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Show UTAH ARID IDAHO SUGAR FACTORIES TO GET E SUM The sugar factories, in Utah and Idaho Ida-ho are to receive $2S,125,000 for sugar this year. The farmers of Utah and Idaho have producod, this year, 1,250,000 tons of sugar beets. Sugar extracted from this tonnage at tho average rate of 2 1-2 bags per ton amounts to 3,125,000 bags. At the price set by the government govern-ment of $9.00 per hundred, seaboard, there is a gross return to sugar companies com-panies of ?28,125,000. Farmers will recoive $12,500,000, making net returns to sugar companies of $15,025.00 or $3,125,000 over fifty per cent of what the crop broughL With this vast sum of $15,625,000 paid to stock holders of the companies compan-ies should help considorablo in building build-ing up this intermountain country is tho opinion of sugar beet growers in Weber county. oo |