Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-12-16
Story Of The Years Sugar Record in Utah

- He year zoos in the beet sugar industry OF Utah and Idaho
goes ont with less Of eXuberan feeling than it in AZ
opening the year and especially in the spring when the
seasons planting under way looked though the farmers OF the
two might confidently rely crop of 100000 OF bceS
As late as Tune the fields every district bore excellent promise and
no one thought placing the crop estimates OF the year lower
figure Then drou the mysterious blight for which tic
kecncst government experts have been unable find ug
ges remedy the devastating white y followed and when the crops
were harvested found that the 100000 had runkcn fully
Is per cent.
nearly be learned the total OF the years tonnage
both will approximate 10000 The blight fell crrac
fashion was worst the Sewer Sanpc Lewiston Bacfoo
and Nad districts Ogden and Logan suffered Garland and Idaho
Falls from the trouble and Sugar City prac
ay untouched districts the farmers loss almost
in others partial and the others the crop greater than be-
fore
Heavy the losses will surprise OF those who have
been diligently engaged in looking only the dark side OF the picture,
to learn that the 10000 harvested exceeded by 10000 tons the
crop OF 1904 While farmers who planted beets this year. real
lied little nothing still the majority have Jared we'll for the
records OF the several sugar companies show that close S7ooooo
has been paid ont Tor eets this against S5oooo for 1904
Evils arrive sngl and another circumstance which has
the feeling depression sugar circles the low price OF
refined sugar which has prevailed for the past several months the
period too when all the local companies had sell much the
markets would consume in order the heavy demands made
them for becs labor coal gts and supplies These low prices
averaging nearly pound below this time last year have been
brought about through variety OF First the collapse OF
tempted corneng the sugar France which spread ruin
in its wake caused several suicides and threw upon the markets I'M
accaons OF sugar which had be cahed any price
second production Europe caused by the high prices of the
previous year. which tempted the farmers Of Germany and France
increase their and usually the overo the task
and pull down the worlds prices to their detriment.
The above detailed have had the effect of making
III the sugar industry quite cautious investments The prom
ised factory Sanpete and Sewer and the plant expected be built
Payete Idaho will therefore be deferred another season, that
the only factory under construction year Utah and Idaho
will be the Nanpa Ida II confidently expected that the fer
t OF the soil that district will speedily subnerge this plant with
be and show the necessity that exists for another in which the
building the Pacte factory will be proceeded with along orig
ina lines
M sugar authorities agree that the bottom has been reached
the Of prices and other depressing influences and that better
outlook assured This view is we'll forth by the Louisiana
Planter Sugar Manufacturer OF date which SAYS
The tragic crash the sugar market in Paris has had the effect
OF carrying prices below normal level and fair expect
reaction although the market responds very reluctantly that
direction The present reduced prices sugars will almost surely in
their consumption and apart from there ought to be an
enormously increased distribution OF sugars all the trade channels
OF the world the stocks everywhere have been depleted because of
the adverse conditions that have surrounded the market now Tor four
five months 1t is stated that French factories are
compelled advance with their beet growers reduction
in prices go insolvency. declaring their inability fulfill
their already made This show which way
the wind blows and would look little if this wind would rise
ipto gale during the next three or four MONTHS