The Filer record. (Filer, Idaho) 1919-1930, 1920-01-22
SENTIMENT STRONG FOR BEET SUGAR
FACTORY HERE, DEVELOPMENTS MADE

- - eS&@Vs A4At - A1lAb ~
Al a meeting Of the board Of d.
Eectors q the Filler Commercial Grub
Monday afternoon. representatives ~
tie Idaho Cooperative Bert Sugar
company were present and outlined 10
the board the progress that has bcen
made to~ard the erection OF a beet
sugar factory here
Officers Of the company present b.
cluded Oswald Wilson. president: ~
W Wooli vice president and general
manager. Fred Hlnxe. constructor
engineer. and Frank DeKlotz. who has
recently becn made a director Of tie
company.
The following Information Was pre-
ssnted concerning the Idaho C0-op-ra-
tiVe Beet Sugar company
The factory TO b. erected In Filler
b. tie Idaho cooperative Beet Sugar
company represents a biz ent-rpfiss
and will mean much Tor the town and
country. Among other things u Nfll
bring 10 this school district between
sii0oo and $1,000 yearly tax money
Practically all o. the factory site HES
within the boundaries % the Indepeud-
cnt school district as we'll a. in sha
Rural hlKh school district.
About s3s.osO worth OF stock fa.f
would BE- produced yearly which woald
add much TO t1e resources Of this
community The bringing Of the fac
tory hers would mean the addition ~
: 800 GOO worth Of new wealth
The demand for sugar greatly Ell
ceeds the supply. and this demand -
Increasing The world consumed four
billion pounds yearly when sugar was
selling Al 10 cents a pound Al 70
cents a pound the yearly total. would
be- eighf billion dollars The United
States produces only one-foartt ~
the sugar consumed he balance COM
inc from Cuba. Hawaii the PHILIPPINES
and Porto Rico Irrigated countries
such a. fhis. where We - favored
With the climate soil fertility. labor
and Intelligence should rise 10 mret
this Increasing demand
ON the North and South Side Twlf
Fails tracts there is more aSallahie
sugar beet producing land n an in m.
whole state 81 Utah where there are
rs factories le Or ~ factories could
be- supported 81 these tso trlcta
Idaho even la sioTtycA~ Is ne,t 10
California In uxar content prodnced.
The ralsln- Of susar besfs eill NOT
deiract from the production % other
crops. or ihferfrre Rifh them The
by-prodncfs % an acre 81 b-cts Viii
produce nine tons II food salue. Beet
furnishes ham1as To . soil Ths
sugar comes from the air and not
from the rrnand and Is moi a. "a
hauEiiye o. the soil a. wheat
Filler offers a better ay1llablr field
Tor the location Of a beet sugar fac
tory than any other section. aud has
a large acreage surrounding
Much stock vas sold here before ne
company was organized. and the pro-
emf plans call for q factory here. ore
IN the east and one In the west snd
n s. necessary % set outside - this
TERRITORY 10 sell part ~ the stock and
20 purca1se machinery The plant
purchased will have a daily capacity
o, seo tons and can be increased 10
1000 tons very easily.
SUGAR u selling Ia the east sf FROM
2. 10 p cents per pound. and re
price Is about " cents herr nos leo
beet sugar factories are needed ia-
20 meet a part 81 the ln.
creased demand There are no sursr
iincks "a the market
There are approximately $500 scres
signed ~ on the tract. 1900 OF fh.m
lsinx Ia the Filler district. and ahoat
iieooo has bseH subscribed in stock
here
The site has been purchased fhe
raskaEe u being Surveyed cantrsff
1ss been lei for million brick. rise
bed purchased. and siei the machlr-
~ and steel all purchased Tor on-
'afiory and part ~ another. shinfs
iafr reached an advanced stage ~
An effort 4 noe being made 80
cnfrasi the necessary acreage In this
community and 10 Increase the sais
4 stock locally
The board u directors endorsed the
imposition u the idsbo Cooperative
Beet Sugar company. and the con-
ensus Of opinion locally Is con
tused 70 most favorable As the
actory. the company and its onicers