Show IS IMPRESSED BY SUGAR BEET ARGUMENT I I Facts Elicited Concerning Manufacture ture ure of Product in Utah LS Compared With Guban ban and German Competition SPecial to The Telegram m. m HINGTON March The 1 Ways Was informally took Means committee admittance of f CuE Cu- Cu of the E some conce raw aw sugar on fter I After fter the hearings given a couple couples K representatives of s ago to the delegations from 1 t planters and I States Slates among the Rf l Ir Sugar beet Thomas n. n cutler of the Utah I t looked A d as If th the b be et- et t- t t looked A d as If th the b be et- et t- t etI I coman ad impressed their side case eon the committee that tI the could not sue sue- cers of beet compete etc with Cuban sugar ill any illy comp rates an and that t r j o e ra es and ebe be nothing done at this ses- ses lon this line Roosevelt however has hasen F en up his intention of extend- extend lief li of oi some kind to the Cubans he is strongly seconded by ta tar v Root and Gov Gen Wood vas as so strongly developed that u Lil r trust and not the Cubans freau t e at l the benefit of an any reduction t that during the thele le ars Mr Roosevelt has beCo be- be Co d that if the Cubans are i it must be through some th than a mere reduction of y rates py Cubans ra members of the House been in conference w with ith dent and it Is now the best tiers re that if any change is made l bIn b in the nature of a drawback l to be paid directly to the Cu- Cu ho raised and exported the raw 4 e of course the adoption of such 1170 ne be a distinct innovation y of sugar bounties yet it repe rep- rep he e best method as yet suggest suggest- r in r relief lief would be extended to lb nans ns without doing an injury ij Scan an beet beet sugar sug r interests scheme has in view the then theon on n of full Dingley DInsley rates or pos- pos 5 increased rate at American entry fentry for Cuban raw sugar and lent ment to the Cuban planters unc un- un c supervision of the Treasury dent dent dent de de- de- de nt through agents agents' located locate in tithe ports from whence the raws raw as s shipped of a rebate or draw draw- 25 per cent of the duty paid If wi will prevent the sugar trust It is of f reaping the benefit of the theon theon on except to th the extent that they inters and producers of sugar nd d will insure it is contended Ired relief reaching the parties mit it was intended i I. I ie e e. e th the the- indin indi- indi luban uban n p planters a te and companies o nl s in n r r Raw Material l reduction in the r rate te would would mean nean that the sugar trust would Ic Cheaper heaper its ra raw v material from to the extent of that lie Cubans and the consumers in med d States not profiting in any I Ithe rathe the transaction as the trust ot 5 increase the price paid for for forgar forgar forgar gar in Cuba to the extent of thein the Sf J Jin in the rate or decrease the refined in the United States to isumer sumer jore ore it is asserted by the draw- draw i thod the Cubans would get the ought for them by the adminis- adminis I land Rand nd as the sugar would come in this country under B tie conditions as now exist the gar ear interests would not be dis dis- In li any anyway way is connection the views of Bish- Bish ler Ier who appeared before the d Means committee the latter January and which have not notre ore re been published may be of and state clearly the po position Industry in Utah 1 Mr r Cutler r Cutler Said Chairman and Gentlemen I IVen In Ven in n in this business for eleven Our company built the first fac- fac Utah from made maI mathe ma- ma maI I the first one that had the made in-made machinery in the States tates This was built In 1891 ng the first year we operated it It Ut Jf been Quoted and anti the beet- beet eople generally concede that the ugar company's business has prosperous as any anyone one of the sin the United States and I deghow de- de how ghow how that this prosperity has wholly holly by local reasons reason industry is a ver very desirable I the the Rocky Mountain districts i e e are inland 1000 miles mUes from uri river and miles w c coast Any of mae maye ma- ma ye e raise we must pay a a. very SIght eight to San Francisco on the theor or 01 to reach the Missouri river ther There is also another rea- rea pardon me for referring to it If f f. Utah has as rather been known In the account of her marital relations Stewart president of the Kal- Kal Beet Sugar Sugar company made use that there were five live in ItO tc cultivate beets in Michigan 1 Ut m tah statistics show that there 1 Pah six and a half persons to the n account of the the number of L and the local conditions of by Mr Stewart Stewart all all the fam- fam g tg employed In the culture of Mb Oly to a still stil greater degree In By y reason of this small labor we wea a good position so far n as the thc n I 1 Uon atlon is Is' Is