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Show Apparent Deadlock On Beet Schedule After a conference at which W. Harvey Ross, president of the Gunnison Gun-nison Valley Sugar company, and representatives from Aurora. Redmond Red-mond and all the beet-growing sections sec-tions of the Gunnison valley were present, lasting all afternoon and late in the evening, there still remains re-mains a deadlock as to the schedule sched-ule to be paid for beets in this district dis-trict supplying the valley factory. No agreement was reached and it is not likely that any definite arrangements will be made until the end of this week. Failing to agree with the schedule submitted by the state farm bureau, the local growers insisted that the $5.50 be granted as a guarantee for the minimum with a division on the sliding scape on ithe 48-52 basis. President Ross was unable to accept this proposition and asked a. few days to make a final decision. The answer will be given either today or tomorrow, according to members of the local farm bureau who were present pres-ent at Tuesday's meeting. The plan of arbitration as suggested sug-gested by the state farm bureau olli-cers olli-cers at Salt Lake is not taken with much seriousness among the valley growersi the theory being advanced that the real growers and those actually actu-ally growing the beets, would get the small end of the bargain. The following statement has been issued by the committee from the state farm bureau, regarding the proposition of submitting the adjustment of beet prices for the present season, to an arbitration committee, consisting of a representative from the farm bureau, bu-reau, one from the manufacturers, the two selecting the third: "During the past month, the sugar su-gar beet committee of the Utah State Farm bureau and the representatives of the sugar factories have been in almost constant consultation in an effort to arrive at an agreement on the price of beets for the coming j year. At times, the committees have I been very near to a solution, but so far they have not been able to reach any delnite agreement. "It is conceded that both sides are acting in good faith, but their differences differ-ences are vital and the points upon which agreements have not yet been ! reached will have to be in some way compromised if there is any final agreement made. "The principal, and in fart the controlling difference between the two sides is the question of the division, di-vision, of the sugar extraction, the farm bureau contending for a 58-52 ratio, while the companies contend for a division on a basis of 4 6-54. "The farm bureau now has definitely defi-nitely offered to submit this point to a board of arbitrators, consisting of three members, one to be selected by each party and the third by the two so selected. It is believed that the manufacturers wU apree to tlis method and that a meeting of minds may he expected without further delay." . |