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Show Sugar Notes. The Sugar Industry of t'tah. The sugar Industry of Utah is now in Us tenth campaign, the lrrst year's run having boen mado at Lehlin 1801. Tho dovclopement of tho industry has been enormous and has tended to illustrate most thoroughly the diversified naturo of the crops which Utah soil is captblc of producing, ll.iw immonso ha-o been the strides Hint beet sugar has mado In the Stato can bo well Illustrated by a brief st'tement Utah consumen each year about 20,000,000 pounds of granulated sugar. 11 1891 tho output of the Lehi factory waal,112,8C0poun 's. This has gradually risen until last year it was 13,385,875 pounds in Lehi alone, while the Oiden 6,000,000 pounds ad-dltiona' ad-dltiona' A'eru produced, a total of over 18,000,000. This year for tho first time, Utah will produce enouih sugar ti satisfy sat-isfy her own consumption and leave a considerable margin to be shipped to outlying States. But for the extreme drouth of the past summer, the product at tho three plants of the Utah Sntiar company, (at Lehi, Springville. and Bingham Junction) would have amounted amount-ed to 20,000,000 pounds, that of the Ofc'den Sugar company would have reached 10,000,000 pounds, a total of 30,-000,000 30,-000,000 pounds, or 10,000,000 more than tne consumption of the State Even with tho drouth it is estimated that the factories together will produco from 20,000,000 to'23,000,000 pounds, leaving considerable margin for export Montana Mon-tana alone will purchase at least $250,-000 $250,-000 worth of our pioduct and a market will be sought for tho first time in Denver and at Missouri Rivet points. The present, season is tho first in which the Utah Sugar company has mado contracts for beets witbjbiijsyi rrs of four counties. ,U tah,f fejJJoja fig Sevier, and 6aqpe4igfPfiWs?Id' beets to JjttMfilr'iM!',-- tfiaiwTvjPM'WKl?raa'" proVi'iTa" very profitable ono for the farmers, and ven with the set back occasioned by iuo urouin, many oi mew (inyo eignin-ed eignin-ed tbeir intention to Increase their acreage next year. Tins is especially the caso in Sanpote county, whero tho culturo of beets Ib still in its infancy. The pervailing scaicety of sugar throughout the United States, the world's supply being shorter than at any time previous for many years, indicates in-dicates that the present high prices for sugar will continue. As tho Lehi and Ogden factories are receiving tho benefit bene-fit of tho hlt-'h rates, tho outlook for both companies this year ii considered to bo a very favorable ono. Tliejimount invested by tbo Utah Sugar company now reaches about one million dollars. That invested by the Ogden company is in the neighborhood oft 100,000. The daily capacity of the Ogden factory is 3E0 tons of beets; that of the Lehi plant 1,000 to 1 100 tons. |