concerned I n n 1 Uon atlon is Is' Is concerned I sIre ie to call your attention to al conditions because of the Ion on my has company had for fol 1 and to tell you why been be n able to do so year we only made about Pounds of sugar from about 12 Lof Pf pC beets the polarization o of ot i S ts be being ng ony only 9 per cent We I retained only about 5 per I Ie Balance balance being a loss Joss on ache ac- ac the he foreign matter in the he beet of Sugar Industry have cf grOWn grov from that until the thet sel past which Perhaps was t season and we have obtained v ns of beets adding a 1524 P per J cent and obtaining Mr pounds of granulated Mr 11 ir Oxnard answered some s when he aPPeared before you d a to some of his statements that n Published I which It jt was it U t the beet the working of the I inot not cost more than 7 Ire re to call your attention to this tier Iter I eleven years it cost us last I I year to manufacture and pay for forone forone one ton of beets and these beets were paid for on the basis of 4 24 a ton of 2000 2001 pounds We e have worked up a a. ton tonof tonof I of beets for 7 87 in previous years but we raised the price of beets last year 25 cents a ton and the increased price of materials has also increased the price of working up the ton of beets Therefore Therefore Therefore There There- fore w we e have not increased pro rata the working of a ton of beets with each year but we h have ve reduced it each year beca because se on the basis of a former years year's s work those beets would w have cost us usana usand us- us and ana the w work ork 8 50 Competition With Germany The argument has also been een made that sugar can cau be made after a while in competition with German sugar I fully believe after eleven years' years experience experience ence that that will be brought about by the intense cultivation of the soil the increased d polarization of the beet and a great many other othet influences For six or seven se years I never raised a beet that would average more than 13 or 1330 We had one last year or nearly 16 per vel cent There here are also Increased methods of extraction Extraction has been re reduced reduced reduced re- re that is is we have obtained as I Ii i lemar remarked ed 2 pounds sugar There has been een better work than that done One Ohe year rear we got it down to about 3 per percent percent percent cent loss but that is an extreme and everything was conducive to the extraction extraction extraction extrac extrac- tion of the sugar in the beet that year The average ost cost to us for the last five years was as follows 1897 4 51 cents 1898 1899 1900 and 1901 3 42 averaging 5 86 cents for cost of t the e sugar per pound Utah Company Made Money But the Hie conditions by which the Utah Sugar company has been able to tomake tomake tomake make money have been purely local We have the freights in our favor now until until until un un- un- un til we make more sugar than the Rocky Mountain distri districts ts can consume I have been hearing about the price of sugars from the different factories We have had an average for five years of net with the cost of production 3 86 meaning maning that we have had profit for five consecutive years because of local conditions But ut providing t w re making more ugar than the States surrounding Sta ng-Sta tes we can reach easily and cheaply could consume ons me if we were to make more than those States could take from us ns us the freights freigh then would be le reversed and it would make a difference of at least 1 c. c cent rit per pound For instance the price in Utah Is 4 95 If I take that sugar ugar to th the Missouri river on the lowest low low- est eat st freight rate possible it would only net me 3 98 It w will ill be readily seen that sugar costing on the average average and costing that much freight to get it to market selling after the freight Is deducted for 3 98 would not be very profitable there wouldn't be much profit in it it Cost of Raising Beets To To raise false fifteen tons of f beets per acre 1 is 1 13 1375 75 If you raise only about twelve welve tons tors per acre the price would be reduced about 10 per percent not cent not more because because because be be- cause a larger item than this would be harvesting and hauling Thirteen dollars dollars dollars dol dol- lars and seventy-five seventy cents is on a ton ten basis The last crop averaged about 11 tons per acre the price paid being and Sand the little freights that we pay to assist the farmer bringing the average cost up to 4 84 Statements have been made by my friends here heze relative to their different conditions In their States and I thought it advisable to present these conditions existing in Utah There is a product by-product connected with this industry which is remunerative I ref refer r tp 9 the e pulp which is worth about 30 cents a ton We have also