Show 8 THE LEHI SUGAR WORKS i IT is expected that the sugar works at lehi will give a practical demonstration of their ability and capacity early in september Rep next this can scarcely be be otherwise than satisfactory and thereafter the great drain upon our resources for that one staple at lewt leapt will be gres greatly itly curtailed and finally we trust extinguished alto gether while sugar to is not strictly etri otly speaking a necessity in the economy of h human u man life it is also not to be clawed classed among the luxuries as luxurious as its moderate use users is for it Js is so BO attainable and in some sopie cases so indispensable as to be one of the common necessities it will be a great day for utah when it produces all the sugar our people can legitimately consume not only would the saving spoken of be effected but employment at remunerative rates would be afforded a large number of people in and adjacent to the works and in the raising and transportation of beets besl beat jes thievery thi this very svery many acres of presently useless soil would be made fruitful and profitable table so that there would be a general gain all along the line 12 perhaps however the greatest con eide sider ration stion in one respect has not been mentioned we refer to the sense of patriotic independence which any people must feel at the accomplishment of such an object as absolute self eusten ance in even one important department it is not that there is any desire to suspend business relations or commercial comity with any part of the country or any nation of the world for that matter but that we do desire to develop within our midst and by our hands the hitherto dormant resources of our territory and in more senses than one taste the sweetness of our own products there are a good many people who think the vegetables which grow in their own gardens and the fruits produced by their own trees are if anything a little better than that of other people and as long as aa such rivalry has a tendency to inculcate industry carefulness and tact and has not necessarily even a shade of enmity it may be set met down as not only barm harmless less but in most cases actually beneficial success and profit in abundance to the lehl lehi sugar works |