Show I I I I I MilLION POUNDS Of SUGAR Ogden Sugar Factory Has Turned Out This Amount Since Established Weber Club lub Prepares Statistics cs on Agricultural Output in We Weber Weber Weber ber County A hundred million pounds lounds of oC granulated granulated sugar I IThe The mind can hardly har Ir grasp gra p tho mag of these figures nor the vast built bulk of this staple commodity which the figures represent Statistics relative to the agricultural ral rat output of oC Weber county count recently compiled by br the tho Weber club climb of Ogden show how that since tho the establishment of or ofa ora ofa a Beet Sugar Factory Factor at this point there thore have havo been beon manufactured more than a hundred million pounds of o sugar from beets grown within the thc confines of county alene To better the quantity of ot sugar here bere ono one may mar picture a snowy snow shaft of or sweetness fifty rift feet square at the time nase lase and taper taller taperIng tapering Ing slightly sH to an au altitude of or one thousand feet the approximate height i of Elme Tower at Purls Furls The beets which havo ha 0 been used i In the tIme manufacture of oC this vast ast quan quantity lit of oC sugar is no less Jess than tons toils grown entirely within n Weber county t tA A A billion pounds of or beets Is also difficult to comprehend without the aid nl of o comparative figures It Is ens easier easler ier ler perhaps to Imagine Ima lne a slightly tapering monument In feet feeL square at atthe atthe atthe the base piercing the tho atmosphere to 10 toa toa a height hl of a mile or one foot higher h gher than the tho rocky rock cress eres of oC Observatory Peak Curious as it may ma seen seem to those who regard the time manufacture of sugar brom beet beat roots as a comparative recent Innovation process has been heen known for more Wan a hundred and amI sixty years It was In iii the year ear 1747 4 that n a Ger German German man scientist discovered the tho fact that sugar ugar could be lie extracted from froma the tIme beet hut but in that are ago a o the time of the time discovery was not realized and fifty years elapsed be before before before fore the time first factory factor was Vas erected and I placed in operation As ears eary ear as os 1890 attempts wore were made madeo mn e eto I to o introduce the Industry In America hut but again time the merits of or the lion Ion were vere not aoL recognized and another fifty years rolled on before the first factory tor was finally established In California Since that time lime tin tim industry has de do developed eloped to one of vast ast Importance and there are arc today about 70 iO factories In operation In the th United States total In lug ng an aim average daily dally capacity of 50 O tons of 01 beets Close to acres seres g of land are arc now devoted to beet heet culture and acid It is i estimated est that 00 long tons of sugar SIl Lr was wa manufactured manufactured ast last astIn year ear earIn In the Ule world Utah stands fourth with five sugar r factories to her From statistics gather gathered ather ed ell over the tIme state tate it is iii conclusive that Weber Veller county count Is time tho banner beet hoot dis district district of oC the country Last year ear there tTe harvested In lit county alone over tons tona of or beets heets from which there thole was mann pounds of time the high cst est grade of granulated sugar For this crop tho tue Anal Amal Sugar company comlin paid laid into the time hank bank accounts of ebor coun farm fann farmers aria ers ems no rio less than A careful compilation of annual statistics shows that tho the company has hns paid since the establishment of ot the lie Ogden Ogdon factor In iii 1898 a grand total of 3 for boots or 01 an nn average of a year cm cam With this th 5 object lesson constantly In n view it is not o that capital capitalIsts capitalists look 1001 forward to tio doubling of tho thc output of this section by bv tho the es establishment ot or new factories while whilo on the tho other hand han tho the non farmers are arc only too loo anxious to en engage engage engage gage In an Industry In u tr which will wll net them annually from a n few acres of ground moro morn than that realized l by y the tho possessor of oC oVa a bonanza wheat farm au where in tho west vest |