The Morning standard. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1910-191?, 1910-11-06
HUNDRED MILLION
POUNDS OF SUGAR
Ogden Sugar Factory Has Turned
Out This Amount Since
Established.
Weber Club Prepares Statistics on
Agricultural Output in We
Der County.
A hundred million pounds of granu-

a hundred million pounds of Granu
lated sugar
The mind can hardly grasp the mag
nitude of these figures nor the vast
bulk OF this staple commodity which
the figures represent
Statistics relative to the agricultu'
raj output OF Weber county recently
compiled by the Weber club of Ogden
show that since the establishment of
q Beet Sugar Factory at this point
there have been manufactured more
than a hundred million pounds OF
sugar from beets grown within the
confines of Weber county alcle.
To better comprehend the quantity
of sugar here represented one may
picture a snowy shaft of sweetness,
fifty feet square al the base and taper
ing slightly to an altitude of one
thousand feet-the approximate height
of EIffle Tower at Paris,
The beets which have been used
In the manufacture of this vast guam.
tity of sugar is no less than 100000
tons grown entirely within Weber
county
A billion pounds Of beets is also
difficult to comprehend without the
aid of comparative figures. 1t Is cas-
ier. perhaps, to imagine q slightly
taperlng monument. 70 feet square at
the base, piercing the atmosphere to
n height of a mile, or one foot higher
than the rocky crcs< of Observatory
Peak
Curious as it may seem to those
who regard the manufacture OF sugar
brom beet roots as a comparative
recent innovation, the process has
been known for more tnan a hundred
and sixty years.
1t was in the year l7I7 that n Ger
man scientist discovered the fact that
sugar could be extracted from the
beet but in that slow-Soinc age the
Importance of the discovery was not
realized and fifty years elapsed be.
fore the first factory was erected and
placed in operation.
AS cary as 1890 attempts We're made
TO introduce the industry In America
but again the merits OF the PROPOSE
ton were not recognized and another
fifty years rolled on before the first
factory was finally established in
California.
Since that time the industry has de-
yeloped to one of vast Importance and
there are today about 20 factories In
operation in the United States, total
ing an average daily capacity of 5o,-
600 tons OF beet5 Close TO 365 600
acres OF land are now devoted to beet
culture and 1t Is estimated that $780,
600 long tons of sugar was manufac-
tuTed last year
In the beet-raising world Utah
stands fourth with five sugar factories
to her credit From statistics gather
ed over the state 1t Is conclusive that
Weber county Is the banner beet dis
trict of theGInter-mountaln country.
Last year there we're harvested in
Weber county alone over $1,000 tons
OF beets from which there was manu-
featured 100000 pounds Of the high
est grade OF granulated sugar
For this remarkable crop the Anal.
gamated Sugar company paid into the
bank accounts OF Weber couny farm.
ers no less than s33Q00O. A careful
compilation OF annuai statistics shows
that the company mentioned has paid
since the establishment of the Ogden
factory In 1898 a grand total of $5.-
100000 for beets or an average OF
$25OOOO a year
With this object lesson constantly
in view 1t Is not strange that capital
lists look forward To tIe doubling OF
the output of this section bv the es
tabHShmcnt OF new factories while
on the other hand. the non beet-raising
farmers are only too anxious to. en-
gage In an industry which will net
them annually from q few acres OF
ground moro than that realized by the
possessor of bonanza wheat farm
anywhere in the west