The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1914-09-17

the sugar, such as coal, coke, lime
rock, chemicals and machinery, all
of which have an important bearing
upon our commercial activity.
The apparent discrimination in the
prlce of sugar in various locations Is
due to h peculiar combination of cir
cumstances and conditions. including
the geographical location of factories
and the attendant freight rates in
reaching markets with their product,
as well as the local competition in
such markets.
Sugar beet culture has tended in
all localities where factories are 10
Gated to solve the social problems OF
life. The increased productiveness
of the land, makes it possible for
more people to live on a given acre
age and thereby reduces one of the
serious disadvantages Of communities
which are comprised of large farms.
Almost invariably small towns have
been built and the number of rural
residences materially increased in
the vicinity OF sugar factories.
Notwithstanding the fact that for
many years past the production of
beet sugar in the world has been
equal to and at times greater than
that OF cane, and also the well estab-
lished fact that the two products are
absolutely identical In physical char
acter, chemical constituency and mo-
lecular arrangement, there still ex-
lists in the minds of many people d
fallacious conviction that there is an
essential difference between the two
and many housewives declare that
for certain uses, beet sugar will not
accomplish the purpose Of cane.
While this idea is entirely enron
eous and is often due to a peculiar
prejudice, 1t is partially justified in
the following reasons: In the first
place the manufacture of beet sugar
is comparatively new industry and
during the early or experimental
stages Of its progress the work was
accomplished with crude facilities
and often times unskilled labor,
which resulted in an imperfect pro-
duct, and they who purchased this
product concluded that its poor quail.
'ity was due to its having been ex-
tracted from beets, not suppOsing the
fault to be with the manufacturer
Again, up until recent years 1t often
times happened that impure sugar
from both cane and beets was placed
upon the market, but because of the
peculiar character of the impurities
contained in the cane sugar, its inn
projections were not evident, as all
impurities accompanying the cane
product were pleasant to the taste
and when present in small quantities
were not even distinguishable, while
with the beet sugar, all the impurities
which might accompany 1t were very
disagreeable, y 9Th to tast~ md smell
and any signt departure from per
feet purity was readily noticeable.
At this time, however, with improv
ed facilities, modern machinery ant
skilled operators. the beet sugal
factory is able to eliminate ever!
particle of impure substances, reduc
ing the sugar to 100 per cent purity
In which condition it is impossible
for any chemist to determine wheth
err 1t was extracted from sugar 'an'
or sugar beets. 1t is also vel
known fact that our raw sugar re
Tneries have refined imported raw
beet sugar along with the cane TO
years past, and the same has beeI
labelled pure Cane Sugar" and theN
have justified themselves on thu
statement of scientists that the two
are identical.
Inaspuch as one half of the H.
| 600 600 Yons annual sugar production