gone into the raising of seed extensively and with the addition of some land that is well Irrigated in Ut Utah l h 1 I am hoping to tomake o make mak a revenue out of the raising of seed The Largest Tonnage The larg largest st amount of tonnage has Ie been leen n forty tons which is at the rate of about one ton per acre I have raised that much seed of very excellent quality and and I think will be a source of revenue and this will be more and more the case as th the people begin to understand it more Tn to questions from the chairman chairman chair chair- chairman man of the committee Mr Cutler stated that all the sugar beet-sugar land in Utah was irrigated d and that the product of Utah wa was mostly sold in Utah Idaho and Montana He also stated that the heavy hevy freight rates from New York and the Pacific coast was a prote protection tion to the Industry in Utah In reply t to a question as to whether he had examined the sugar beet-sugar conditions conditions condi condi- In Germany and as to whether the advantages advantages- th re are superior or less than the advantages here for raising beet sugar Mr Cutler replied that he had gone over there and examined the situation and believed that In time this country can compete with with Germany Germany and make sugar for as small a price as they obtain for it today A Advantages vantages of the the West In reply to a question as to the the ad advantages ad ad- vantages and disadvantages of ef this country as s compared with Germany Mr Cutler said The more particular advantages es especially especially es- es in the West West West-I I am not acquainted acquaint acquaint- ed with the East ver very wen wel well are are are that our lands are virgin soil They have not been washed away by the rains and so soon soon on and to prove piove that we have had beets beetsI I should say on at least 1050 1000 acres for eleven consecutive seasons doing no fertilizing except the natural fertilization fertilization fertilization tion that comes from the horses and cows etc and the plowing In of the beet leet tops T They Tiey ey are more valuable as asa asa asa a fertilizer than anything else Another thing is the climatic condition condition condition condi condi- tion out there and andl I presume it is the same thing In Michigan We hav have e cool nights which gives us the sugar in the beet at the time tin It is needed There is also a question in regard to t the value of the lands I find that o our r lands are not nearly as valuable though they ha hare haye e r raised 50 per cent at least and I they will still raise in value Still they are not valued as a as h high as they are in Germany generally Priced High-Priced LandsI Lands I saw seed beet seed beet lands In Germany which were quoted to me at 1500 per acre That seems seems to be an excessive price and I could scarcely believe it it but hut on some some of the best seed farms as high as 1500 per acre was asked and they fould have obtained that price for those lands In reply to a question as to the advantages advantages advantages ad ad- vantages arid and disadvantages of beet sug sugar r in the industry as compared with the cane sugar of Cuba Mr Cutler said 1 That I am not particularly prepared to say only this that it is an industry that gives employment to such a diversified diversified diver diver- sided people Besides that it is an industry Industry in industry In- In particularly adapted to the Western Vestern States where they are far from markets as it were and where there is a large amount of labor to be had Cuban Cane Sugar In conclusion Mr Cutler said that in time the sugar beet-sugar industry would be beable beable beable able to compete with Cuban cane sugar under equal conditions but he was not prepared to say how long this would be adding j I You naturally ask the question You have been eleven years in the business why haven haven't avent t you progressed more rapidly rapidly rap rap- idly W We were almost alone at first Mr Oxnard arid ando one e more California I factory were almost alone and I was struggling along not only Y with financial difficulties but climatic conditions and adverse soils and the people were not d with the Industry But they took it very aptly and after three years we beg began n to make very rapid progress There will vill be he more progress made in the next three thre years than there has been In any ten I can prove that because we have made more rapid progress in inthe inthe inthe the last two years than In any ten years ears before That has been brought about largely by the Incentive that has been given to the farmer to raise the beets They have just caught on as It were and it is a very profitable industry I Ithe in inthe inthe the West Vest I should say give u up u ten i years and we would make a perfect success and be able to make sugar as cheap as It Is made In Germany |