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Show 11 After Warden What? Bj-B Amorlcnn sugar which seemed to KB bo on tho wano boforo tho war, when BJS Bugar stocks wcro dropping all over BHK tho country, and fourteen sugar beet Ev factories wcro reported as closing be- Pjtj cause of n reduction In tho tariff, and BKSi tho factory peoplo wcro cither roduc- Batl; Ing or preparing to rcduco the price Bk(f of beets to tho farmers, just now HE K seems to be coming Into Us own. BJ 1 Representatives of 7000 beet grow- IB a, era In tho states of Colorado, Wyom- JBk ing and Nebraska, meeting tn con- K i vontlou In Denver this week, huvu WpP formed tho Intorstuto Beetgrowors' y Association for tho purposo of get- 1JS ting more money for their products. jSP T. S. Ilogan ot Hillings. Montana, was iJEjf elected president. It was predicted Kip by Prcsldont Ilogan that within elgh- ur teen montlis sugar will Jump to JS f&W per hundred, and probnbly 10. BjM A commlttco hnu been appointed to jjpSp draw up a sot of demands for pre- Bjl soutntlon to tho Bugar companies, WBflk alined to get an Increased price for Bjra tho 191G crop. 'jumP During tho past week also, tho ns- fUt soclatcd Commercial clubs of Murray, jfifft' Rtvcrton, Sandy, Hcnnlon and Illuff- Raft' dalo, Salt Lako county, havo been SkF holding meetings nnd resolving to fff build sugar factories on paper. Thoy D's- luivo boon tolling each other what WttM, fortunes thero nrn in making sugar, Wjft 'rno' 1,ow nnvo two commlttcos, ono soliciting Btock and tho other soliciting solicit-ing ncrcngCk Tho Utah Luke Irrigation Irriga-tion company hna como foreward with on offer ot a $5,000 trnct of land whore tliero Is no avnllablo water for factory purposes ns n bonus. Tho factory to Homo peoplo seems .i suro go, all that It now needs Is tho money, about ono million dollnrB of it. When this Is raised Riverton will hnvo a sugar factory. When tho war Is over the other ono cent In tnrirt will havo been removed. Tho European countries will then need lots of money to rctrelvo their wnBtod fortunes, nnd freo sugnr will again commonco pouring Into the United States, all of which wilt again send tho factory price of sugar down to thrco cents per pound. Then we Imagine tho Salt I.ako county formers will bo glad that thoy hnvo their money Invested In lands, cattle nnd other horldltlmcntB, Instead of in sugnr su-gnr factories worth CO cents on tho Jollnr. Wo nlso Imnglne that tho Colorado-Nebraska beet growers will then bo glad to contract for beets at tho present going price. - |