Cutler, VINO VIII ay
his recommendations before the board
at their melting on Thursday morning
SUGAR DROPS 10 CENTS.
Both beet and cane sugar dropped
OFF another 10 cents yesterday, a result
II Is said by the brokers, Of the large
crops now coming into the market The
price on the Pacific coast for beet u
now 81. 60, and adding IS cents freight
would make s5.S5. which the Utah fac
tories would receive for their product |
ii they were In the market today. Cane
sugar is 10 cents higher
SUGAR ON THE COAST.
Judge Miner OF the Supreme Court Is
Just back from San Francisco. Being
acquainted with Claus Spreckles. the
sugar magnate, who handles both beet
sugar from his California factories. and
refnes the cane product from the
Hawaiian Islands, the Judge had an ex-
tended conversation with him on the
sugar outlook He says that Mr. Spree
kles states that the recent reduction
In the price OF sugar was due 10 the |
action OF the eastern syndicate and that |
the western prices had simply been cut
TO meet them at The Missouri river |
lOiuNS III NisNtl W tue Juutt III /
quiries, he thought that the beet fac
tories which had paid IN the past would !
continue TO do so In the future, and the |
factories were especially |
protected by the freight rate between !
their localities and water points. Judge |
Miner says that Mr.. Spreckles speak |
Ing from the standpoint OF beet sugar |
producer thought the industry had lit
tie to fear from the attitude OF the |
eastern sugar syndicate. or as Il Is bet
ter known, the Sugar Trust.
SOME SUGAR FIGURES.
What this years sugar crop will mean
10 Utah Ii well shown by the following |
figures; Thirty million pounds OF sugar !
ut only cents "A pound viii bring the
factories at least 1850, 00O Utah con.
sulnes 20,000,000 pounds which means
that a million dollars that used TO he
sent out OF the state is now kept at
home, the remaining 10000, 900 pounds
are shipped TO Montana Idaho and
eastern points, bringing in at least half
a million dollars Of outside money. on
a basis Of $4,000 tons ~ beets. at t475
per ton, the farmers will receive about
s64o. 0OO-spot cash. Many OF the best
farms will yield twenty tons 10 the
acre some may fan as low as ten. but
AT an average OF twelve, the farmer
would receive s5I per acre for his crop.
In addition, the three factories In Utah
viii pay for labor during the fall and
winter operations az least i225 900 cash.
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