The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1904-11-04
A HUGE RECEPTION.
Owosso Sugar Company Accorded
One or Friday to Farmers of
Shiawassee County.

Sh'awassee County.
The Owosso Sugar Company kept
open house Friday to the farmers of the
county. A large number of invitations
had been sent out and the response to
the invitation was as general as the in
vitation itself-there certainly seemed
to have been but few invitations sown
on stony ground. The crowd number
ed more than two thousand while the
number of those who were entertained
at dinner ran over the fourteen hundred
mark. The company didE nothing by
halves and the evidence all points to a
much more cordial feeling on the part
OF the farmers of the county towards
the Owosso Sugar Company land Tits
management.
After having spent much of the fore
noon in being piloted about the big
plant and calling at the offices sofI.the
company where the officers of the com
pany were meeting all callers, the big
crowd began to assemble in earnest in
the warehouse. The upper floor had
been transformed into an auditorium.
Flags were draped from the steel roof
supports, and at the back of the stage
which had been erected for tie COM
pany officers and the speakers of the
morning. The Light Infantry Band,
which was engaged by the company for
the day, entertained the first of the com
pany as it came in and continued to
play until the large crowd was ready to
listen to the addresses. 1t is scarcely
necessary to add that this feature of the
entertainment provided by the company
was enjoyed by the audience, and help
ed to make the few minutes of waiting
seem short and pleasant.
Shortly after eleven o'clock the au-
dience was called to order by the presi-
dent of the company, Capt. G. w.
Brown of Pittsburg, Pa, who in be-
half of the Sugar Company welcomed
the guests and invited them to make a
thorough inspection of the factory be-
fore returning to their homes. 1 hope,
said President Brown, that the large
number of persons present indicates the
degree of interest felt in the sugar fac
tory. One of the prime objects in ask
ing you to come here was to have a lit
tie friendly talkltogether. The stock
holders of this company have made big
investment here. We believe that we
have one of the very finest sugar fac
tories in the country. We chose this
location on the invitation of many o.
your prominent citizens. We believed
that farmers here would be willing ant
glad to raise beets. We must hav,
beets. But on the other hand we know
that there Is money tor you farmers il
raising beets We could easily distrib
ute $780, 900 per year right in this com
munity if you will only raise the beet
for us. And we promise you'll that al
ways our very first idea is to treat ever.
farmer with perfect fairness. We EN-
gagged Hon. A. B. Cook to take charg
of the weighing and the tare room be
cause we felt that there was no person
in the county who was at the same TIM
so we'll qualified and so we'll known anc
trusted by all of you and we felt tina
we owed this much to you right in tn
start to prove our intentions of giving
you fair deal And now while w
thank the business men of Owosso an
thank you all for the good will 20,
have shown the company let me asl
each one of you to use your influence t
get two or three acres more of beets rails
ed here and there and all over the cour
ty, than are already planned for. Pres
dent Brown then called on Mayor Stan
ley E. Parkill
Mayor Parkill began by assuring tn
audience that the people of Owosso ar
very proud of the sugar factory an
also that its establishment here cam
only after many months of hard wor
ON the part of a good many people
\ Owosso. However he expected to Sc