BAG, FOOD-STORAGE

Description: WHITE COTTON SUGAR SACK WITH SEAM DOWN RIGHTHAND SIDE AND BOTTOM. TOP IS OPEN AND UNHEMMED. BLUE MAPLE LEAF PRINTED ON FRONT OF BAG, WITH "C.S.F.". RED CIRCLE IN CENTRE OF LEAF, WHICH READS, "PURE ALBERTA SUGAR 10LBS. NET". "L D." AT BASE OF LEAF. "FINE" IS PRINTED AT TOP AND BOTTOM OF BAG, WITH "MADE BY CANADIAN SUGAR FACTORIES LTD RAYMOND. ALTA." PRINTED IN BLUE BELOW MAPLE LEAF. BACK HAS INSTRUCTIONS FOR OPENING BAG, BUT IS ONLY PARTLY LEGIBLE. BAG IS STAINED, WITH VERY SMALL HOLES THROUGHOUT.

History: AFTER THE FIRST WORLD WAR, THE RAYMOND AND MAGRATH BOARDS OF TRADE SUCCEEDED IN CONVINCING THE UTAH-IDAHO SUGAR COMPANY TO MOVE ITS IDLE SUNNYSIDE, WA. PLANT TO RAYMOND IN 1925. A NEW COMPANY WAS FORMED TO OPERATE UNDER A CANADIAN CHARTER, CALLED "CANADIAN SUGAR FACTORIES, LTD.". AFTER A DISASTEROUS HARVEST IN 1930, THE PARENT COMPANY SOLD THE RAYMOND PLANT TO B.C. SUGAR REFINING CO. VANCOUVER, IN APRIL OF 1931, MAKING THE COMPANY COMPLETELY CANADIAN OWNED. THE PLANT AND RAYMOND'S BEET-GROWING AREA EXPANDED, AND A SECOND AND THIRD PLANT OPENED IN PICTURE BUTTE (1936) AND TABER (1950). TABER'S MODERN PLANT WITH LARGER CAPACITY RESULTED IN ITS BECOMING THE CENTRE OF ALBERTA'S SUGAR INDUSTRY. IN 1963, THE RAYMOND PLANT CLOSED, AND SUBSEQUENTLY THE PICTURE BUTTE PLANT, IN 1977. THE NAME OF THE COMPANY CHANGED IN 1977 FROM CANADIAN SUGAR FACTORIES TO ALBERTA SUGAR CO., OPERATING AS A DIVISION OF B.C. SUGAR.