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Show at Amalgamated Sugar Company1 factory. Pond covored with ice Main factory and beet eheda in tho background, boot the foreground. heda to the right, main factory on the left. Winter in View of main factory, warehouae and machine The main factory ia A part of the lower floor in the main factory, ehowing largo fly wheel, engine on the right the building in the center ia tho ehop. warehouae and the one on and ateam pipea. On the right ia the atairway to the aocond floor. Note tho right the machine chop. number of window for lighting thia floor. structure, 152 feet long by 72 feet wide, 'iie of the of the factory and contains tlie Intent machinery for Is molasses, and for storing this pro- the manufacture of sugar, for while it duct there are three osmose tanka, two has not been found necessary to en- of which are 71 feet by 41 feet, and the, large the factory since It was first other 80 feet by 38 feet. There is also erected, the comiiany has from time to an osmose house in which the molasses time Installed new machinery, as more to be rebelled la stored, for It is not Improved methods have been disco- possible to get all iff the sugar at th: vered. first boiling, and much of the product One thing that strikes the visitor to Is saved by this second process. Aa Industry which paid to the far-na- ra contracts signed thle year Weber counRicher than Rockefeller, richer than or mint's In Kimberley, whence ell the the sugar factory la the group of five All of tjie repairs about the factory of Weber county laat year 14(1, -- ty will have the largest beet crop in sheds that are used to store the ere taken care of by the expert work- the oil king, whose wealth, surpasses diamonds In the world come. large Two HLM, and to the laboring claaaea an the history of beet culture In this beets. Each of these aheds la 393 feet men that are In the employ of the com- that of governments Is Alfred Rett of of three are being constantly worked and placed In county. gAiHiinnml 1113,787.71, and 28 feet wide, there a ot all of the time, and there la a ttouth Africa and London. Ha himself and their precious output stored away Ten years ago five or six tons per long wagon road between being and pany diculatlon among the people of the them, thoroughly equipped machine shop, doea not say It. for he has no way of to be marketed when necessary. The the large aum of 1(00,098.75, acre was an average crop; today two they have a of 2,000 tons each, where all tools and repairs to the ma- estimating within millions of pounds third, tlie richest mine of all. It la becaaclty from which not a dollar waa derived and three times that amount Is not unwhich means that lu.noo tons of beets sterling hie tremendous accumulations. lieved, has never been touched and the ere made. common, and In some sections the av- may he rtored at one time. From each chinery gftaaa yean ago, la worthy of mentA visit to the factor' eea- - Rut with a perverted pride England wealth It may ooutaln cannot even be the during ion. The above ia the record of the erage has been known to be much of the sheds a flume rune to the main son that It la in full sets him against America In the matter estimated. ex la oieratlon SuOgden plant of tho Amalgamated higher. Thus It will be seen that with factory, and It is through thia flume tremely Interesting, and nd It must bs said that Eug The futility of trying to dispute that although the gar company for the year 1(05, and that a fair crop the fanner realises a good that the beets are fed to the as visitor may not understand how It la tend clainia seem worthy of reougni a man with the power of either Rockefactory In made Income front the culture of beets, for what might be lacort waa feller or ilett ia worth 1 1,000,000, 000 are needed. In the busy season ! dune, he knows a little more about the called ia for never in the hie-ta- at 84.78 per ton, the prevailing price. they For this understood, nervous, timid may readily be seen. Each la easily 400 tone of beets each day are run business than before he went. of beet culture In thle etate has In a good season he nets $75 to $80 per through these flume, are chopped, From the illustrations a good Idea llttla man la the actual head of the worth that auin If lie choosea to be. acre. tte turner had so many natural boiled and converted into sugar. nv'y be had of the aixe of this citys diamond Induatry of the world and con- The only question le, which of the two to contend with aa he had laat The production last