Show STORY OF BEET SUGAR INDUSTRY TOLD TOLD TOLD- t I 1 I SUGAR YEARLY POU POURS S 25 MILl ONS OF NEVI NE r NEY m IN mm UTAH AND m im IDAHO Romantic Story of Enterprise Back of Vast Industry Which Means So Much to Gen Gen- General Gen Gen- General General eral Welfare of Two States Stares States Twenty fir i doI dolar do lar n w mon mone M each eich h tear car Nr If Is I br u hInto Into Inlo and Idaho by reason o oth tho beet bot b t ug r In n t to 0 state A Approximately l 14 Is h l pal out ul to fo rth bet tn In Inthe lh the of t h Idaho TheNo The to t t assertIon s mn ma m toneto tone come comet onH to t the tir reader omo som Idea Ida of o th tho ho preMIse e effect the big try try has hal Ia upon in n tho l t o 0 nd nd bick of this bl bIg biR l I la Il a romantic a story fry a as ae e eT er T Rutho penned The Th th roth of or th the which make aucar r out of the tho lo Iy beet bt I Is well ell worth Ih the or of o Mery ry cItizen Beet Bot t r i la J un gun gun- im lIght H Ii H n zy 3 MV int DI because and Idaho re re sO uell elI el suited Muted by ot or And nd soil to cr r lalli lIzo the th Industry ht hl made mado i gleat her hr LT H R I RANKS SECOND F-cO F Irom a n 1 n l peel 01 tta ranks second in beet et lion lion ha liMing Ing held that mon po-mon Ince l 1919 19 Idaho elands tand fIfth but the cond conn connected ct d with tho the In- In lu In Iho the two tates make mak it II to consider them lIem M n on onu Tanked third during 1917 1918 1 but in 1919 1 H Into cC- cC ond cc-ond end ond place next to 10 Colorado and nJ rh c promise of retaining Iha that I po po O lIh a trong possibility of rom corn dy tiny mo mil ing up noth another r notch and Michigan arc aro r con con con- continually tin con battling for or third plA ples The Tho Th sugar SUlar beet beel may ma tn y not b i ro- ro romantic romantic ro romantic mantic but none nono non can 3 a It Is not Take Tak the Iho th dandelion for Or Instance ln tance It l I not t thought of ofIS IS aa a flower r flo er of or any DY ny nc I- I In fact fart It la Is so o common that it Is i considered i L p pest peat st tro fr It leos lees lc a com corn cornmon common mon It might ha bo i 1 expected Sugar beets are ar so 00 o common where th y or town LOn ol that no one on stop stops to think about their remarkable r capt- capt W ou pull up a abed beet bed from front th the tho field with Ith ith th the tho dirt 1111 tIll clinging to 10 it II Its ro rotta lS ou he on ot or tur n most moat remarkable plant Tho The beet bd Is Ia so l that It can to ta ta o w lr from the tho th soil soli by a 0 proc process known n a as sa osmosis car car car- car hon bon from the air an nn I with Ith th h aid aidor aido or of sunlight combine the elements element Into sugar auger Were Vero man able to take which eier eHr one knows kno has hns the th for for- formula for formula mula mule 1120 and combine with eI elet- elet elev eleven en tn molecules molecule or of o It tl h twelve e I chem chern- chemIcal chemical o of carbon by y some ome synthetic ical kill there thero would be bo no DO need o of wrangling r oer 01 er the duty nicca- nicca n stry sary ary on Cuban sugar no need I to sorry orry 0 o er er congressional In ln llon a Uon to determine a reasonable duty and nd r retail tall market price prie Water Mater ater 0 and nil carbon arbon are ar I erY every v here It would in- in indeed In Indeed deed ded simplify matters matter I were sere ere man able to mix It- It a little ater and aone arbon and set get t tug sugar which ho he could uso us In making Ind candy a rup ru ruh ii h cooking and on Ih the table lable for tor the th pir pr capita cou In Amo- Amo nat Aine-nat at present i Is to pounds Dut man Is unable to do that the s bear gar must com come from the th bait ind the th cane which nature has hast en- en en endowed n dewed dowed with those cp To anono an ono who ho doubts the Im un- un of the Industry In Utah and I li extended tile III In to studs stud i 1 i fe fe ei figures lEUrea The