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Show . THE LEH1 FACTORY. The news comes from Lehi that the big sugar factory is about to begin its operations for the present season and that we shall soon again have the satisfaction satis-faction of sweetening our morning's coffee with sugar made from Utah beets, raised by Utah farmers, manufactured manu-factured in a Utah factory by Utah labor la-bor and with Utah capital. You notice how often the word Utah occurs in this simple statement. Therein There-in lies the lesson for the people of this territory. A sensible legislature (not the ono that met last winter) provided a moderate moder-ate bounty for sugar manufactured in this territory. As a result a $300,000 factory was erected in Lehi. Hundreds of farmers had a part in tho new agricultural agri-cultural industry thereby established-The established-The bounty cost the people last year $11,000. But they saved 812,500 by the reduction in the price of California sugar, which was made while the Utah product was on the market. So the bounty cost "the people nothing and they made a cash profit of 31500 by the operation. Everybody know3 that the last legislature, legis-lature, in order to keep in line with its debilitating party creed, refused to extend ex-tend the bounty and thereby prevented the erection of several naw factories this year, with all tho great benefits that would have accompanied them. The Times has called attention to this matter before, but the subject should occur to every man's mind as often as tho Lehi factory is mentioned. It is a practical illustration of the bad policy of Democracy as compared with the progressive, developing creed of Republicanism. The Republican policy of encouragement encourage-ment to home industry will make Utah great in every department of her industrial in-dustrial life, and the action of the Democratic legislature on the sugar bounty should be resented by every voter at the polls in November. A little practical application of Democracy Dem-ocracy goes a long way. |