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Show STATE FARM BUREAU C0MMH1EJEP0STS Differences Between Beet Growers and Sugar Concerns Con-cerns Settled. BOTH SIDES ARE FAIR Co-operation Recommended Recommend-ed to Bring About Future Amicable Relations. Honarl AMon and W. J. Chadwi.-K, rpre'nlin' the L'tnh Stare r';mn bureau, bu-reau, roulVri ywM evliy with nftVialj. of the I'tab-Mabo Noir compan um. Tin-parj-KJ!t of the con t er.ui.v, whudi w:is hold in the ol'fi. e of T. U. uiiei, -ni era I maiiiitT ol' tb L i;tii-Id;tiiu .-'lur company, was to disciis the. att itudo in win- h the grower art' n'mlin;.' the refusal o( the niHinit'iu-tiu errs to ;r;iut ftirtHiii point aU"i in thti contVi i.mit hetwri'it the manufacturer;, ami t In: farm human n-prcseutat ivos some weeks Miu-e. At that time the bureau asked that a Ik-it rate of $7 a ton for beet containing con-taining 1.") per rent, of saccharine bo paid, with an additional l-'-j ll'"ts a Km for bets eontamhu; more than - per cent. Better dump facilities and t he ripht to commence harvest i nj on October 1. and to continue harvesting until all the beets were out of the ground, were other eon-essiuns. usked. Tho eompaiiies declined to rant some of theac points on the ground that they were not practicable under present conditions. con-ditions. Differences, however, art considered con-sidered settled for the present. Following the miu-tinji Mr. CliadwicU issued the following self-explanatory statement to tho farmers and beet growers grow-ers of Utnh: As a result of your commitl ce's ne-KOt ne-KOt Unions with the officials of tho vnrfnos sugar rnmpunlrs operating in Utah and Idaho wo herewith submit, sub-mit, through the press, our report and i ecom mendacious. Fairness Is Shown. Throughout, t lie negotiations have been ehararterizeil by a spirit of cooperation. co-operation. In fineness to Hie aucar officials, your comniillee must say that thfv have been open minded and bae met us half way on every request re-quest wo hao made. In the maiter of price for beets wc have been given the option of accepting accept-ing a flat rate contract or a sliding scale contract. After sounding: the sentiment of the farmers, we recommend recom-mend Mint, for tiiis year, the fanners Recent the $7 flat rate contract, with h view in future of working out a sys-lein sys-lein of co-operation with the chemical chemi-cal depart inenl, whereby a sliding scale can be made effective and satisfactory satis-factory to the beet growers. We discover that t he sugar com-panis com-panis are now exerting every effort to better the Unloading facilities. Transportation by auto truck is now " being trier! on a small scale and promises prom-ises to enlarge in the future. Lumber and machinery for several new dumps have been ordered and will be installed in-stalled in the near future. The officials offi-cials assure us that it is their desire to meet any reasonable rerjuest of the fanners in bettering conditions that now prevail. Will Dig Earlier. The sugar companies have conceded conced-ed tn the growers, In their 1917 contracts, con-tracts, the privilege of starting to dig beets five days earlier than customary custo-mary in years past. They recognizp, as do tiie farmers, the urgent necessity neces-sity of getting the beets out of the ground as curly as possible after the bee i s have mat u red. With reference to pulp, the com-panic's com-panic's promise (o give the growers first consideration in its purchase. Thev are anxious to get the farmers to feel the pulp to stock on their o w n fa r m s in ord e r to keep up the soil fertility. They refuse to allow a price of 2h cents per ton in view of The frv t that all stock feed material has increased in price during the past two years, and to the further fact that a very material advance In price is being made to the farmers for beets. They assure us of a reasonable- prhe. It is thp desire of the sugar people to so educate the farmers farm-ers that eventually they will consume the entire pulp output of the factories. fac-tories. As fast as existing contracts with feeding companies expire, grower? grow-er? will, be privileged to contract for additional pulp. We recommend, thorefoie, that, early in tho season, through their various fount y 'bureaus, 'bu-reaus, farmers make written request for the pulp they wish to purchase and that thev contract for same in a body. Publication Desired. The sugar com pa nies are desirous of securing the co-operation for which we ask. If you have local men upon whom yon can decide for field men and weigh masters, make this tact known through your local and county bureaus by appropriate resolutions. Send such resolutions to the sugar people and they will receive due consideration. con-sideration. As a specific means of securing a closer co-operation, not only with the sugar people, but all commercial organizations or-ganizations handling farm products, w e recommend that the state farm bureau adopt some office organ through which all questions of interest inter-est to fa rmers may be freely and franklv discussed. We feel confident that the commercial men will welcome such an organ and give it substantial support. Ve recommend finallv that meetings meet-ings be called by the president of eac'i county farm burenjU and that official action be taken accenting or rejecting this report, and that count v secretaries be instructed to communicate communi-cate with state secretary. Mr. Howard How-ard V. Alston, Kiverton. 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