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Show tries that could make the people' of Utah self-supporting- is evidenced evi-denced and brought to a climax through diligent work of great church leaders with the story of the completion of the Lehi, Utah factory of the Utah Sugar Company Compa-ny in 1891. Tis was the pioneer factory, the first to be equipped with American-made beet sugar machinery and the first to use sugar beets grown by irrigation. The book contains many interesting inter-esting facts and significant developments devel-opments through the industry brought about by noted leaders, and its future outlook in our local loc-al and national economy. It is, in short, an interesting story of the founding and growth of a great American industry. "A Saga of Sugar" is 272 pages profusely illustrated and beautifully beautiful-ly bound. The book has been published pub-lished in a limited edition and is not for sale. 'NEW BOOK OUT ON SUGAR BY NOTED WRITER A new book of special interest to people of this community, entitled en-titled "A Saga Of Sugar," has just been released. The book was written by Fred G. Taylor, Vice-President Vice-President of Utah-Idaho Sugar Company and Vice-President of the United States Beet Sugar Association. As-sociation. Mr. Taylor brings together in one volume a wealth of historical facts about the western beet sugar sug-ar industry through its more than fifty years of struggle and achievement. "A Saga of Sugar" is much more than one firm's history. his-tory. The foreword states: "The story is a tale of struggle, of trial and effort, success and failure, involving in-volving the full scale of human emotions, from elation to despair, it presents in substantial degree the historic fortunes of the whole domestic industry." The economic and social philosophy philos-ophy of the early Mormon settlers in the quest for finding new indus- |