and the plants of the amalgamated sugar company in logan utah and la 41 grande oregon with headquarters in ogden ft ogden Fac torys output this year three times greater than the first season farmers and business men reap a rich harvest from the crop incalculable benefit to ogden and vicinity railroad rates have been unfavorable to the utah manu of sugar discriminating tariffs utah exports 1600 cars of sugar and consumes pounds the sugar industry is doing for ogden and weber county a good almost incalculable cu lable it has distributed hundreds of thousands of dollars improved tha methods of farming and has given new life to every branch of business prior to the introduction of beet cultivation intensive farming was unknown in many of the farming districts of this section but now the benefits of careful attention to crops and intelligent planting and the proper application ot water are w ell understood and an approach to clifio farming has been attained beet culture has made better banners of our rural inhabitants and taught them the economy of intensive soil cultivation further than this the industry has kept at home largo sums which at one time were sent outside to bring in sugar by the trainload today instead of sending money away for the saccharine article supplies its own wants and in addition draws from tho outside a golden harvest which in its distribution among the manufacturers the farmer the skilled laborer and the business man reaches all avenues ot trade and infuses new life into every industry in the county the business men seeing the bent fits derived from the sugar industry have loyally supported the local interests and win continue to do so out of pride in a homo industry of great magnitude and a spirit of self advancement and preservation the farmers are pleased with their practical experienc al of tour seasons and rejoice especially when tax time comes around that they have in their midst an institution which pays cash for an unlimited tons of a crop which is highly adapted to toil and climate of this part of the mountain country the ogden logan and lagrande sugar factories are the assets of the amalgamated sugar company the president and hae mover of which is david eccles of ogden the capital stock is divided into chares of a par value of behare ot which shares are preferred common and the balance is in the treasury the ogden factory was built in 1801 the lagrande in 1900 and the logan last year the ogden sugar factory the principal producer of tho amalgamated sugar three institution year turn out pounds of re fined cagar from tons of beet A tonnage of beets and sugar output tareo times as large as the results cje iba first campaign which vaa begun pa 2 1899 and ended soon after he t ot the year 1000 tb acreage of aceta sown the ion paa and the amount of sugar exve been most edgr have ruled forcing the amalgamated r coin keople to figure on a doe bat fit jl their product could find a profits would be urge OFFICER AND DIRECTORS OF THE COMPANY ji I 1 w s POUNDS 0 i amalgamated sugar co utah sugar co utah consumption of sugar utah factories la grande not included aul wul export I 1 utah formerly sent away for sugar utah this year receives from the outside utah farmers receive twelve hundred farmers in webar county and neighboring territory this season furnished the og ls den factory with beets for which they were paid nearly TASA AT 1 I but ot the pounds of sugar which this year will be manufactured in utah half must ace transported and brought into competition with the refined article sold by the great sugar trust the amalgamated and utah sugar companies are compelled in order to market the sugar now in course of manufacture to hip from their plants about each the greater part of which will reach the missouri river cointa the home market has given the companies their profits but the margin on the exported article ia so uncertain that those prominent in the industry declare they would close their factories were they forced to depend entirely on the or the sale of their product some of the sugar chipped ogden has returned leas than a bag incept in supplying the awal market ami that of the intermountain without sugar works the utah manufacturers arc at a disadvantage because of discriminating railroad rates the sugar trust can hp west from kaw york to chicago for 1 and to the MU river for a ton but to reach the missouri river points the utah people are taxed 11 and to chicago 13 a ton or a rato prohibitive beyond the mh aurl were they given access to the trade of the great centers of population eliuh guht be made possible by lower raier oil charges utah sugar ic turca would be greatly and tb nd given a field in chidi to cp biml A Ur arhl hl nir is cethil il to ind I 1 AT OGDEN tonnage per acre 12 to 13 percentage saccharine matter 13 to 14 coefficient co efficient purity above 80 I 1 i daily consumption of coal tons 60 20 coke 2 capacity of factory RECORD OF OGDEN FACTORY I 1 1899 pounds of sugar I 1 1900 4 