Tho Th rise iso or of orthe ottic the Industry In these the i t eo o 0 otal states cut n be In the th last fro O fl fn e year and pro pre are for tor the lh most moat parts part from rom gotem go publications publication vT n l T II I HAJ KAMIS co n Tho The fact that Hall tah I Is second In beet sugar linear production in the th nation I is In itself lt a strong point 1 LiSt t ear 1922 1921 Utah Ulah and Idaho pro pro- produced pro produced ro- ro In round numbers number tons ions o of refined suar 0 O Of this amount 15 tons ton came amo cam from fromi l i tali tah fields and 55 if tOni ton front trem Idaho At forty tort torn tOl to the tho th car Il would take taho tak 1750 cars ar to 10 this annual i sugar ugar production K-AIA K There filer are ore fe feis railroad railroads that would no bt bi completely s tero ero er thy they to move this output thin a n short hort period of o 0 time Im- Im m- m 1150 ca cars out each Ilch its lla fort forti tons tona of refined relined ou sugar anti anel you hate ha h e a 0 conception of or tM tin auger Rugar produced In Utan Ula and Idaho aeh year Going et ft eat from 51 Salt Lake the tho th engine of or such auch a train would lu just t be crossing th the Utah Utah- e ada line IIno ail the tho lh caboose wa leaving this cit Ot of tho th sugu produced In Utah and th Id-th approximately 80 to per ver- percent percent cent nt Is to marketed outside 0 of the th lal state From this till Ihl amount theo theia is i art an n 1 re revenue of or ly Iy 25 This cornea comes in as asne a n 1 ne mon monet and anel outside or of fun fudi front the Iho th disposition ot of and copper there thero Is I any other Industry that I li for tor such Auch Sn An enormous Inflow of ot money half ot o 1 n of ot this amount goes eoe directly to the Iho th h f erx m- m mand era and r and Is la dis dis- dis distributed distributed In every nok and corner r of the stat state It 1 I a fact In economics that money mOlley distributed ted led to the Iho th f r does docs mOro more good to tn business budness generals than mont to any ony other branch o of Ir Ind ant an o n a 0 1 r 1 C c sn IJ Another feature of tha lh th beet bt ID In- In 1 Is la that time the receive their in n n c al t On th the fit fit- fifteenth tenth or of o the month following de- de delivery de delivery livery they Ihy ic c-ic ie giten ghen their checks First pl mt la is I male maJo maJ on the tho th bests basis of S iu 10 o per pr ton lon a sort ot or tee l guaran- guarantee tee subsequent payment Is made md hen hn the r unar ha has ben b n refined toO nd marketed timi tills second pa po depending upon the tho sugar content of nf the Ihl lh bet beets and mill ket prices This on l I lamer mr h has ha tor for time the last few sears eara been ben i t cry ery ery sulan Hal list one and has hIlS made md tho th total return from ron beets brets L rage 9 11 HIn In and t 0 V 23 In la Idaho Time Th reason reon for the th superiority In inthe Irth the tho Idaho Idalio In Is I due du to II the higher sugar content and tind extrac- extrac lion Ion In to t its it benefits to the farmers farmer Ih moh s the Im- Im ImportanCe or of t the th Industry Is I felt tIt In every evry other Important activity Q the ninety five factories in the th Uni- Uni United I ted Mates Hates Mate 11 t tenly-s tenly en lyHn en arc aro r In In nd lah and Idaho In Jn the refinIng process enormous quantities of coaL coal lime Urn rc coke and anel other ma- ma are used Timers Ther are aro ar used u cd h bi then thee factories to 2 tons tona of or coal eoal ton tons of lime limo rock and end 13 U tOns toni of coke In a it recent address Judge Henry Hnry H of oC the tho Amalgamated SUK r company pie pie- pie d time tir following follo figures tl show show- showing Ing th time money mony Ih the sugar ur try Indu-try In Ilah lIah and Id ho hail annu pl paid I out for mater mater- materials lal lets and 10 labor hor Sugar beets bets 14 4 Co Coil I 1 I Limo Lime rock OiO Coke oke Sua bags baic Oth