The Morning examiner. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1904-1910, 1910-03-20
AN ANSWER TO THE SUGAR Co.

AN ANSWER TO THE SUGAR co.
In the Examiner of the 10Th in
stant. the Sugar company comes out
with Il statement of It's side of the
case 1t begins by cnlarging upon
tho benefits the tillerS of the soil
OF these parts have realized and the
part the sugar industry has played
| In the development of Weber county
and vicinity We know the sugar fac
| tory has done much toward making
| this thriving district No one wishes
| to deny this. but do not sugar fac
I tories produce like results in other
localities; in other counties. In other
states? The farmers appreciate these
| benefits II must be conceded also,
| that they Of the sugar company have
seen to il that they have not gone
with empty pockets. II the county In
general has been benefited. the hold
! erS of the ogden Sugar stock have
been thrice benefited
a few summers after the erection
OF the ogden plant. Its stock was sell
! ing at over double its par value, so
| we'll was ii Temunerating its promot-
ers. No other sugar stock in this vi
cinity has made such skyward jumps
| In the same amount OF time rs that
| of the Amalgamated No other sugar
company, far, or near, Is paying the
| beet producer so low price for the
raw material Little wonder that the
| stock Of this corporation has always
shown pronounced skyward tenden-
cies, is it?
Company Gets Benefits.
All The farmers of this section have
ccntended for is more equitable d.
vision OF the profits accruing from the
sugar industry Such a division has
been made by sugar concerns in other
| regions, without pickering. Then let
us look at this thing from another
viewpoint. David Ecces and his as
| sociates, are the parties TO consider
. themselves lucky First OF all. not
the county, for being the first to get
n factory oil the ground in this belt
of beets. For. IL they had not. the
| utah-tdaho company or some other
would soon have pounced upon il.
and received the golden stream that
is now flowing into the Golfers of the
| Amalgamated. Mr. EccleS can rest as
! sured that this favored spot would
hot have gone begging for long, Tor
capital to develop IL. Eastern capl-
tai galore is lying around loose "a this
, moment, awaiting just such fertile
fields as this VIII this be the end OF
| this sugar controversy?
Supposing an eastern company
| should decide to take advantage oil
this quarrel oil the growers and grind
| crs and set 4 large plant down by the
| side of the Eccles plant. Where
would the latter be with the farmers
of this part. after the protracted dis
| satisfaction over prices OF bcets that
the farmers have felt for long
| time? They would be nowhere.
AS to other Crops,
In the article OF the sugar COM
| pany referred TO above the sugar com,
pany people say they have to ship part
OF their product as far east as the
| Missouri river Even then. we say.
| they have enough of an edge over
and above the cost TO pay good divi-
| dends: at least. we see that their
| steel; is a most desirable one with in
Vestors. even after shipping to Mis-
| souri,. They say the beet checks COM
ing to the growers early in the season
make them flush and they need not
sell hay and grain till Spring, Yes.
not then even, generally speaking.
For the horse work early in the sea
son is so hard on the beet fields that
most of the farmers are relieved OF
the responsibility of having TO mar
let any hay Spring or Fall.
| We believe. also. that potatoes arc
moro than 80 cents Il hundrcdweiGht
now. say, twice or three times that
| Again. II is claimed. many farmers
have gotten out OF the hole by raising
beets Also. some of them have got
ten deeply into the hole raising bects-
A farmer OF Hooper recently stated
that he was in the hole when he start
cd raising bects. is in it yet, and Is
getting no better.
Hooper Paid For Spur.
The sugar company article seems
10 evince surprise at Hooper's being
In this controytrsy. For" it says
"it was not long since Hooper com