year was far betrols with undisputed power the output melt If tlie necessity should arise could The quantity of sugar that 400 tons great induetry and of the progressivelow the average, It being but ten and a will make varies, aa some beets have and of this moot precious of ths mors easily obtain the larger sum iff price men who risked the their capi' A cureory review of the history of half tone per acre, as compared with more sugar than others, but the aver- ly the of actual money? And tlie answer la. tal In what, when the factory was gems. He owns or commands the auger beet culture may not prove eighteen tone for the previous year. age production of the factory ia about started, waa to a certain degree an ex- comiiany which owns the only dia- probably Alfred Belt ly The comparison le beat illustrated by 1,000 sacks or 100,000 antntareetlng. While It la quite mond mines of any Importance in the pounds per day. periment Not a Bhewy Figure. ouppoaed that the culture of the figures of the average tonnage of world and it ia for him to say Just how tor teed sugar ia of recent date, such five of the districts In the county for many shall lie mined and put on the Who, Hum, la the oolnaaus of finance, ii fey no means the case. After the fall the years 1904. and 1005: market for princes, Vine agents and this money king who from the utilief the Roman empire the barbariana tarian standpoint Is the most successother millionaires to buy. ful human being that has ever lived? took to Bohemia a beet root, containing Said ta Bs Billionaire. j Mchartne elements, but It waa not He la no showy figure Id the world of until 1747 that a Pruaslan chemist obtAlfred Belt, according to authorities society nor Is he a glowering, hand-rubbi'of nls own country or, ratner, hie ained ougar from a common beat root, Hcrooge w hose voice spreads !adnited country, for he was bom In terror and destruction. Just as Rockela 1M1 the first sugar beet factory in tho world waa erected at Silesia, GerHamburg le said to be a billionaire, feller In this country le hardly known tne only man who nas ever achieved except by hla pictures, ao to even a many, and in 1510 a factory waa built The above comparison la about repret Lille, In France. At that time bee to that distinction. Just what thia mean greater degree with Alfred Belt in Lonof sentative the other districts In the no one can think, for tne human mind don. He la seldom seen, hardly known, averaged only ( per cent sugar, and the who once would he at E. H. that thought Sothem, chatting recently county, and Illustrates the falling off and hsa a horror of notoriety. , price waa M cents a pound. In the tonnage last season. This fall- about his father, E. A. Sothem, the fa- hove to give up hla stable, since he cannot coinpienend a billion. Alfred Belt la not a siwiculators He The first attempt to produce beet John D. Rockefeller, It has been not could afford It to and alone, keep off waa white to due the ing fly pest mous comedian, said: sugar In America waa made at Philad- and the hot If he did not ride horseback, the doctors shown, le ae near to being a billion- Is a man of big Ideas and the gift of dry summer; but accordi"It waa after he had made his first had told him he would die of conspmp aire as a man can well be under exist- - the grab. Hla quick and Inventive elphia in 18(0, but proved an utter ng- to Professor Ball of the Agriculfailure. The first euoceeeful factory In conditions. Of course this does not brain Is too big for a frail body. HU tural college the conditions were moat hit aa Arm and In Matilda Heron'a pro- tlon. Mr. Jefferson waa in despair. He big mean the country was one at Alavardo, Cal, that he has a billion dollars or health, never good, has time after time took over Central all father my cast waa park unuaual and are not likely to exlat duction of Camille, that he and aa Into aa 1888 there were but two convert could hla tremendous holdings broken down under the strain. he with him and at until last argued for many years. .Thle opinion, for Lord Dundreary In the play of Our He has a small and slender physique.' factories In the country, and they to- again - tnt anything like that Not In actual to He him remain. prompersuaded Laura in American which from has a such Cousin, source, coming given end Is not reckoned at all cute in email ' total stock of the for that gether produced but 1,000 tone of oula, cash, men to Ised him him as permit leading waa seaJefferson Keene the farmers hope for a successful starring. Joseph Ha has the large, luml- - r