﻿Sugar 
  Beets. 
  

  

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  The 
  total 
  amount 
  of 
  cane 
  and 
  beet 
  sugar 
  produced 
  in 
  the 
  world 
  

   is 
  estimated 
  at 
  8,447,444 
  tons, 
  of 
  which 
  5,907,944 
  tons 
  are 
  pro-^ 
  

   duced 
  from 
  beets. 
  The 
  United 
  States 
  produced 
  in 
  1900 
  577,000 
  

   tons 
  of 
  cane 
  sugar, 
  and 
  72,944 
  tons 
  of 
  beet 
  sugar. 
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  * 
  

  

  In 
  1896 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  produced 
  29,220 
  tons 
  of 
  beet 
  sugar. 
  

  

  The 
  fact 
  that 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  imports 
  (1899) 
  1,517,000 
  tons 
  

   of 
  sugar 
  more 
  than 
  it 
  exports 
  has 
  caused 
  a 
  few 
  States 
  to 
  pass 
  laws 
  

   granting 
  a 
  boimtj 
  to 
  encourage 
  the 
  industry 
  in 
  this 
  country. 
  

  

  AEIZOIsTA. 
  

  

  Section 
  1. 
  " 
  That 
  any 
  association 
  or 
  corporation, 
  organized 
  

   under 
  the 
  laws 
  of 
  the 
  Territory 
  of 
  Arizona, 
  who 
  shall 
  build 
  and 
  

   operate 
  a 
  plant 
  for 
  the 
  manufacture 
  of 
  sugar 
  from 
  beets, 
  within 
  

   the 
  Territory, 
  after 
  the 
  passage 
  of 
  this 
  act, 
  shall, 
  together 
  mth 
  

   all 
  the 
  appurtenances 
  thereunto 
  belonging, 
  be 
  exempt 
  from 
  tax- 
  

   ation 
  of 
  every 
  kind 
  for 
  a 
  period 
  of 
  ten 
  years, 
  after 
  the 
  comple- 
  

   tion 
  of 
  said 
  plant, 
  as 
  hereinafter 
  provided, 
  and 
  subject 
  to 
  the 
  

   conditions 
  and 
  restrictions 
  hereinafter 
  contained." 
  

  

  Sec. 
  2. 
  " 
  Any 
  association 
  or 
  corporation, 
  desiring 
  to 
  avail 
  them- 
  

   selves 
  of 
  the 
  provisions 
  of 
  this 
  act, 
  shall, 
  within 
  one 
  year 
  after 
  

   the 
  passage 
  of 
  this 
  act, 
  file 
  with 
  the 
  Chairman 
  of 
  the 
  

   Board 
  of 
  Supervisors 
  of 
  each 
  county 
  in 
  which 
  such 
  plant 
  or 
  

   part 
  thereof 
  is 
  to 
  be 
  located, 
  a 
  notice 
  in 
  writing 
  that 
  they 
  accept 
  

   the 
  conditions 
  of 
  this 
  Act, 
  and 
  such 
  notice 
  shall 
  also 
  state 
  as 
  

   nearly 
  as 
  may 
  be 
  the 
  precise 
  location 
  of 
  such 
  plant, 
  and 
  the 
  time 
  

   within 
  which 
  said 
  plant 
  will 
  be 
  completed; 
  provided 
  such 
  associa- 
  

   tion 
  or 
  corporation 
  shall 
  not 
  be 
  allowed 
  inure 
  than 
  ten 
  acres 
  of 
  

   land 
  to 
  be 
  exempt 
  from 
  taxation." 
  

  

  Sec. 
  3. 
  " 
  All 
  plants 
  built 
  under 
  the 
  provisions 
  of 
  this 
  act 
  and 
  

   claiming 
  exemptions 
  herein 
  provided 
  for, 
  shall 
  be 
  completed 
  and 
  

  

  