Other r materials material and sup sup- supplies piles tup-piles plies piles 1 I O StO I Labor 5 I To Told III I for sugar corn com companies panics 23 Matt b gro grOner 3 Labor by hy r gro for Industry 31 31 D D nL Included In th thes figures Is a I early early- aver or of o 54 4 14 0 paid out to for hauling supplies sup sup- plies piles and no mo Ing ln tho Iho reined sugar io 10 market for Ith pro pro pro- enormous Quantities to the south It I Is necessary for the Utah Ulah and Idaho product t to b be mo mod I el ard nd md the tho market 10 does not become y until the th MI MIs- MIs riter rN Is reached Con Con- Con eldering approximately acres are ar d doted to sugar beet heet In the Iho th two state Ihl this mans m ns that for e ery ery acre o 0 of bet br f the railroads railroad r a re re of or 32 32 IndicatIng that Ih they too feel fel feelth the tho great grent of or the th in- in In Induct duct r To the enty n e fec- fec fac factories tories operating In Utah Ulah nod and It Mould take tak approximately 1 1 I for each on one This I Is an extremely cons ons e estimate for sorn som oni of time tho th larger larcer cost ost U 2 2 w hen built th tim ol capacity of o the fac- fac factories fac factories lorle lorleI tories I WILS tas ns arnd to provide provid for lor material Ih In time the industry end and n yet few ha e found It difficult difficult cult to 10 handle the beets bets from their re respective districts Factories ar are located In arlou arious a lous parts part of time the t no 0 states lat site site site-s mating la a aIng lne Ing been ben chosen regard to supply and trans trans- transportation transportation porta lion facilities TwI e are operated by the Utah Utah- Utah Idaho Idaho compan eight by ly the AmI Amal- Camat Amal-Camat g mat l l while seten sen even Independent companies hav one factory each The Utah Idaho plants plant In Utah areat are areat at Delta Della Spanish Fork 11 on West Jordan Jordn Irig- Irig hani hans han and Garland and end In Idaho factories are aro ar at foot fool Shelly Idaho Falls Fall and ond Sugar City Amal Amal- Amalgamated gamt factories In Idaho are aro ar located lo 10 located caled at Paul Durl Purle Burlei and T ln Fall Fails and In Cornish Len Lew ll Le is- is iston ton I-ton ton lon Smithfield Logan and Ogden pendent Ind-pendent companies are ar the Sugar Rugar company Rig Rig- Rie-bi Rie b Franklin County Sugar Rugar com corn company pan pany Interstate Sugar Hooper La Laton Sugar company Layton Mapleton Mapleton Sugar company Spring Spring- Springville ville People A B Sugar company Moron and GunnIson r com corn compan company pan pans pany BEET s n Ml BELT The Tho entire sugar ugar beet Industry resl rests upon the th capacity capa lIy of or th the tho AU Ru- Ru Rugar u-ar u gar bet bot to do Its lis work ork properly and secure the th highest possible sugar content for from fron the th manu manu- manufacturing standpoint 1 I It cool costs coils just Justas 0 as much to work 10 per cent ent beets beel lie as It do does s beets bela beet that contain up- up upward up upward ward to 20 0 per por cent of sugar aur Sugar beets will grow crow In most s parts vart of or the tho ho United l States Slates t but the regions Ions In they produce maximum amounts amount of sugar are aro somewhat limited Is a sent sent- veritable able ablo belt acro across the tho th country In which Utah and southern thun Idaho I is 1 Included that Is I ad ad- ad ad to beet bel gron log Ing The Th sugar aucar bet beet quires r-quires r a rca rea- rea son bly long grow In period and mild springs but most moat essential or of all is 18 I that plenty of sunlight bo be b available during the time growing stages It Is I the action o of the sun sun sun- sunlight light on the th In the leases that manufactures th the tho sugar and stores lore It In the th root of tho th plant It baa ha been proven by nu- nu numerous nu numerous experiment that sunlight h has lias more mora mor bearing on the tho th percentage