Show Sugar Factory a Lehl The beet sugar factory at Lehl is expected ex-pected to turn out in a few days the first granulated sugar ever manufactured in Utah The Lohi Banner says The contract of Messrs Dyer Co with the Utah Sugar company requires that the factory shall be completed and tested ready t commence tho seasons run rn on beets by the 1st of October but so much better have the contractors done than was required of them that the factory is now practically completed and ready for operation and for once in the history of the beet sugar industry in America the fac tory is ready and waiting before the beets are ripe From present appearances the beets will not be sufficiently matured to harvest before the last ot the present month at the earliest The establishment ol beet sugar factories in America has been quietly agitating the minds of our thinking and progressive men for some time past and the people of Utah in general and of Lehi in particular can be proud that they are among the first t branch out in this line of advancement In conclusion we believe it is but right to draw attention to the fact that heretofore all beet sugar machinery erected in Amer ica has been imported entirely from Europe Eu-rope but in the Lohi factory we have the first testimonial of the skill and ability of our own native born citizens natve citens to plan construct con-struct and also to operate a beetsugar factory In Its entirety The machinery in this factry has all been built in America by American mechanics of America terial and from plans and drawings gotten up entirely by native born Americans Wo think it but just that a tribute of recog nition should be paid to that spirit of American enterprise and intelligence which is first in the field to utilize frst feld our home utize resources re-sources for the equipment of our own beetsugar factories and the advancement of what we believe is destined in a short time to become one of the greatest indus tries in the United States I |