Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1911-07-11
NOTHING To
KICK ABOUT
Sugar Making Campaign a
Complete Success
FARMERS MAKING MONEY
Contrary to Report the Big
Rain Did Not Interfere
With Their Prosperity
Product to Date 2,50O, 900
Pounds. /


Including yesterdays run the Glen
dale sugar factory has this season turn
ed out 100000 pounds OF as fine sug-
ar as anybody would care TO see and
before the season ends, which will prob
ably be in the first week OF August,
100000 pounds more win have been
made The beet growers are all get
ting fine returns for their seasons
work and a more satisfactory season in
every way could not be asked for. either
by the farmers or by the management
of the factory.
Such was the opinion expressed yes
terday by Lafayette Myers. manager of
the factory and interests of the South
western Sugar and Land company. He
said: Il don't know a beet farmer
who is not netting from $50 to $50 per
acre from his beet crop. The factory
has been running in fine shape and the
quality of sugar turned out is the
equal of anybody's sugar. 1t is whittier
even than the cane sugar, as has been
shown by careful comparison in the
Phoenix stores. We are accomplish
ing all we could hope to and the beet
growers are jubilant which also makes
us feel good for it means more and bet
ter beet farmers in the future and more
prosperity for both the farmers and the
| factory. We haven't a single thing 10
kick about"
Mr.. Myers was asked concerning the
story that gained currency about the
factory closing down after the rain on
account of the beets being spoiled He
said that no beets were spoiled though
some were delayed a little in the har-
vest and the factory did run d smaller
tonnage for a few days after the rain.
in fact until yesterday. but today it
win be going to fun capacity again. The
reason was that after the big rain the
beets which were practically mature.
began growing again for 4 few days un-
til it dried off. That lessened the sug-
ar content a little, but ii also added to
the tonnage of the beets. The fac
tory merely bought a little more water
for few days. The farmers made up
in tonnage the small lamOunt they lost
on sacCharine matter. II anybody lost
anything it was the factory bur it was
too small matter to grieve about and
so long as the farmers are happy the
factory management is bound to be. It's
business is figured down to a simple
matter of making sugar and it knows
how to do it when it can get the beets,
especially such fine lot as the valley
has produced this year. Summed up
said Mr.. Myers the beet farmers prob
ah a, IL
the rain.
The campaign began on the 10th OF
June but the factory did not run to fun
capacity for sometime, then since the
rain it has been going a little slow,
as mentioned but from this time on It
is expected it will run the full capac-
ity of about 10000 bags per day. The
campaign is just about half over in
point of time. perhaps little over half
but the last four weeks should produce
three million pounds Of sugar as
against two and a half million pounds
during the first month.
One pleasing feature Is that the pre-
judice of the old fashioned people
against beet sugar is very rapidly dis
appearing. There are still a few peo-
pie who believe sugar is no good I'M
less it is made from cane but when a
comparison is made between the cane
sugar and the output of the Glendale
factory. there is nothing more to say.
The sugar speaks for itself. The truth
is that one can make good sugar and
poor sugar out of eSfer cane or beets
1t depends on the making. not on the
source of the raw material and the
Glendale factory is making good sugar.