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Show m After War.Jhen What? BBflflflflVI, American sugar which seemed to K0 y ho on tlio wane boforo tho wnr, when BBflflflflflfij i . uugnr Htouko wcro dropping all over Rpj W tho country, nnd fourteen sugar beet Kni ' i factories wore reported as closing be- KfjLfi'! 1 rnuoo of n reduction Ju tho tariff, and Btfk tlio factory pcoplo wcro either reduc- BfP J lug or preparing to redttco tho price BflflflflflflLi . I of beets to tho farmers, JuBt now BBBflflflflflflVvv' seems to bo coming Into lto own. BBjBflflflflJt (' Ropresentntlves of 7000 bcot grow- HBflflflHv era In tho states of Colorado, Wyom- (; ins "nt' Nobrnska, meeting In con BBflflflflflBi k', vontlon In Denver this week, have IBl . ' formed tho IntorBtntc Dcctgrowexs' BBo ' AoHoclatlon for tho purposo of got- BflflflflflflKyl ting moro money for their products, ral T. S. Hognu or Billings, Moutnnn, wns Hk(j ' elected president. predicted H 1)y President Hognu within clgli- 'A months Bugnr will Jump to $8 Bk ' hundred, probably $10. BBflflflflflHH A committee has been appointed to Bjj ' draw up dcmnudB for prc- B j( tho sugar companies, BflflflflflflflJI ' to gel an Increased price for BflflflflflflflBJL tho Bf During tho weok also, as- BBflflflflflflflfc; , soclated Commercial clubs of Murray, BBBflflflflflflK Rlvcrton, Sandy, Uennlon nnd niulT- BflBBflflBBBB lln'0' s""' I'al0 ljec" HBW holding meetings nnd resolving to BflflflflflBK build sugar factories on paper. They BfljBBflflflflJPI hnvo been tolling each other what HBV rortiinea tlioro nro In making sugar. 1 ' - They now hnvo two committees, one soliciting stock nnd tho other soliciting solicit-ing acreage Tho Utah Lako Irrigation Irriga-tion company has como forownrd with an offer of n $5,000 tract of land whero there Is no available water for factory purposes as n bonus. The fnctory to somo pcoplo seems n buVo go, nil that It now needs Is tho money, nbout ono million dollars of it. When this Is rniscd Rlvcrton will hnvo n sugar factory. When the war Is over tho other ono cent In tnrlrt will hnvo been removed. Tho European countries will then need lots of monoy to rctrclvo their wasted fortunes, and frco sugar will again commenco pouring Into tho United States, all of which will ngaln iicnd tho fnctory price, of sugar down to thrco cents per pound. Then wo Imagine tho Salt Lako county farmers will be glad that they havo their money Invested In lands, cattle, and other hcrldltlmcnts, instead of in su-(jar su-(jar factories worth ISO cents on the dollar. Wo also lmnglno Jlint tho Colorado-Ncbrasko beet growers will thon bo glad to contract for beets at tho proscnt going price. |