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Show SUGAR BEET GROWERS GET $7,890,000 Ulah County Growers Have Substantial Amount Coming Nov. 20 Utah county sugar beet growers will receive a sub- stantial share of the $1,810,-000 $1,810,-000 sum to be sent out by the Utah-Idaho Sugar company in payment for beet deliveries on November 20 and December Decem-ber 10 in the Utah district. The amount distributed to Utah growers this year is 10 per cent more than was paid last year. The total payment to Utah growers grow-ers by all companies is $3,260,000, and the three sugar manufacturing manufactur-ing companies operating in Utah will pay out to the growers of their entire territory, including Idaho, South Dakota, Montana and Washington, besides Utah, a sum of $7,890,000. The other two companies com-panies are the Amalgamated Sugar company and the Gunnison Sugar company. Growers, Manufacturers Meet Final arrangements for the payments pay-ments to the growers were made at a joint conference of manufacturers' manufac-turers' representatives and directors direc-tors of the Utah Sugar Beet Growers' Grow-ers' association, Monday in Salt Lake City. Growers share in the money paid for sugar under the terms of a participating contract, and the payment for their beets is made on that basis. About half of the money received during the year for sugar goes to the growers; the other half is retained by the manufacturers. manu-facturers. The first payment is I made before the sugar is sold and is made thus, on the basis of anticipated an-ticipated sale price. Under terms of the agreement, approved Monday, the growers at this time will be paid P0 per cent of the amount estimated as due for deliveries to date. The other 10 per cent will be withheld by the manufacturers until all the sugar has been sold and the average sale price for the year arrived at. An adjustment then will be made in the final payment to take care of the difference owed. |