Show S SURGED URGED TO FIGHT u. u US U.S. S. S DEPARTMENT C. C G. G Patterson Tells Farm Farm- Farmers ers CIS Federal Agents W Wont Won't Give Square Deal ATTACKS UTAH F FARM 1 BUREAU AND U. U A. A C C. Declares Sugar Company Owns and Controls Both Institutions fI S I Layton Laylon Feb 20 20 Would you be willIng willIng willIng will- will Ing to fight the entire United States department of or agriculture r demanded C. C G G. G Patt Patterson r on secretary of or the Intermountain intermountain Inter Inter- mountain Association of or SU Sugar ar Beet Growers In an address addres before the beet beel growers roW rs In Latonia hall hail this afternoon on the eve e of or the organization of or a a. farm bureau unit at Layton which will take Lake place tomorrow under the direction tion of the thc federal food administration The Invitation to fight the department department depart depart- ment meat of agriculture was extended to the Layton farmers after iter Patterson had launched into a tirade against federal agricultural agents He declared that these agents gents were not In a mood give I e the sugar beet farmers a a. square deal and that It was doubtful if Ir relict relief could be had from the department of ot ota a agriculture Urging I Is IN Repented How ilow man many marty of or you ou would do that again demanded Patterson referring q 9 q his proposed n fight ht on the department oC of agriculture There came no response from the and following a a pause Patterson ad added ed Some of or you o men would of that I am satisfied Making special reference nce to the or organization of the farm bureau unit at Layton Laton Patterson charged that the Utah state farm bureau Is a corpora controlled lion and autocratic tion lion Reading extracts from federal pamphlets pamphlets pam pam- relating to the organization or o oC I farm bureaus Patter Patterson on said that bureaus bu renus were local institutions and that tha there Is no federal provision for th the organization of or a state farm Carm bureau Vehemently he declared that tho Utah state farm bureau Is owned and controlled b by the Utah-Idaho Utah Sugar company compan and that the thc same company owns the Utah agricultural college and practically all alt the tho newspapers of ot Utah D Deet o fleet Price Attacked Beet growers rowers who attended th the meet- meet In ins ing said the they were at a loss to l know no wh why It ft had been called on the eve eYe of ot the organization of or a farm aria bureau unit except the they said that it might have haYe been with tho the purpose of ot lessening In Interest In- In terest In the bureau project In a harangue over the ton a su sugar sugar sugar su- su gar beet contract between betteen beet growers growers grow grow- ers era and the manufacturers made at the Logan roundup Patterson endeavored ored to convince con the Layton Laton beet farmers that the they could not grow sugar beets profitably at the contract price He urged the farmers to r rent nt their land to th the sugar company and lot the compan company com corn pan pany lanY raise the beets N. N P. P Peterson president of ot the Intermountain Intermountain Intermountain In- In Sugar SUar Beet Growers' Growers as association association as- as was the first speaker at the meeting this afternoon and Joseph Smith the associations association's treasurer was the s second cond speaker A total of or thirty beet growers representing representing representing rep rep- resenting about aboul third one-third of or those present were sold memberships In the association paying an Initiation f fee o of 3 which also includes the payment into the treasury of or tho the association ten cents cent for every ton of or beets rals raised d durIng during dur dur- ing lug 1918 |