In 1849 Governor Brigham Young sent Apostle John Taylor to France to investigate industries that could be established in the New Mountain Empire, where Taylor met Philip De Lamare, who knew the sugar industry. In Orras, France, they examined the sugar beet industry, raised funds in England, purchased equipment in Liverpool, and in early 1852 shipped it to Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. The equipment then traveled on 40 Santa Fe wagons drawn by 4 to 8 oxen, but the enterprise suffered major setbacks before reaching Provo, Utah, a year later. Because funds were insufficient, ownership passed to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, which set up a pilot plant on the northeast corner of the Temple block, and another plant was later built on Parley’s Creek and became known as Sugarhouse. By 1854 the factory was ready for operation, but it did not flourish because of inexperience, poor organization, marketing problems, weather, and spoilage. The effort was renewed when Arthur Stayner examined the industry in California and, with 20 stockholders, organized the Utah Sugar Company of Lehi, Utah, on August 30, 1889, with Elias Morris as president, Franci Armstrong as vice president, James Jack as treasurer, Arthur Staymer as secretary and general manager, and James H. Gardner as sugar boiler. This venture succeeded and encouraged other factories in Utah and Idaho, including the large U and I plant at West Jordan, which became a model of productivity, research, and cooperation between farmers, producers, and consumers for 55 years. Great economic growth came from the millions of dollars dispersed throughout Utah and Idaho through research and the manufacturing of sugars and syrups. More than 13,163,157 one-hundred-pound sacks of sugar were produced from more than 4,910,869 tons of sugar beets. Research at the West Jordan plant helped control sugar beet diseases, including curly top, and aided development of Hybrid Monogerm seeds. The factory at West Jordan, Utah, was constructed for Utah Idaho Sugar by F. M. Dyers and Company, and its original officers were Joseph F. Smith, president, Thomas R. Cutler, vice president and general manager, and Horace G. Whitney, secretary and treasurer.