of ot sugar than any ony other factor granting that soil Conditions are satisfactory Th The a tern tent should be around 70 10 do do- do grees during the th summer months Beets ar ate helped rather rl than In Inured by cool nights night In fact tact the cool are almost essential In order for proper cry A comparison of ot temperature con con- con clitoris lIton In Utah Ulah Rn ani Idaho nith lIh thoa those that are ar looked upon as standard ehon how that those too t do not m mm miss far being Ideal or Ot considerable Importance In sugar augar beet production Is la the Iho th matter of nf moisture and wind and an Idaho have hav hav ol d the Iho moisture problem ith and lIS eg heavy hevy rains during the th summer r rI I art are ar Infrequent the th amount of nr moisture Is controlled Beets lIel grow but best In a soft lOAmy loam soil noli which allo elio va vs e expansion o of the storing reservoir to accommodate all of or tho the augar sugar manufactured Such a soil eoll oil 1 i 18 easily ally blown about and anet a II hIgh i nind often otten unco s a IL part pari of ot the th lop top Any part of the bet beet e po cd doss dOM not have the Iho sugar content that tIe the th covered part has Again Acain Utah Uta and Idaho growing crowing regions protected a as they thoy th nr are aro by mountain rang ranges base haic an- an f for anta or r The Th chemical I content and texture or of o th thy HII oll In n time the th t l too 0 states HUlles Is like liken Ise uie extremely able In Utah nod and Idah whenever er ono one mentions bets beets beet the tho th Id Idea of an Inn Irrl rated field arl nSe H a It may y ae m In the early days of or th tho Industry It wag waa felt that boots beets never nver be b grown und under r irrigation imply simply because It had been be n proven that I h-I 1 groo tro gro n In I or of t cx- cx rainfall er nero er nt or ery ry ery 10 low loi u ar content c The Th t ct t that tb bet eh I 4 TREMENDOUS TREMENDOUS storage facilities are necessary for the handling of beet sugar and andI I orderly marketing of the product Vast piles of sacked sugar arc stacked dur- dur during ing ng the sugar making season One view of such sucha a pile is given in this picture i 01 f r rI I- I kt g t m c can bo be b grown crown tully under Irrigation wa was discovered by acci acci- acci accident accident dent In 1891 mi a California corn com company pany pony learned that some rom o ot of Its Ita far farmers far far- farmers mers mrs In la regions ot of light rainfall set wt-ro using artificial means mans Time Tho company immediately Issued a cir cm- circular cir circular cular ad 0 1 the Iho farmers that Ir- Ir Ir Irritated beets beto beet would not be rei re received their contracts Ro- Ro Regardless R gardle of or the th ultimatum some somo of oC the lh fill m rs went nent a ahead hed and ha Id their beets 8 and nd found them Ihm to f be not nt oni above the av- av average crac av-crac In sugar but also Iso In ton ton- tonnage tonnage ton ton-n nage c SInce Bine then irrigation and bet leet growing base ha ha e be ben n n almost In- In Inseparable In Inseparable separable parable Today Michigan is I I the tho principal beet bt growing that do not Although sugar aucar h has been an n important Im- Im article o of commerce only since Ince about the th middle of o the fourteenth century It was shortly aftem the tho th fall fan of ot the Roman noman empire that beet bet roots went discovered to contain S sweet et a In 1605 Oliver do de d Serves Serres a French agron agronomist found the tho th beet root roots roof I nero ero sweet we t but It remain remain-cl for tor Marl Marg- Marggraf graf raf a Prussian chemist to ex- ex extract ex extract tract the th first crystals cry of o sugar After Marggraf's death In 1772 1172 his hI Investigational work n wa-s wa carried onby on onby onby by Karl Achar Achard l hi his hig student Ach- Ach Achard Achard ard Ach-ard ard lh Ih nl aid Bl of ot 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