The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-09-15
pFEr sUeAR INpUsTRY.

zEl4On ana "A larger volume
Uf busin ess as represented in cash val
ues. thee Is not one which has done.
and is doing, so much for the welfare
Of its people as the Utah Sugar conf
pany- 1t has established an industry
which give employment directly and
indirectly 20 a greater number Of peo-
pie. n which has contributed 20 whole
communities a prosperity which prom
ises to be permanent and to steadily
increase in the years TO come. 1t is
producing at home an article of uni
versal consumption which has T. -etO-
fore been imported from abroad. gen
orally from outside our own country.
II has given employment TO thousands
OF reop-e at certain seasons. and as a
whole in all seasons. who could find
no equivalent employment in other di-
rections. 1t distributes to such en-
piuyeeS hundreds Of thousands of dol
lars annually in ready cash. AS will
be noted later, the sugar factory ex-
poets 70 manufacTure 1000 tOns of
beets the present year. for which it will
pay N.45 per ton. OF which S4.25. at
least. goes direct to the producer. an
aggregate to the alone of S3l.-
600. This is an average Of $50 per acre.
and as, If we remember correctly, the
average acreage is about i've to the
farmer. this means that J,40O producers
viii receive an average of $3.50 each.
The cost. Of manufacturing added to
this Of probably as much more, and
the profits to in the en-
terpTise win put in circulation "A full
million dollars. which permeates and
s~ti1nulates every branch Of industry
within this state.
It's influence Is extending far beyond
its own operations. as its success has
caused the establishment OF another
factory at ogden. and at Logan yet
another, with the prospect OF more to
follow. From these half as much more
Will be produced the present year.
In enterprises Of this class the meas
ure of success is the capacity OF the
management a combination of or
ganizing capacity and executive ability
is "A prime necessity. and the Utah Su-
gar company has been fortunate in this
respect While those who furnish the
capital and who contribute in any way
10 the successful of IL are en-
ti-led to a full need of praise, every
citizen of Utah recognizes that to the
foresight, energy. persistence ana good
judgment of Bishop Thomas r. Cutler
rs due a full share OF the credit for
the successful establishment of this
great industry. Chosen to be it's man.
agcr at the beginning Of the enterprise.
n studied every local conditions he
visited the successful factories in our
own country and then went abroad.
examining cxhaustively the methods of
cultivation. the machinery and the pro-
cess of extraction in France and Ger
many. He returned and gathered about
him a helpful corps of assistants. He
had the courage To leave the ruts; he
learned the methods Of others. but he
did not copy. Where existing forms of
machinery failed to meet his require
ments new patterns were made n
new machinery was built. When he
turned the first wheel Of the completed
factory he had the best equipped plant
in America, for its size. if not in the
world But before hat wheel was put
20 doing effective work a commU. atty
IF farmers wholly ignorant of the BUSH
ness had 20 be educated to roduc the
beets in sufficient quantity n of suit
able quality. With Mr.. George Austin
as field superintendent. and after a
season Of worry and work. a crop was
made ready for the harvest. 1t was
OF beets lacking in purity and often
deficient in sacchurine contents. but a
une qual1ty OF - was made, and. al
though IL tell far short Of paying ex-
penses. there was announcements in fl
TO go ahead. The second year the work
was easier, the results greater. but still
no profit. and the third year a little
better but yet without profit.
His stockholders were mostly CO.
in the Mormon church. men
of determination, courage and tenacity
or purpose. but their faith began to
Waue. The investment had far ex-
ceeded expectation: the stock was not
in demand. and one after another orig
iual stockholders dropped out.
But the turn in the ti6a finally came.
The beetS were grown OF better quail
lty AND in greater quantity. the per-
CcntdEe of sugar saved was materially
increased. and finally a process was
put ian for the S~ubjugatfon Of the potash
salts. which remain in the low product
m0laSSeS. BY which they have been en-
abled Co save a higher percentage of
the total ~saccharine contents than has
ever been accomplished elsewhere.
As the years passed by The profits in
creased. the undertaking became a pro-
rounced success. The stock
advanced 20 DaI and 90 per cent be
yond. The plant was enlarged: the in
HHHH uaa -. LaHI
ventured in establishing an auxiliary
plant for slicius the beets and extract
iuE the juice AT S~pringviIle. tweuty-tv.
miles south. and piping &c 90 the main
factory This was successful and TIN.
ucNt We another WAS erected at Bling
ham .tion. nineteen miles south.
Gud ! year q third One has been built
nsar rovo. fourteen miles from Lehi.
s1he l.ro first named have capacity for
cutting from $50 Co SOC tons OF beets
uer day. and that at Provo 800 tons.
Jhe pipe lines are all five-inch.
u total capacity at the main fac
tory is 5000 bags Of sugar. 100 pounds
each, per day. 22H pounds being pro-
duced fTCm the ton OF beets.
All he factories and AUXILIARY plants
arc equipped @ith the most modern
Improvements ami facilities.
u total acreage Of beets this year is
100 acres. distributed from salt LAKE
county TO Sanpctc county; the bulk.
however. OF thu acreage is i'm the Vicin-
ity OF Lehf. Provo. SpringNtlle. Spanish
Fo=k and Paw -. The condition of the
fcets cculd nCt he better and Mr.. Cutler
estimates the average yield al twelve
tons per acre. a total OF 4.O00 tons.
As to the latent possibilities Of beet
culture. the best results attained with
Intelligent cultivation have usually
been about thirty toms per acre.
one important problem enaius Yet
to be solved. Up toIhis time the prod
49, has not exceeded the local con
sumption, and IL has had no serious
competition. The nome demand VIII
probably oe less this year and hereafter
than tho production at all Of the es-
tablished plants. How many COmplica-
tons may arise when IT, becomes neceS-
Sary so export into other territory only
experience can answer There viii be
necessity for carefully feeling the way.
To our inquiry whether tile drainage
has beel tried. Mr.. Cutter replied:
We have experimental on the low.
marshy grounds which abound around
Utah lake Our experiments cover only
about two seasons and the results are
beginning to he felt. The drainage inn
proves the quality and quantity Of the
product
Z company does not cultivate muCh
beet land on its own account. Tor a
principal reason that up to the enlarge
meht OF the plant last year il could not
take all the contracts that were offered.
rorty tons Of beet seed were raise,i
m the year 1900. but owing % the
proutn 1st year the mother beets We're