The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-12-27

Beet sugar produced in Utah and
Idaho in 1908 viii approximate 10000
600 pounds. Some of the factories are
still running, so that exact figures are
lacking. but enough is known TO record
the closing season as the best In the
history of the Industry. The output
for 1907 was 1850 900 pounds.
To realize what $50, O00.0G0 pounds of
beet sugar means it is but necessary
10 look back hut seventeen years. The
first beet sugar made in Utah was at
Lehi in 1881. The factory al that place
is considered the parent factory for the
intermountain west.
How Start Is Made.
In that first year there was produced
at Lehi 1l.000 bags of sugar, or 100000
pounds. On this sugar the federal gov
eminent paid a bounty of cents d
pound. and the state added to this a
bounty of !, cent a pound. The first
output of this first factory sold for s
cents a pound. and was all disposed of
IN Salt Lake City and Ogden.
II this same bounty of cents a
pound were now paid. the beet sugar
makers of Utah and Idaho would this
years receive from this source s.. 400. 900.
And II the sugar We're now sold at 8
cents a pound. the gross receipts for
this years output would be Sl4. 400 900.
At -he present retail price of about 6
cents. this years output will amount
to $40. 500. 600.
For some years after the establish
ment OF the Lehi factory the beet sugar
industry had a precarious existence.
But for the faith of the men at the
head of the enterprise. the industry
must have died in those early days
But it passed through the experimental
stage and il now established upon so
solid a foundation that II is bound to
grow and prosper. The possibilities OF
the industry are bounded only by the
demands for sugar In the country.
Where the Sugar Goes.
The sugar output Of Utah and Idaho
for 1907 was distributed throughout
t'tah. Idaho. Montana. Nevada. Wyo-
nl t-e Nebraska. t<anEnc North and
SoEta Dakota Minnesota. Wisconsin.
Michigan, Illinois, Iowa and Missouri.
The railroads have Just notified local
shippers that rates VIII be published
Jan. 10, 1903. enabling them to ship
beet sugar to many points in oklahoma.
II is certain that the crop of 1908 viii be
more widely distributed than any pre-
viouS crop, and that year after year
new territory will be added u that al
ready conquered
Brings Money to Utah.
Some idea OF the Importance of the
industry to Utah and Idaho may be
obtained from the statement that i'm
1907 upward OF S5,OoO.OOO was brought
into the states from outside in eX-
change for sugar. This amount will be
greatly increased with the present crop,
and there is no reason 70 think that il
will not increase materially each year.
Here are some additional statements
that will assist a person to comprehend
the magnitude this industry has al
ready reached In the two states named,
while il is conceded on all sides that
the industry is still in its infancy:
There are now nine beet sugar fac
tories in Utah and Idaho. The Utah
factories are located 1T Lehi, Ogden.
Logan. Garland and Lewiston. The
Idaho factories are located at Sugar
city. Idaho Fails Nampa and Black
foot The companies operating these
factories are capitalized for $4,000. zoo.
and stock OF the part value OF S11 900. :
COO has already been issued.
Last year dividends amounting TO