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Show A Grct Meeting. At tlio gtcat mass meeting hold 1' Salt Lnko on the loth, enthusiasm run high, Tlio speeches by those honored gentlemen on tho occasion were such ne to awaken tho greatest Intorest among the business mon of this country. Tlio following resolutions were pro-scnted pro-scnted by cx-(lovernor Thomas nnd Holier M. Wells. I'N'courAiiam: msolutions. Kx-Govornor Thomas ofTered the following mohtflons which were unanimously adopted: Whcrons, It was provided by section 20 ot tlio net of Congress ot August 16, 1894, making appropriations for the In dlan sorvfeo nnd for other purposes, that tlirco commissioners sliould bo appointed ap-pointed by th l'resldont of tho United States to allot in severalty to tho Un-compahgro Un-compahgro Indians within their reservation, reser-vation, agricultural nnd grazing lands, and restoring to tho public domain, subject to entry, tlio surplus lands; now, therefore, bo it Kcsolvcd, lly the CIHmiis of Salt Lake City in mass meeting nisembicd, that tho president nnd socrclnry of this meeting bo nnd tiioy nro licroby authorized author-ized nnd requested to communicate! with tho 1'rcsldcnt nnd urgo upon him that It is of vital linportnnco to Utah that tho provisions of section 2d above referred to be carried into Direct as soon ns possible. &T A UTAH SUOAIt IIEBOLUTION. Weber M, Wells, from tno body of house offered tlio following resolution, which was ndopted unanimously: Kcsolvcd, That bu'tho senso of this meeting that tlio citizens of Bait Lake City and Utah Territory, doclaro Us allcglanco nnd support tp tho Utah Sugar company, nnd that tho meeting pledge itself to purchase tlio product of that factory in prefurenco to imported sugar; and exert an Inlltnjnro upon neighbors nud tricudu to do likewise, to tlio end that tho great enterprise nninol shall rocclvo tlio encouragement nnd support to which It l entitled. "Manager T. H. Cutter said that he visited tho big factories of Kuropo during dur-ing tho yenr, as woll ns thoso in tlio United States, nnd ho could truthfully statu thnt tlio oiio In Utah was ns good as nny,tliat existed. Tho govurnmont lhttit'uklng'lla'nnniiat 'rc'jiof t to tlio national autliofltlcH, marked the Utah pioduct "101 Vine," (Laughter.) As to jiiBt what It ciisfs to produce a pound or a hundred pounds of sugar was hard to stntc, ns tliero woro "farmers and farmers " Homo ot them understood under-stood their business and others did not Tlio key stouu of success was given llicm by nn old husbandman who said that lie farmed nil the year round An understanding under-standing of tho character of tho soil cultivated was necessary, A practical oxpuilcncu must bo had. In case another factory should bo started within pO miles of thn IaIiI plant a slinillnr education vyuuid have to bo given the farmers who fiiruishut tlio beetp, to that given tho men who furuinlied them for tlio present factory. The llrst year it cost tho pro-motcis pro-motcis of thopieseut enterprise cloven cents per pound to produce sugar, the second year eight cents nnd thu third and lust year live und a half cents This year yO,tXK) tons of beets had Iwen converted con-verted Into sugar; 11,000 toi.iinore would Ik' manufactured; (100,000 would bo paid out for beets; (00,000 for labor; t:6,0(K for fui I and ;f,0WHor lime lock. There vvvio t-lx beet Rugr factories in the llnllid Slater. If there woro nix hundred hun-dred Ihcy rouM saylo any and nil trusts, "Stand aiddv." Ho said tlmt ho thaiikid the people of the Territory from the bottom of Ida I, rail for the loyalty they had exhibited In standing by the Utah factory. The profit mining to the fanner irom raining beets was (ivo tlines greater tiiiiu that of piiducing wheat " |