The daily sentinel., 1902-12-05
Is in the City and Looking To-
wards the Reorganization
of The Colorado Sugar Man
ufacturing Company.

city last night from Eaton. where he
has just placed in operation the large
new beet sugar factory which was
built under his supervision.
Mr.. Cox is now under contract to
build large factory at Alamosa and
will begin work there in the course Of
few weeks.
The building Of the first sugar fact
ory in this state was due to the tire
less energy of Charles N. Cox. This
was the factory located here the first
one built in the state. and the only
counted as a failure, of all the sugar
factories which were built after the
first one was placed in operation in
Grand Junction.
The primal rea son for the visit of
Mr. Cox to this city and county at
the present time, is to take careful
view of the situation here in regard
to the sugar factory and see whether
some arrangements cannot be made to
secure its operation for the season of
Iupc. iio says tIiau iC Sph
make great deal more money by or
ganizing companies and superintend
ing the construction of factories. he
feels great interest in the mother
factory of them all. Here his inter
ests principally lie in this state and
he would be willing. if conditions
were satisfactory. to undertake to op-
crate the plant several years.
He stated to Sentinel reporter
| this morning in short interview.
bondholders would forclose on the
mortgage held by them against the
| present company. If the farmers and
land owners Of Mesa county want to
see that factory in operation that he
believes that he can make arrange
ments to put same in operation. if
the farmers will grow the beets.
| He does noe, however, want under
any circumstances to have merchants
and others not land owners make con-
tracts to grow the beets. He wants
bona fide contracts. no raw contracts
or no promises. it must be a plain
cold blooded contract to grow on a
business basis.
| He says it is shame to see this
factory idle. If the factory is not to
run, it would be better to remove it
than to see it standing idle.
| Every other factory in every other
town in the state is running to their
full capacity. Wherever factories
have been built the population in
some instances have trebled and doub
led. The town of Eaton, hamlet
of four hundred population, has
grown to city of 1900 people. Fort
Collins and Loveland have been made
small cities through the growing of
beets. Mr.. Cox says that the people
of this city and county are slumbering
ON their opportunity. by not having
this factory run.
1t is up to the farmers themselves,
whether this factory will be placed in
operation. If they will grow the
beets. the factory can be placed in
position to run.
What Mr.. Cox says in relation to
the factory is unquestionably true.
No man can truly realize or
compute the injury which the factory
lieing idle has been to this country.
1t is an eyesore and menace to
prosperity. The people of Grand
Junction should be aroused to the ne
cessity of securing the operation of
that factory next year. 1t is already
too late. Mr.. Cox says to thinks OF
getting the acreage ready. To sue
cessfully operate the Grand Junction
factory there should be planted at
least three thousand acres of beets by
the farmers of this valley The great
est capacity of this plant has been so
far about 100000 pounds of
sugar and when he left the Loveland
factory for this trip they had already
in storage over four million pounds of
sugar.
/. What will the people of this coun-
ty do to help Mr.. Cox get this factory
running. All he asks Is to secure the
beet acreage. This should be readily
done. There should be made. we'll
we will say desperate effort to have