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H 2 1 HE OGDEN' STANDARD-EXAMINER SUNDAY MORNING, JANUARY 2, 192Lj I
Ii TWIN FALLS plant of the Amalgamated Sugar company, typical example of the fine sugar lactones throughout
Utah and Idaho, built by Utah men and utilizing products of many thousands of acres of Utah and Idaho farms.
The gigantic factories of this type form one of the greatest commercial and industrial assets of the entire west,
i furnishing an outlet for western farm products and bringing to Utah and Idaho each year additional money for the
j upbuilding of the two states.
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I Unprecedented Decline
in Sugar Market Forms
Commercial Sensation
Tremendous changes In the sugar
luurket during the pant year, an o!rcnt
during the first alx months, followed
by even greater drop during the last
half of 1920, have been one of the
sesnatlons in Amertca'H business rcad
juatmcnl. This oensation&l decline In
xugar during the nast few months ha
had a dcprcKsli.;; effect upon muny
other lineji of food products, and. with
i he decline In wheal, lias had Btate
rial Influence in relation to Jobtx
and wholesaler? The lrop ban bl en
more than 20 cent n nound In r tw
sugar at seaboard, thin helng l ho
haU unon which all sugar prices
of the country are romputtd. The
decline la a reduction in price un
paralleled in the history of BUgar.
H IOU .N ) RKAI Hons
Violent reaction in the market af
fectlng any staph- article, generally
produce dire results. But when such
a thing happens to a commodity ltl;
ufnr, which in largely imported from
other countries. It Is Sun to bring dln-
aster and ruin in Ita wake
It la estimated by some experts thai'
the. losses will aggregate .',0,000.000. 1
an amount of money so large that it'
a-p pears Incredible. Hut when one
realizes that the United HtShU had Im
ported during; the past i r more than i
3. 000.000 tons oi sugar, for which
thev paid the people oi the world
more than 1 1. 000,000. ooo. it is easy to
understand the possibility of a loss of i
26 per cent, under conditions the! 1
have prevailed recently. The unfor-1
tunato feature of the situation, viewed I
from the standpoint of an American, j
is the fact thut (he foreign producer i
iend dealer received more Hum 80 per'
cent of all the monev paid out tor'
high priced sugar, and the much j
abused manufacturer and whok-.-al'
gTocer in this country was left "hold
( Ing the sack'' when the crash came.
For example, during loaX July. Au-i
gust and September, due m the high
j price prevailing in the United SI
H countries that had scarcely ever furu-
H Ished this country with any sugar. I
H but th:U had fortunately bought their
1 taw ItlCer '.hlle this country phU d-
l bating the ad visibility of continuing!
IHi government control for another year, I
sold America supplie to the amount!
1 of ll77.7&6,?oS.G0. which amount ex
t t eeds by over $40,000,000 the aggre-'
a Kie in mum r celved by nil of the
bsbbbbbM beet :ugar producers In tin l ulled
l St Ate for their id 18-19 crop. This
l sugar, and a lot more that has arrived
the last two months, is the supply
that broke the market with such dla
H , aatrous results.
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This, in brief. ia the story of the
sugar situation. l- rankl. it Is a pes-1
jtUniStli leia and n-iinUteilJy fraught ;
with calamitous consequences, should
sugar, in the face of Increased pro
duction coats, go much lower In price.
Uut what of the future ' H i a prti
reached the bottom Has tho
process of deflation run its full
ceuree?" "Has the acute stage been
reached and are normal conditions to!
be accomplished without commercial
panic of a long period of stagnation
or uncertainty?" These, and other
like question, are without doubt, giv
ing the leaders of American business
i .oi.cerii thesi An entln
sssssss un on the sugar question nva take
It for granted that the Industry u
passing through a perilous period, but
he may bo confident that the Indus-1
it; will survive all trlbulaUon In spile
H cf the heavy blow le has receh
H In this connection, on of the best I
H authorities on the sugar question re-'
H centiy made this ob-. rvM0n:
B "It is rharnctertstle of the leader
H of American business that the
no longer d. voting their chief thought
and attention to tha dreline tn price 1
B and the lack of demand for merchan- I
H dlse They are convinced thut tho
B process of deflaUon. of which theee!
