Arizona republican., 1909-06-29
FRIDAY |S
 SUGAR DAY Afternoon Excursion From
 Phoenix to Glendale THAT THE PEOPLE MAY SEE The Whole World Is In vited to Visit the Factory of Southwestern Sugar Company and Inspect Its Processes.

Friday July ? will be sugar day" this year. the first celebration of what is to become an annual holiday in this valley. as it is now at Grand Junction and other Colorado points Though it is an annual festival it is a movable one. the custom being inaugurated by l the sugar company and the date being set each year as the best suits the convenience of the company and the | public
 A special excursion train will be run by the Santa Fe leaving Phoenix at 2:15 city time and returning at 5:30 city time so those who come from the south side may return home on the regular evening train from here. A special excursion rate of fifty cents for the round trip, Phoenix to Glendale has been made for the occasion. How ever it will be sugar day all day at the Glendale factory and those who wish to go by wagon. team or carriage may do so and stay all day if they like. The sugar company will be pre- pared to serve luncheon to those who go early and wish it.
 The purpose of sugar day is educa- tional purely. The picnic feature is only to make the occasion as enjoyable as possible. People can go on picnics most any time and if they can make a picnic out of sugar day so much the better. But the main purpose is to let the people see each for himself. just how sugar is made, just what pro cesses the beets are submitted to. and to better appreciate the magnitude of the undertaking of the sugar company in this valley. By inspecting the works they can better appreciate the i'm mense amount of capital involved, thus showing that good business men are taking a heavy chance. along with the small farmers. to make a success of an industry that means a great deal to the country. The company recognizes the necessity of full cooperation with the people and that the people may better understand it is well that they have some idea of the problems the company has to solve, in addition to the work of raising beets. and also that they may see how these problems have been solved. and note by the economy of processes. the duplication of mechan- lNdl dBBdi dluSt Mditi SuDBiN tlNs Ailt things that have been done that mean just the difference between success and failure. and also to see the virtue of liberal expenditure of money for complete and ample equipment. as an insurance against possible failure through incidents not always reckon ed against
 Again the manufacture of sugar is a new thing in this section and many are curious to witness it personally. A visit to the factory without a guide on an ordinary occasion would afford the visitor but little information unless he knew something of the processes before. and with a working crew busy attending to their imperative duties. there is little opportunity for them to explain to passing visitors. But the company wants the people to know all these things and has therefore arrang- ed this sugar day especially and will have large corps of extra men on hand whose sole business will be talk ing parties through the factory and explaining every stage of the process Sugar day has become an annual festival in Colorado where it was in augurated by MT. Davie and associates just as is being done here. The com pany there had it's questions to solve just at it has here and always in the sugar business, success depends large ly on cooperation. A better knowledge of the business will inspire the plant ing annually of more beets. until such time as the limit is reached. That it is to be an annual function is well be- cause each year there will be new peo- pie in the country inspired by the same curiosity as those here now and