Salt Lake Telegram | 1924-03-09 | Page 2 | Utah Second in Output of Sugar, 193-24

UTAH SECOND IN OUTPUT OF SUGAR SUGAE 24 1923 Utah in the production of beet sugar again secures second place in the United States with wh a production production production tion of t tons for 1923 Colorado leads the field with an output of tons I In 1922 Utah produced only tons making a total increase of about tons for 1923 The total number of tons of beets sliced b by the factories In Utah in 1923 was while in 1922 the total was tons These figures are taken from Facts About Sugar a sugar publication received at the Utah Idaho Sugar compan company's s office The total production o of all o of the tho eight nine eighty beet sugar factories Inthe In Inthe inthe the United States for 1923 was while the tue production of 1922 was making a 30 per cent Increase for last year Of these el nine eighty ht factories Utah has th tho I greatest number with seventeen factories the article states The greatest proportionate in increase increase increase in- in crease during tile the past year ear was made by Idaho when a gain o of 70 per cent was shown The 24 1923 crop was the largest In the history of the industry in the United States I with the exception of two years 21 1920 and 22 1921 when the pa payment pay pay- ment meat o of abnormally high prices for tor beets based upon the sugar prices of 1920 led to temporary heavy In Increase increase cr crease ase in acreage it Is said The following shows the tile output o of beet sugar in tons for the past decade 1914 15 4 1915 16 1916 17 1917 18 1918 20 1919 1920 21 1921 22 1922 23 and 24 1923 8 I according to Facts About Sugar Suga