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Show 1 jH Pow Wow ; I Held Over , I . Beet Contract ' I Tho boot contracting question In this locality Is claiming tho nttontlon of farmers and 'townsmen to a greater great-er extent than at any tlmo In tho past, Tho quostlon boa bocomo so sorlous as to mako It posslblo that tho local sugar factory will bo closod this season, local business mon and omvials aro told. Every town is always ready to work for an Industry llko tho BUgar plant hero and naturajly tho Bamo pooplo of a to.wn wish to koop such an Industry In-dustry jvhon they already havo it. This deslro prompted tho calling of a mooting of .farmers, laborors and buslnoss mon togothor Monday ovonlng to try and work out a schomo to koop boots going through tho local mill. Edward Southwlck, President of Uio Lhl Farm Bureau opened tho mooting moot-ing and explained tho nbovo reason as tho cause of calling tho mooting. Several hundred farmors, laborors and business men woro prosonL Tho situation wns explained and thoso prosent askod to bring up any questions ques-tions thoy wiBhed answered. This was dono with tho Idea In mind ot learning tho grolvancos of tho farmors and tho' reason for tholr contracting with outsldo companies. Following a lively hour or two ot questions and answers a voto to support sup-port tho local company was put Farmors of tho Plonoor Company woro opposod to this and as a rosult no united action waB obtained. However How-ever somo of tho grolvancos woro ovorcomo and somo good will rosult from tho mooting. Arguolng tho quostlon ot supporting tho tecnl factory vs. Uio co-oporatlve M sugar company, known as tho Plonoor Sugar Company, has been tho main event in town slnco tho mooting. H Farmers havo boon kopt from work- H Ing by tho Btorm and havo had llttlo P clno to do. In splto of-all tho talk H fow havo boon converted one way or H nnothor and It looks as If a year or so of oxpcrlenco In manufacturing H will bo tried by a part of tho farmors fl nt least It Is predicted by many H that this corporative sugar industry H will bo an oxp'orlonco llko many havo H had In co-operatlvo flour quills and jfl mercantile establishments, but. only H tlmo will toll whethor or not thoy are H Howovor, thoro ia ono fact that H cannot bo gotten away from, and H that Is If any local Industry hiring local labor Is closed each and every H ono of us loses moro or loss. This should bo consldorod by farmers, H laborers and buslnois pooplo on any M IsBun affecting tho town. M |