I mantfeetations form a part. Is to be
complished without of breakdown
lB In the flnanoi.,1 organ nation or de-
lH si ruction of the businew fabric of thsj
easBBBBs! tiintrii. '"g aseured on this
H point thr are mmtng their attention
lH to the outlook for business during
lB the coming year, and are rnentr,it-
m ng attention upon the Question of
iH ho a genuine revival of ImHtstrlat
m activity can bs expretei) what bru-
portloiix It Is likely to attain and how
H this movement can be facilitated
H "This, of course, ts the reason why
lH such men are leaders, because thev
iH can think ahead of the crowd jUs
as thc 'foresaw and gave warning of
LbbbbB mas sfmJLTi'tfi'0" .Whu? tbul"s
bbbbbbb . traveling at its hlichst mo-
lH ment urn. so now they look forward to
B period of business revival and in-
bbbB creasing prosperity when men of lej
lH Ms ion urr still plunged n .ontempla-
H Uon of the damage thit has h. n
iH wrought and are filled with forvbod-
H ing as to lb futur.
H stattst.:.,iu. rugar appears to hold
tH a corniuai ling Outelde or!
IH America, prartlrally all cirilised oun-
,trles are Still rationing out sugar In
the same way they did during the war
only in Increased portions. Halftoning'
id verj likely net es.sa ry, due to their,
bavlng made sacrifices last rammer
v In n they gold America a lot of I
sugar badly heeded by their own peo-j
pie. Such sales, however, were made
to get some of the "easy money" thatj
i American manufacturer and Jobbers
I offered them In their scramble for'
jetigar, f irlng. as they did no doubt,
a repetition of the famine that h:id
pr veiled in sugar circle earlier in
I th war
But regardless of present condi- j
tlonx, students of sugar statistics in
their attempt to solve the problem, are
obliged to fall back on basic prlncl-j
Pit . which In this Instance. Is the
world's production, ilenee. it Is upon
this basis that it can truthfully be said
that statistically the Industry is all
right.
flor ex; tuple, the latest world's crop'
' ti mated h"th b t itul i ane Mic.tr.
tabulated m long tons for 1920-21 asj
compared with th- pre-war figures of
1913-H. shows a large deficit.
Here are the figures.
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Veiaand foiym-ssiu, vi China, India,
tralla. Flgl. etc
Africa, viz Egypt. Natal, Mozoinuhji'
Maderln. etc
Bsjurope) vi Oertnany, Etuaeia, Austria
ran . I inly , Netherlands e
Btal s bee) Loulelana nn! T xaa c
Porto Rleo Virgin Islands i an:
Central America, Cuba. Santo Dji
BlitUb and French West Indies.
Total
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Total 1520-21
World s deficit
In making this comparison, with a
view of showing the world's sucar ep
ilation, the fact mii-n not lie over- t
looked that In pre-war days, most of 1 1
the sugar producing countries were ' I
on a gold basis, and trading waa done 1 I
on a parity! while the exchange value 1
of the countries In need of the money' I
ii.i I very much depressed, com-il
pan d with "the ajmlghty dollar."
hence the difficult v of doing business
with America.
FIGURES COMPARED
The pertinency of figures that show'1
a world's shortage of 4.572,872 tons
may be illustrated by comparing them j
with the total consumption figures of
both foreign and domestic sunars, by ,
tho t'nlted States for the vear. 1S19.I
m 4.S66.791 tone which means. If1'
permission to buy freely in any mar-1
kct. purchasers of sjirai nil be (
obliged to face a situation that com
prehends a shortage tn the supply'
equal to the total amount consumed I,
In this country In 119.
With rrspect to the local situation.'1
there are neonlo. it is thought, who' 1
doubtless believe that the big drop n
sugar Is not bona fide or real, and say i
"as noon ks the beets are all leathered, j)
the price of sugar will advance " Of i
course, no well informed or right 't
i thinking psrson lakes this view, for
i the simple reason that th amount of 5
sugar produced in I'tah and lil.iho,
which appears large to Us and moan.'
so much In our commercial life, really
euts but u small figure In the estab
lishment of the market price of sugar,
since America produces but 3 per cent
of I hi u.:jl amount consumed in the
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Some time ago a large producer,
foreseeing the likely collapse of the
sugar market, and fculng that such
un argument woul 1 be in. .!, v nt out
a letter to Its bectgrnwers, offerlnit to
extend the provision of the sliding
scale contract over a period of a year.
In place of four months, as originally
agreed upon. The offer was made ,iu
good faith and demonstrates beyond
question, that the producers of sug.ir
In Utah are willing to do the right
thing by the farmer ut all times, and
are not playing a fast and loose game,
at, many appear to Imagine.