1901 u at 1902 LOGAN FACTORY i 1901 pounds of sugar 1902 1 I 1 factories of the amalgamated sugar co its roust be iv based upon a policy of closest economy sugar quotations in ogdan arc governed by tho price in san francisco plus iho railroad freight of as centa a hundred when sugar is in san francisco the quotation in ogden is but to get into the salt lake market the amalgamated sugar people pay 15 cents from ogden leaving ay iy cents a pound as the net selling price ot the article for salt lake and ogden rc treated as common points by the railroads and the prevailing price t the two utah cities is figured anthe game basis of 75 cents in freight added to the san francisco quotation the three factories of the amalgamated sugar company with headquarters in ogden have each a capacity of tons ot beets a day but the total output is hy the number of tons 0 beets grown and the sugar contents of the same the lagrande oregon borla will produce this year pounds of sugar from tons ot blots the logan pounds from tons the ogden pound from tons each factory employs about men with a payroll of from to a month sixty tons ot coal are daily consumed 20 tons ot limestone and 2 tons of coke the limestone is from deweyville Dewe and the coal from southern utah but tha apko is vann virginia and ia transported across the continent tho ogden factory will also consume in a campaign compa ign of daya eight tons 0 sulphur and four tons of tallow tho tallow is placed in the tata where the sugar syrup Is reduced by beating pipe line to be built through ogden canyon to ogden valley and an auxiliary plant and pumping station established great possibilities of the beet industry in the valley two thousand acres available enlargement of the ogden factory to meet the increased tonnage the sugar industry means intensive soil Cul tiva tion and better farmers more wealth more prosperity anil it earves the purpose of pouring on upon the troubled waters or in other words it forms scum over the bailin bo ilin liquid and prevents tho ebullition becoming so violent as to causa tho arup to boil over the limestone and sulphur play an important part la the purification fi of tho augar tetora ia reaches the centrifugal machum r it is estimated clr banners are giren 2 cents for every pound ot sugar in their beets A flat rate of ton is paid which is 2 cent a pound but the field expenses and the unloading from the cars and also the extra out lay entailed by receiving beets in tho height of tho delivery season when the sheds are filled and temporary lodging place is found on the factory grounds necessitating re hauling at a cost ot 17 cents a ton bring the cost ot the raw sugar in the beets up io 2 cents a pound one ot the most discouraging features ot the business from the manufacturers rs standpoint is tho loss incurred by virtue of the dirt which adheres to the beets but which ia paid for and adds to tho total ex of the raw product as received from the tanner last season which was the first at the logan institution the tonnage received and the actual weight ot beeta showed a discrepancy ot 1300 tons which means that there was that amount ot foreign matter which was paid tor t tho rate of a ton this source ot loss has been so annoying and aspen sire that the utah sugar co people now have under consideration the installing of machinery tor the elimination befaro the beats are weighed ot the dirt which adheres to the tubers the development of the beet sugar industry sn weber county with four seasons back of it has not yet reached its highest fruition but gives prociso of expanding until the whole county is dotted with farms devoted to the cultivation ot beets and a factory double the ho of the ton plant now in operation is extracting the sugar contents from the tubers the finest land at present given over to the cultivation of tho crop are found around cooper and west bober where ft tandy loam produces a beet large in size and rich in saccharine matter the tonnage and sugar richness comparing most favorably with any part of the united states but I 1 a field so far untested but with prospects equally promising and which may yet bo developed is ogdan valley oliero 1000 acres ot the most fertile soil are available the standard i informed that if to carmera of the valley tho coming year will raisa each an acre or more 0 beets haul them to the ogden sugar factory which can be done at a margin ot profit and tho tamo shill show average sugar richness and then the tanners hll prove ready to contract for 2000 acres of beets the amil sugar company will put in an auxiliary plant pumping station and pipe iino and increase tho capacity of thi ogden factory this fa a grand eunity for tho ogden valley farmer wh at present are forced to haul all then farm produce twelve milea to market while with in auxiliary beet sugar alanl at their doors they would ba put to lia llo outlay in transportation and hae certain market for V ala lieck 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