Arizona republican., 1901-10-04
AN ENTHUSIASTIC MEETING
In Which Sentiment Favoripg Beet
 Sugar Plant Was Universal.

The meeting al O'Neill hall last even ing for the consideration of the subject Of encoura Sing the erection in this val ley of a b7et sugar plant was well at tended and there was an enthusiastic expression faVoTing the enterprise. frcn all who spoke. whils the applause of the audience indicated that the ser timent was universal
 Mir. E. A. Fowler presided and open ed the meeting with appropriate re- marks. Dr. Ford. president of the board of Trade Mir. James A Davis of Chicago. industrial commissioner of the santa Fe railIoad. and Messrs. Bry=- selbout and Sampseli of the Eastern Sugar company occupying eats on the platform.
 After a short talk Mir Fowler intro duced Mir. Davis. who was to be the chief speaker of the evening: in fact came here at the request of the board of trade to advise the people of this valley in regard to the matter. Mr. Davis is entirely a disinterested party so far as the sugar enterprise is con cerned. except. as he made clear to the audience, that whatever would build up Arizona would put money into the coffers of the Santa F-e railroad either directly or indirectly and for that req son he would encourage no enterprise that he did not believe would ultimate ly prove a glorious success. MT. Davis in his official capacity has posted him. self thoroughly on the subject. as ne has had "a great deal to do with the esta bIis shment of the beet sugar bust ness in Colorado along the Arkansas wall Iey. He said that the Santa Fe hal beeh more than liberal toward the bus iness in that region and in return was being amply repaid by increased traf- fic. not only in the product of the fac tory. but in every product of that rs- zion. for the many interests were all greatly stimulated by the success of the sugar enterprise. Land that three years ago could be bought for s25 per acre is now worth S2OO per acre within five miles of the factory. and it has in- creased at least fifty per cent in value for distance Of fifty miles around 4 He said that the company. instead of investing $150.0OO as it agreed to. be- fore it stopped put $l.25O.O0O into the plant and paid out an enormous sum in wages semi-monthly. He gave many frst2aces that came under his personal obs rvation of the enormous profits on the amount invested. that were return ed to all interested from th| factory down to the beet grower. one in par ticular he noted was Senator. Swin;x. who ased his land at $40 an acre anI still the grower made a bigger profit than on any other agricultural crop As q result he said he believed the Ar kansas valley the richest place in the world simply because the sugar busi- ness was success and it carried every thing with it. The pulp feed stimulated the stock raising business and incraas- ed the Gamand for alfalfa He said. though. that farmer should not put all his land into beets. at least not until it had proved q success. as di- versifed and intensified farming is what is needed. In substance he gave the enterprise every possible encou-- Ggement that he could. He said that as matter Of fact the farmers Of this valley should jump at the offer of the company. which would necessarily spend more than the amount of the bo- nus in conducting experiments that in mos: places are perfected before a company even offers to come iA. He thought the proposition of tine compan. very liberal one. and thought the bo- nus a mere trihe. He said the Santa Fe railroad would advise this bonus. though it is the first time it has ever ient'its influence to any bonus pTopo- sitioa. But it does so now because it is satisfied of what the result will be he went oFe-- tn subject of markets