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Show HOOVER TO REGEiVE ( BEET hWRS' PLEAa Utah Food Administrator Will Forward Appeal for Price Agreement REPLY TO REQUEST Growers Assured of Purpose to Have Their Griev- f ances Looked Into. tlcpe:c! r.iai some solution c.in be fou;' of tiie problem that will have for its r--- j , suit an increased ;i create oi tho bcei J :and consequent iuv'reafCxl output of f-. ! pur from the interinouutain country, V- - iV. ArnisLrons, federal focnl Rdminlstrat 4 Ifor I'tah. yesterday advised tbe exerutjf. coimr.it i ee and members: of the In- mountain - Association of l'ect tlrowA that he will telegraph immediately te- tionid Food Ad mi nisi v.uor I lerbert Hoover their ai-oeal from the price le;ts us jiieed on at a recent meeting of Tiie State Farm luircau lifld nt t hf, -. Hovel l'tali. This. Mi. Armstrong says in his communication to tne nssocmiion memhery. will be followed by a cony by, mail and ask? the executive committee , to furnish him with data relative to the number of members, the number of farms operated by the association and the nuni-i nuni-i her of ucT't-s of 'mci Ih on thes farms in H'17. Mi-. Armstrong exi-huus that tbH information is lor tiie t'mted Slates fooil administration at Washington. The communication of M r, Armstrong to the beelgrowers. in full, is as foll'-w : The Communication. AcKnowled::ins' receiif. ,f vour coin- . munlcation of ne-cmbcr li. hojr - u advise: In tiie juilgtiienl of the federal fed-eral food administrator for l'tali, it fs wonhy of yerio;:s ctiisi i. ration. 1 am pleased to advise you that the Tnited States food adrniiiitlnition ir. "Washington will be advised of tiie . t-t-o jit of your i-omnninh-alion b- tele-grapli tele-grapli and that a tony of it will be forwarded by nmil to them. I am hopeful that some soi niton ran found of the problem that will have for its results .in incre. iscd acreage -of beets and a consequent increased i output of suar from this intermoun-- -tain country. For the information of the T 'id ted States food a dm in is tew tion in Washington, Wash-ington, and to accompair- my recommendations, recom-mendations, would appreciate your advising me of the number of members mem-bers of your association, the number of fan :s operated by your members and the number of acres of beets on ; said farms in CM'.. ' Permit me to call to your fitter ; tion that there are four elements k. j be considered : j First The common weV'are of our (I nation and its allies. t I Second The local consimicr of, sugar. J Third The. grower of beets. Fourth The nianui'ai.-iurcr of '. 1 J so par. 'w Entitled to Hearing. 1 All are entitle 1 as of rUht to the: I dnv in court and to a hearing on .1 snldeet of public interest. At tiiil time hII are working to a eoinino'J end, to wit: The survival of our po i ernmnt and free institution! throughout the lan.l. T believe that al ! siiould iipproHch tins and any othei I subject of i-ommen interest unselfish-1 1-. and bolrllnp: in view solely the! above object. 1 In reply to the charges niadft tl J Intermountain Bs.-o. iailon tlcil the aree price on the I it IS erop of beet-s '5 li o- at a "packed" meelluK nf the farm bu 1 reau, at which the real hcturowers wcr. I not represented, ofllcers of (ho AmulfTa mated Sugar company deny that sueli was tiie east1. They declare that tho ruhi manufacturers made n proposition to the farmers and the farmers accepted il. T.. R. Kei-IeH. pcneval m a n;i i;er of the. Amnlpa ma led. declared llmt the price ad jiisiment male for bcettn was a adva nee in this dist i let t ha n nn-.; ot h ruin ru-in the connlry and Jie considered i': equitable. |