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In conclusion, this resume of the
sugar situation, attention is directed
to the value and great importance of
the sugar Industry to Uie people at
these mountain valleys. hen one
realizes that the total production of
sugar in the Utah-Idaho district will
this year reach ft. figure close to, If
not more, than 4.000.00J 100-pound
bugs, and costing the manufacturer in
round figure. approximately $37,600,
000, it Is at once apparent what this
enormous amount of money meejIS
when widely distributed among all
claases of people. As an Illustration
in order to make this amount of
sugar It requires the growing of more
than 1.600,000 tons of beets. The
price paid this year is $12 per ton.
necessitating the distribution of Some
thing like $20,000,000 tO the farmers.
The factory costs consisting of coal.
Ilmc rock, chemicals, labor, freight
charges, etc., calls for the paving of
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Java, Aus-
5.361.900 5.365.000
Mauritius.
685.486 '.75.000
Hungary.
P. 079. 677 3.490.000
of I'nlteil
ane, Hawaii,
ida. Mexico,
nlngo. Haiti,
6.370.609 7.345,000
21.847.872 16.776.000
21,347.872
16.775,000
4.672,872
an additional $10 or more per ton.
bringing the total expenditure up to
the figure mentioned above. This vast
mm of money, 86 per cent of which In
the. final analysis of Ihlngn ts obtained
from the sale of sugar In the al, '
forlunatey. Is being distributed dur
ing a critical business period "Just
in the nick e-f time." and consequent-I
,y is the leav en that is working won
ten In the business life of the state.?
t l"tah and Idaho these days. The
llstrlbution of this money unquestlon
ibly Is having the effect of rescuing '
many a poor fellow from bankruptcy. I
s p.. miic off farmer' bans. and is,
teeplng some business concerns out of i
ier:ous financial difficulty, and s. in j
act. a veritable Godsend to the peo
lie. as many letters received at local
mgar offices from bankers m the !
.ountry districts testify.
The foregoing article on sugar pro-1
luctlon was prepared foi The Stand-1
ird-Examlncr by an official of a local !
mgar company a man genorally rec
ognized as not only well posted on
lugar matters, but one who has had a
prominent place in public affairs. The
irticle. therefore, may be accepted as
luthorltutlv e and informative on one
f tho mot', important of western ln-luetries
EUROPE'S BEET
; CROP INCREASES
Output Past Year More Than
Million Metric Tons Over
Year Before
The European beet sugar crops this
I year will ae-regate 3. "7o, ouo metric
i tone i 4,147,000 ordinary tons , accord
I ing to figures compiled by K. ( . Llcht,
1 the tJerman sugar statistician, at the
end of November. This output, if
realized, will represent a gain of 1.146.
000 metric ions over last season's
crop, which Elcht places ut 2,6 2 1.1 7 J
tons.
CROP PIG1 RE6 HY nt EVTRUB6
The Licht estimate of production for
the various countries is as follows.
I the figures being in tons of 2204
pounds: 1920 21 1913-20
! Germany 1.200.000 739,548
I Czccho-Slovakia . 725.000 489,366
I Austria 10.000 5.132
I Hungary' 25.000 8.019
j Poland 200,000 140.000
I Franco 300.000 172.495
Belgium 235,000 146.91 S
.Holland 300. OOo 238.692
I Kussia and
Ukraine 60.000 86,691
Other countries.. 726.000 597.319
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Total 3.770,000 2.624.179
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i Germany. Mr. Llcht has the following
to say:
I "The beet harvest may be consid
ered as having been finished. As a
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ing ictober the agricultural yield has
been somewhat disappointing. Tin
crop, however, may still be figured
as seven to seven and a half millions
(tons) of beets. The yield per hectare
may reach an average of from 26.000
to 27.000 kilograms.
"It would be instructive to know
what quantity of beots will be diverted
from sugar mills for drying or distil
lation. Sugar beets thus used are
paid for at the rate of 60 marks a
hundred kilograms (approximately
$7.42 a short ton nt current exchange)
whereas beets delivered to sugar
houses are subjected to a much lower
maximum fixed pnc (40 marks,
equivalent to $4.95 a short ton at ex
isting exchange).
"On the other hand beets already i
worked up In the mills have been glv-1
ing a much higher yield, at times go- '
Ing over one per cent higher than
last year. This factor permits the
expectation that despite the amounts
diverted to other uses there will be
a yield of 1.200,000 tons of raw
sugar."
