The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-07-26
Modern Sugar Mill

One of these days I want to tell
you all can about the very modern
sugar factory built at Rigby, Idaho,
by the independent sugar company
known as the Beetgrowers. 1t is
difficult to describe such things, and
yet they built such a very modern
and substantial mill in every respect,
I feel as if / were Sinking duty
when / postpone telling you about
it. For the present please just take
my word for it that it is far above
the average sugar mill, and that last
fall they turned a Wheel and
manufactured a lot of sugar and
tested out all their plans and equip
ment. For the present l want to
tell you about some other things.
A Sugar King Came
Some of the older residents of the
Snake river valley may remember
that in the year 1908, one Mr.. Have
meyer Il think it is pronounced
Ha Wy my err sugar king of the
east made a trip to Salt Lake and
the Snake river valley. He visited
Blackfoot and Idaho Falls, Sugar
City and some other places, and
newspapers had considerable to say
about Mr.. Havemeyer and what he
said. You know, when one gets up
in the world and makes success OF
something, they like to quote him
a great deal, and reporters will
hang on to the railing of private
? car all evening to hear one word
from the man who can cornor the
stock and make all the other fellows
dance to his music. 1t was so with
Mr.. Havemeyer in 1908.
Came to Conquer
While he was at Salt Lake City he
is reported to have had sitting
with some of the sugar men there
He is reported to have informed
them that he wanted to buy a large
block of stock in their institution,
and they did not want to SELL He is
said to have slipped them the infor-
nation that it would be pleasant and
profitable to them to sell while the
selling was good, and remarked that
he did not wish to urge matters, but
that he was going out into Idaho for
a day or two and would be back
Before leaving Salt Lake for the next
leg of his journey he would like to
have their answer regarding the sale
of some stock in their company.
did not hear them say it, but is
is my understanding that these Salt
Lake men felt complimented on
learning they had something that Mr..
Havemeyer wanted and was rather
insistent about buying. 1t makes a
man feel good to be told that he has
a very desirable piece OF goods or
property, and to hear a man OF
money say, would you care to sell
any or all of it, Mr.. Blank?"
How He Did 1t
These Salt Lake sugar men did
not get the seriousness of it soaked
into them till the last day, and then
they began to wonder just what Mr..
Havemeyer had up his sleeve. They
decided to ask him to come over and
sit down with them and talk it over,
which he did. ! did not hear the
conversation, but it is reported that
one of them in most persuasive
manner asked him just what would
he do if they declined to sell him
any of their stock. And he is re-
ported to have replied in voice that
ran as smooth as warm syrup, i
will build factory at every town
where you have one, and ! will make
sugar at cost of $3.50 a bag less
than you can make it. / will sell
sugar on the market at profit when
you sell in the same markets at a
loss. But il you sell me block OF
stock at the price name, will put
YOU in possession of information that
will enable you to make sugar at
the lower price and we shall all De
making plenty of money"
A Monopoly Was Built
Mr.. Havemeyer got the stock he
wanted, and the next move they
made affecting this locality was to
get the Blackfoot independent
factory, the Snake River valley
Sugar company, into the trust. They
had to put up good money to get
the stock, and the local men who had
stock in the Blackfoot factory I'M
loaded during the strife at good
profit. Then the Utah-ldaho Sugar
company went on with their plans to
monopolize the sugar business in the
intermountain country, and began
calling it their territory. In order
to control their territory they began
a systematic organization OF the