Ogden Daily Standard | 1909-07-24 | Page 14 | The Beet Sugar Industry

THE BEET INDUSTRY The Secretary of Agriculture Gives a Flattering Account of Its Develop Development ment in the United States In 1896 them were SI six beet sugar factories In iii operation ap aid l having altogether for slicing tons o daIl In 1 0 there were wera ur f with i l total capacity of oC tons ton of beets daily than hum a increase I From 1898 to 1906 production or of beet beel sugar grew from tons to lo O an Increase or of more marc In yetia In 1896 f OClo aCres of beets beela wore welo harvested in 1906 acres or more than nine nino times as ar great an area arCH Time The price of beets like of other farm products has rIsen steadily In IS 1891 Limo factories pa pai per ton now nOi timey pa pay In the armors tons oi 01 beets to to for which they rec received ed in 1906 1106 just eight YC years r inter latr they hey had tons of beets to sell and received for them a In increase crease in him be beets ts and a In Increase in increase crease in mooney e i rn tI The Tho total amount paid omit by fac factories tories for Cor beets the post past twelve years ears amounts to The total ca In heel beet sugar plants In this country countr Is about oooo coo and this lila does 1005 riot not Investments made b by factor factory owners In farm works etc Beet sugar now In suc successful operation In mm sixteen states stales Colorado leads all other othel states cn In the industry sixteen factories In Imi 1907 these produced lon otis of sugar om 01 h If it had heen passed aroun around to give all people In time the UnIted S tes four pounds apiece California and Michigan an follow Cole Colo Colorado Colerado rado at a respectful distance In tho thorace race for fOI second ha has the number of oC factories a as Cole Colo Colorado Colerado rado but theIr product is considerably smaller maller California has hall ool only nine plants but bul some of tho latter arc vel large I rom your our to yem time the Ion tion of sugar lIS Is about the same sam In lie tho two states Utah Ulah has five Ove factorIes and they are arc producers and amid Wiscon Wisconsin iscon sin follow with four foUl and there are ten len states wIth one factory each Th The most niost factory Is lint thal at atI I Lyons N Y r Hamilton City Cal has imas th this niost western factory Los Ala Alamitos mitos Cal the most southern and BIllings lont time the most northern Time largest larest factory factor In time the United St States es and one of the tue largest In time the world Is time the one at Cal which is ablo to slice lIce tons of beets In a day or carloads of thirty tons each Th Time oldest successful factory factor In the United States Is the lie one at Cal which was In Iii and andI has been beet SUS sug lr r for Cor thirty I yea eats rs