Is lees than (3,500,-ma- transactions. ter. Between 1888 and 1900 thirty-si- x was also In the cast In the role of Asa to do anything he wished In order to money tn the world son this year. nous of the dreamer and brown factories were erected, and today there eyee 000,000. Mlaa more the part important. One of the reasons for the auccees of Trenchant. My father frequently told are over slaty factories in the United The question is whether John D. the point of view of an optimist, but consent-1 the Keene, learning difficulty, success In me hla of true state this and the the sugar Induatry story lasting knack of getting Btatea, ed, and then my father commenced to Rockefeller, if he had to convert hla with an extraordinary section le the fact that most of the in thia play. U to as nearly everything he wants. He la eb- - . do or It will be seen from the above that could wealth collateral numthink a over the of peculiarities The public Is fond of attributing hh small holdings and are L'tah and Ogden were not far behind farmera have aolutely a bundle of . nerves, and hla effect ae Alfred Belt. therefore not obliged to call upon tran hit to an accidental tripping over a her of persona of hie acquaintance In Steal nervousness Is at times quite distress-- , the rest of the country in the culture of slent labor to any great extent to gath- carpet during the first performance of the effort to make something out of in Car Lets. Dismantle heeta nor in the manufacture of sugar, lug. In moinenU of excitement it la the play. Thia le a mistake. It hap-- , nobjng. content Belt a ter aa early aa 1889, a year after the er their crops. such in practically impossible for him to ett Probably actor delighted In this manner: Jefferson and "Knowing this the er still. HU hands are always in movefor would the liave 5nt successful manufacture of sugar Ogden Factory ef the Amalgamated pened advantage, were crest friends. They 'to make fun of him at rehearsal, and mond mv te fide look more ment, and ha empliastass hU remarks mines and diamond his one Sugar Company. while country, Utah began seriously part, through going day, were so Intimate that the shared the to Mulder the erection of a money- than railroads and by nervous tugs at his small, fair mussugar beet The backers of the project to erect a expenses of a stable In which were kept he tripped over a carpet When the ' Held. of course, can tache. He la hardly known In society, Rockefeller, tectoiy, and In 1891 the first factory Miss factory In this county foresaw that In .their two horses. My father waa ex- general laughter had subsided. bis hand add Immeasurably but he Is very popuUr with his own turning ncreeted. lby ridicule: In Keene 1 remarked eup years the culture of beets for tremely fond of horseback riding, and They call him "Alfred," fortune by Increasing the price associates. t Si years later, In 1(97, David Koclea, a few would be a most profitable un- Jefferson waa at that time supposed to pose you will do that tooT My father oi on a cent a gallon, sugar him as the "little man." to and on refer other the late Thomas D. the but, Ktesel Dee, Fred J. to erect be dying of consumption. Hla doctor had no Intention of doing so, but anger He house at S3 Park a has the delightful so can xtf a number of other local financiers dertaking and wisely decided up Belt, by pushing sufficient else to meet the had ordered him to ride In the park and stubbornness made him answer: hand, ao a Lane, London, and really palatial or a diamonds of tedded to extend the sugar Induatry. to a plant of cost shilling all and word hie He Tee. tripped kept demands that they believed would be every day. and had warned him that If In the city, but ha U uot ostentatcarat. The fortune of either man Is, It terthem Utah and to erect a factory Therefore a factory he didnt there was absolutely no hope through the regular performance. It. placed upon. In fact, ha U on of the most aa ious. as much ths be pubsaid. Just may Ogden. Consequently the Ogden with the capacity to use 400 tons of for hie recovery. Neither Jefferson nor difficult and unassuming men that you lic will stand for. tectoiy, with a capacity of 400 tons Finance. Frenxiad beets daily waa built and has been In my father could well afford horsea, so Rockefellers wealth Is the result, could meet. telly, was erected In this city. they found a solution of the problem In Architect What do you want to pay primarily, of his having what the world operation since 1887. Ho Wears No Diamond. Launching the Industry, ' The