Figures compiled by Mr. Larhl on
the rraults obtained tn a number of;
factories Show an average yield this!
year of 16.43 per cent, as compared
with 14.90 last year and 15.33 In ,
iui.
The estimate of the German au
thorlty for the French crop this sea
BOB, however, does not Seem to agree 1
with the latest figures compiled by;
the Syndlcat des Fabrlcants de Sucre'
of France, which estimate the French
output at 244,260 metric tons, as
against 143.32K tons last year, a gain
of 100.931 tone. These figures have
been compiled front reports received I
from 61 factories in France.
Despite this, in French commercial
circles, the belief seems to be general
that this year's crop will run some
what higher than the figures given
out by the syndicate.
gEET loading station made in Ogden, a modern and inexpensive method handling
beets to the best advantage. This equipment was built by the Ogden .'ron Work"
company and is one of its exclusive lines. Other types of bei dumps, intended for us.
at larger stationg, are also made by this company at its large plant in Ogden.
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SUGAR WORKERS
: FORMSDCIETY
Meet Once a Month to Discuss
Technical Problems of
Industi y
I organization of the Amalgamated
j Technical society has been one of the
Interertlng developments In the sugar
, Industry during thi- p.Ki eir. The so
ciety Is composed of heads of depart
: nint. and fa'.-iorles and :he canhlers
o the Aihhlgamated Btagai oompnny.
E 'i montha dinner is heij ;kt the
; Weber club rooms and Daper reaJ
on some phase of sugar making or dis-'
trlbuilon. These papers have proven
very Valuable and Interesting, giving
a broader knowlcugi- of the -ugr bus
inesis and showing h.-- vafions prob-
lems of the offlci s and faeterles can
bl met.
t Thei executive committee. ompoE
e, of fioor.- V. Ki-inks. J. F. Ellis
and J, Orson iiougius. the Litter be
Ina; secretary and treasurer. In Aug-u-t
Mv -..Mets hei.i ;,. ,i,unr and
dnnee at the Hermitage, ;in event to
Which the wives of the mi tubers
lnviuri.
The employes- annual meeting, heldi
j for three days last winter, will be anl
I annual event of Ihe future, another
t being phuwted for this winter- ah ad-j
doehea anil I'.ipoti (.-i"n iit three)
I meetings Will ! f i : I i arid puu-l
lifthed. furnishing data and In forme-
;tlrn of Duich value to the company's I
efjfit ere end emploj e
Sale of Delta Sugar !
Co. Important Deal
Purchase of the Delta sugar factofj
I by the Utah-Idgho Sugar companv v.n
one of the Important sugar indutdry
! developments during tho past ve.-ir.
The plant was originally built by thel
I', h i l!eet Sunar company, with whb-hl
the Le Limiir interest were identi
fied It was purchased later by the p
Great Basin Sugar COrnpgJlJ 1
I The Helta sugar fuctorv is the onlyr
One In Millard county l: u one ofr
the finest, largesi, best lighted, and
most fully equipped beet sugar fac-!
lories In the United .States. It is elrr- I
trtcajly driven and generates Its own '
electric power In this it differs from ' I
all other sugar beet factories in th-
llntermounUtln region, and from allJ
j information available, It la the onlvl
I electrically driven sugar mill in thls!
.section of the country. It has a ca- 1
Ipaclty of from eight hundred to one '
i thousand tons of beets per twenty- 1
four hours and this yi.ir will I .It
proximately sixty thousand tons
In connection with the factory
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CRNEST R WOOLLEY. president of the Interstate Sugarfl I
t company, with plant at Hooper in Weber county, haH
, become one of the important factors in the Utah sugar
! industrv. His sales of control in both the West CacH
mgar factory and the Delta sugar factory have been twofl
of the largest industrial deals of the year m the wesM
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propi are a number of office build-nv-.g.ii
iges and houses to provide 1
comfoitable accommodations during
campaign. A unig,ue feature umong1
these building is the dormitory or
me.s house. Alout 100 men are fed
Terr three time each dav during the
soynpalgn. There is s large kitchen
fulls equipped, in addition, a large
lining room, cellar and lobby. There
" ' a storeroom, a bake oven, ice
"lain .i refrigerator room, and up
nairs. n hospital with operating room
ward room and other additional
deeping quarters. For one building
Ins is considered fairly complete.
The farmers and the townspeople!
of Millard county consider the eugajf
factory the greatest asset of their I
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