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Show The National Enterprise, April 20, 1977 Page nine Sugar prices still low; industry looking to Carter Continued from page one From our surveys, it appears that all but a few localities will have water enough this year for their sugarbeet crops, at least to see them through the critical part of the season. Could Compared to current prices for other field crops, sugar-beet- s still offer an equal or better potential, profit Cannon said. U and I Inc. has now reached contract agreements with grower associations in Utah, Idaho and Washington for this years crop, Cannon said. Plant Other Crops Sugarbeet contracts are negotiated each year. When there is little or no profit incentive for the growers, they may choose to plant other crops. It is still too early to estimate the total acreage that will be behe said, contracted, cause each individual grower NEW OFFICE mCl 12,000 S.F. of Individual Office Space . . . . Suites available from 150 to 8,000 S.F. Decker Lake Industrial Park Fire Sprinklers Employee Cafeteria Adjacent to United Parcel Service quarters Ample Parking and I processed a total of 2.6 million tons of sugarbeets from the 1976 crop, considere ably less than the record of 3.3 million tons in 1972. Utah growers harvested about 256,000 tons last year, most of them grown in Box Elder, Davis, Salt Lake and Utah counties. All the beets grown in Utah are processed at the U and 1 factory in Garland. U all-tim- Sugarbeets are grown in 21 states and provide about 30 percent of the U.S. sugar supply. Sugarcane, grown in Hawaii, Florida, Louisiana and Texas, produces about 25 percent of the total. The rest, or about 45 percent, must be imported from Australia, India and the Philippines. Dependence on foreign Head- erous category as oil, Our country cant afford to be totally dependent on foreign sugar. Cannon and other U.S. sugar processors have been lobbying Congress and the Carter administration to create a national sugar policy to protect domestic growers and processors. ROBERT B. SWANER COMPANY 2350 South 2300 West 972-604- 2 or We feel the administration is coming to grips with the (sugar) problem and will devise a workable solution, Cannon said. TRACY REALTY COMPANY 0 Lets say your men make four per day. They chew up at least 15 minutes hunting a phone, dialing the call, hustling back to the job. Thats one productive hour. . .$20 wasted per day (hourly rate for driver call-i- ns vehicle.) Let us show you how a JOHNSON TWO WAY RADIO SYSTEM WILL PAY FOR ITSELF. i is shaping up spring jackets and sandals during the next few months, they may be tiptoeing through a few construction projects, as well. street, making final changes in drawings expected to be complete by May. Property owners have petitioned the city for a special improvement district to fund the project. But alas! They may also enjoy the shade provided by a project already near completion, thanks to our mild Along 2nd West, the new western border of downtown Salt Lake City, activity is As downtown shoppers don winter. beginning to brew regarding removal of the railroad tracks. The new Salt Lake City minipark, located at about 50 West First South, is about 85 percent complete, according to Having caused bumpy rides for drivers entering the city from the west side, the street has been scheduled for major Funding has improvement. Redevelopment Agency Director Mike Chitwood. Waiting only for a deep frost in the alley to thaw, construction workers expect the entire project to be landscaped and functioning by May 15. of Regent Street, located between Main and State streets off 2nd South, began on April 13. Chitwood said the contractors. Gibbons & Reed, expect to finish the job within 90 days. Improvements Cannon said. DM V. sup- ply for a commodity as vital as sugar is in the same dang- Call or Visit 531-900- still must determine how many acres he will plant when he signs his contract. Downtown CONTACT US NOW FOR FREE SYSTEM CONSULTATION. The project includes new sidewalks, street furniture, and pavement. Sidewalks along both sides of State Street, between 2nd and 3rd South, are scheduled for improvement this fall, Chitwood said. He added architect Neils Valentiner is currently meeting with property owners and tenants in shops along the been arranged through the citys tax increment process, administered by the Redevelopment Agency. According to Jim Greener, supervisor of the project for Denver & Rio Grande Railroad, the company has been discussing track removal with qualified contractors, planning to begin demolition by the end of April. The plan calls for removal of tracks along 2nd West between 9th South and North Temple. City engineers have no plans to pave the street this summer, although funding is available beginning July 1. According to assistant city engineer Jim Calabrese, the city has scheduled 2nd West construction for summer 1978. Greener and Calabrese expect to discuss a timetable for the project this month. Butterfield Motor moving Butterfield Motor, the states oldest Ford dealer, is moving to Sandy. Even though weve been located in Riverton, our primary market has largely been Brent Butterfield, sales manager, said the five acre, 27,000 square foot facility will cost just under SI million. Inkley Construction Co. is the general contractor. He added the rapid said. growth in the Sandy area influenced their decision. Located in Riverton 40 years, the dealership is moving its site to 9000 South and Interstate 15 to be nearer its market. metropolitan, Butterfield Butterfield said the move to Sandy will more than double the staff. It also doubles their floor space. The dealership plans to occupy the building by the end of May. Weekly unemployment rate up The weekly unemployment rate jumped two tenths of a point during the week ending April 9, to 5.6 percent, up from 5.4 percent registered during the previous week. third week as the official rate of the month. The rate, a new feature of the Enterprise , is the same as the Rate official monthly unemployment rate produced by Job Service, but, as a sensitive economic barometer, it will vary slightly from week to week. Historically, Job Service chooses the rate of the WUR 12 19 March 2 26 April Week Ending 9 |