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Show THE LEADER. Open Door in Can We Afford toTake a Chance? A group of civic leaders, farmers and businessmen met at the Utah-IdahSugar on to hear noon reports Wednesday factory of the outlook sugar the present and future beet industry in Box Elder and Oneida counties. o There is no doubt that the situation is serious, not only for this year, but in the years to come. An economic loss to beet0 growers and local business of about in total annual wealth has been felt in the Garland factory district, due to the decline in sugar beet acreage since 1947, according to farmers and businessmen who have made an investigation of the problem; $2,640,-000.0- One great threat to the local industry is reported as being new agricultural areas now under development in the northwest, which under new irrigation projects will be potential areas for thousands of acres of sugar beets, where in this and the Malad valley, the decline in acreage has been constant since 1947. December 5, 1952, the Secretary of Agriculture announced the 1953 sugar quotas at 7,800,000 tons. It is believed by local factory officials, farmers and businessmen that should a continued decrease in local acreage continue, that quotas for this area will also drop, where in the new areas the increased acreage will mean increased quotas It is also pointed out that once the sugar quota of this district is lost, there is no possible chance of it being replaced, and the closing of the Garland factory would naturally follow. The following facts and figures are en to emphasize the importance of the ar beet industry to this area: givsug- In 1947 a total of more than $4,460,000 was derived from the sugar industry in the two counties. In 1952 this wealth was only $1, 820,000 because sugar beet acreage had dropped from over 9,800 acres in 1947 to about 4,800 in 1952. About 70 per cent of these totals went directly to farmers who grow the beets; the rest went to pay salaries, fuel and power costs, transportation fees, and many other beneficial purposes. For example, labor payroll at the Garland factory in 1947 was about $550,000. In 1952 the labor payroll dropped to about $410,000. The factory used about $260,000 worth of Utah mined coal and limerock in 1947 as compared with only $90,000 for 1952. In 1947 the Utah-IdahSugar company' paid about $575,000 for freight and express as compared with about $200,000 in 1952. 0 Beet tonnage dropped from around tons to 68,000. This not only affected farm income but the incomes of businessmen and others who depend on the farm o 185,-00- Thursday, March 5, Tremonton, Utah '53 ers and the farm market for their' livelihood. The farmers were affected also byl such as molasses, decrease in beet pulp and tops which are highly valued as livestock feeds. In 1947, the factory produced about 46,000 tons of pulp, compared with less than, 17,000 tons in 1952. ts There are several possible reasons for .this drastic change. Perhaps onis the price for sugar which the government has been controlling to a certain extent by quotas. Other reasons may have been the switching to other competing crops. However, today the sugar price outlook is more favorable as the U. S. Department of Agriculture is recognizing the serious problem facing the sugar industry in this country.' The Secretary of Agriculture set 1952 sugar quotas to help stimulate sugar' prices. This brought about some relief to growers who may be encouraged by a further favorable price outlook in 1953. About the problem of making sugar beet farming easier to compete with some of the other crops, complete mechanical harvesting of beets is an accomplished feat. It is possible today for one or two men with a mechanical harvester to harvest more beets in a few days than labor crews at one time could do in a week or more. Small beet acreage farmers are not prohibited from mechanical harvesting either. Custom harvesting or joint ownership of machines make harvesting as practical for the small grower as the large. Now, with the successful introduction of mechanical thinning, sugar beet growing becomes more desirable. , The recent changes in sugar beet production methods along with more favorable outlook in sugar prices are some of the things that should be given primary consideration in encouraging farmers to grow greater sugar beet acreage. Another factor to consider is that crops temporarily supported at high prices, in competition with sugar beets, may take a decline in price, leaving sugar beets as an even greater paying crop. Sugar beets, a contract crop, have been and still are one of the most depend- able crops as a source of cash income and livestock feeds. In order to protect and retain this great industry which has been, and still is, the "backbone of irrigating farming," we should all work together to get a greater acreage of sugar beets in 1953. The wealth and importance of the sugar beet industry in this area have a a bearing on our prosperity and well-beinSome of the money we receive for our services and goods come from the beet sugar industry: Let's grow more beets in 1953! g. to act on a similar bill of their own, the committee appointed to meet jointly to look into the problem does not seem to have a chance of success. Gov. Lee has a couple of other bills now before him which could be of fairly wide interest. One is to eliminate excise tax on liquor as a base for the state markup on wholesale prices. This would have the affect of dropping the price of liquor and state liquor commissioners say would lessen the threat of bootlegging of liquor from other states where the price is lower than that currently charged in Utah. The other measure is designed to give Utah more experienced in and fulltime representation inter-stat- e water negotiations, particularly in the Colorado River question. The bill removes the state engineer as executive secretary and mandatory state representative for the water and power board and makes the engineer only a board member. Then it provides the board may select a e man who can be a executive secretary and also can hire counsel. Main reason for removing the full-tim- UNDER The CAPITOL DOME A weekly summary of the activities of the Utah State Legislature, now in session. which would up salaries of the by Harry Marlowe both state officials various Like a car that has suddenly elective and appointive. had its brakes released, the Utah to In Legislature this week is rushing the his openingthe message chief exlegisature, adsine die toward headlong ecutive asked that a study be journment March 12. made of the present salaries and Just a week of work remains, and since last Friday both hous- recommendations be made in es have acted a;? though sud- light of state funds. A special committee was set denly stricken with a realizaup to study salaries and came tion that time is short. Actually, the headlong dash governor to $10,000 annually, started with clearance of a rec- Supreme Court Justices to ord $61,223,196 appropriations $9,000, district court judges to bill. It was sent along to Gov. $7,500, attorney general to J. Bracken Lee with a sigh of $7,500, secretary of state to relief and some crossed fingers $7,200 and the state auditor as to how the chief executive and state treasurer to $6,000 would receive it. along with ail the commissionThe governor could still cause ers appointed by the governor, plenty of headaches should he who are now getting $4,500 anveto such items as $5,540,000 for the University of Utah, and $3,300,000 for Utah State Agri cultural College as threatened. His Republican controlled Legislature would then be forced to either cut those figures or override his veto. Governor Lee is definitely perturbed with the way this cohorts have acted. He says they have failed "miserably" to meet the mandate of the people when they ousted Democrats for Republicans last fall. To make his point, he added his party ran on the economy program and have wound up with a record money bill. Another bill that is keeping some fingers crossed is one Again in 1953 . . state engineer as board nually. The wage hikes appeared to be a good move when passed In light of by both houses. Gov. Lee's uncertain reaction to the big budget bill, however, no one appears to be quite sure what the governor might do. In any event, he has the salary hike bill in his hands. One item the governor asked the legislators to take care of is definitely dead. That is reapportionment and,, there seems to be no meeting ground fit all between the two houses of the legislature. The Senate, after long and careful deliberations on the subject, passed a compromise bill which would give a senate of 25, controlled by rural areas and a House of 69, controlled by xne populous counties. They sent this to the House, where it promptly was killed by a decisive margin. Earlier the House sent to the Senate a proposed Constitutional amendment asking one senator per county. 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