factory, which ia located west of the join expenses. for your houae? must have oil and Its At first It waa an waa read when a On the In the Wilsons amount lane, the occupies he has the controlling Inplay by the for Customer day city, Only In Although atruggle uphill Belt, on the other hands, deala only the promoters, for the farmers were a large tract of land, upon Which there to the company on excellent practice which It will exceed your estimate. are enough people terest in the great diamond fields In there But luxuries. "t chary of putting In a new crop, and are eighteen buildings, Including the by the way Jefferson waa delighted who must have these luxuries to make South Africa, he wears no diamonds. f which Ha does not affect Jewelry at all tor knew but little. The main plant, two warehouses, one os- with hla role, while my father was ao A Sad Measure. they them practically a necessity. test season the of mose house, three osmose tanka, one discouraged with hie that he deterand personal adornment, but he haa a great quality this to his do quantity Is It sonprecisely ability a tee crop Friend How many lines has to comtaste for and a magnificent collection disappointed their expecta-- 4 alio house, power house, lime house, mined to go back to England the him a makes in such that power ' there was a natural preju-Muln- at five beet eheda, one machine shop, and mercial life. He said to Jefferson: net? of antique decorated Jeweled objects. Poet All mine appear to hare had money world. 'Joe, Tm going to give up the stage.' a crop that required con-te- nt two coal bins. No one can estimate how much moncones" three the He controls great cultivation and attention. The main building la an Immense Thia greatly disturbed Mr. Jefferson, 33. ey has been made in South Africa since Gradually conditions have changed, nearly forty years ago, when an un8 the farmers have begun to look on suspecting Hottentot picked up a shinheet crop aa a sure one and a ing pebble on a desolate fftrm in testable one. Laat year was an exWest Billions certainly. Unceptionally poor one, and many of the doubtedly more treasure in diamonds .teet growers In this county became and gold have been taken from the South African mines In the teat thirty-eig- ht tewraged. The white fly, which In-tthis state and attacked the beet years than any single man has possessed since the world began. Had devastating the field, and lack one man owned the mines of South AfT11"' added to other almost rica he would have been the richest "te the beet crop a totalcauses, failure. The Amalgamated man of our time. Yet the greater part Sugar coippany, of thle wealth la In the hands of a very vJLtrr roe to th occasion, and by teg concession to the farmers few men, and of these Alfred Belt la a they Ta11 long way the richest. So, far aa the a for fair profit tfoar control of solid cash is concerned there season's labor, but not aa much as thT had expected. is little doubt that Mr. Belt la the man In the world. ,oon richest self-mait was known that the would be a failure there Son of German Merchant. wt compialnta topartial be heard and con-M- e serious talk on the part of He Is the eon of a German merchant grower of abandoning the and at 39 years of age found himself eron Meetings were held la the court with very little money, but Vlth fair and an endeavor made to get the prospects, sitting on a clerk's stool In a t0 ncpeM the price per ton office at Hamburg. He was shipping lor busibut heir to hla fathers steady-goin- g officers showed the farm ness, but he was put In the office as an fw h.t? Vere thejr wero getting more f beet than u ordinary employe to learn the technitbey had In an- otw an of the business from the bottom calities the realization tha condition were exceptional, and to the top. It was in connection with The this business that he took the step natural causes watch cofttrib-- 1 A part of the interior of the factory, showing some of the machinery. Wat . Main factory and .Into housa. The five large chimneys to be seen are from on the right. The machine , which led him to fortune. with the on are pesos the occiif . ,ure f the crop .would not left on tanks the dryer, lime is house rear. The building the in the the power house, which is ? tor ,eat a number of slicer. the is in center the the extreme right. of abandoning the crop tea diJl" (Continued on Page 12.) "TPcd, and from the number ofi The Sugar Industry inWeber County off-ye- iStory of Billionaire Diamond King' qr ob-aad- M gen-oral- ke dla-inn- es ' Grl-quala- nd ed '7 I? de |