The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1908-11-06
WANT OUR
SUGAR FACTORY

raising beets but for simple ACCT
dent. . He plowed'u up some alfalfa for
beets the first summer, and was
turning the second crop under in the
hot weather when he heard that the
factory might not be built here at all.
and he postponed the work until the
third crop, was up about as high as
1.-THE second crop was when he plowed
some Of it under, He had plowed
around the whole piece, and then he
went on and finished IT in the cooler
weather. The next year he raised q
good crop on the part he plowed in
the hot weather, but the part he
|plowed after the hot. weather was
over hardly paid for the digging. He
couldesee the difference. right to- the
|dot,, and he did not know what he
would have thought Of the beet prop
|osition II he had waited and done all
Iof the blowing in the cool weather.
b Being asked how much 1t cost per
acre to produce beets, he said he did
mot know, but thought $45 covered
lit in his case for he had only a. short
distance to haul them. His farm is
right by the beet dump at Firth. He
increases his acreage as fast as he
can, and considers beets his best
paying crop. His land is a sandy
loan.
G.. w. Hammond OF Groveland was
asked to speak, and said he felt that
The is making a success of beet rails
ling, but that he thought the factory
could afford to pay So ton for the
beets. He made the statement that
the factory receives about $22 a ton
for the sugar they extract from a ton
of beets, but after he had finished
!sepaking, Mr.. Cutler said that in this
particular Mr.. Hammond was misin-
formed. That no factory on earth
could get $22 worth of sugar out of a
ton of beets under any treatment
known. That the best beets raised
contain only about II per cent OF
sugar, and if it were made up with
out any expense, and sold at whole
sale it would not bring $22. But as
I a matter of fact, the best treatment
possible will extract only about Il
per cent of the sugar that is in the
beets, and the rest is lost. That with
| the best treatment that can be giver
the beets here with such help as they
are able to get, they can only gel
about Il per cent of it. Expert labor
all through could only hope to raise
it to IL. Then again, not all beet:
average Z per cent OF saccharine
matter. A great many of them con
tain less than that, Is being a goot
average and this year the per cen
is generally low, though the tonnage
is large. The rainy weather or some
condition of the season had made thu
beets grow large, but they had no
ripened and developed the sugar al
they usually do. Last year the,
were able to get about $11.3O wortl
of sugar out of ton of beets, bu
this year it will probably not be NOR
than $3.50, and tremendous ex
Ipense bill has to come out Of tina
after paying the farmer his S4.5O
Speaking further on this point, n
said, II can prove every statement
make about these matters, and shall
be pleased to do it if there is an,
doubt in your minds. You can Sc
Ilect committee to go with me ant
examine our books at Salt Lake City
and | will convince them, and pa
their car fare. Appoint your com
mittee gentlement if you desire t
settle that matter in that way"
Byrd Trego asked to be heard an
, said, 81 want to mention somethin
, that think has been talked Of
| great deal out here on the street an
, in the homes, but has not come t
1.-THE front here. | didn't intend t
bring it up until heard thing