Show WEST FIGHTS LIMITS UPON BEETS SUGAR mountain Intermountain Envoys to Fight Any Reduction in inS Production S FIN FINAL L PLANS PREPARED Growers Crowers' Crowers Join Producers in Battle for New Deal Special to 1 Th The Th Telegram WASHINGTON June 2 26 Deter Determined Deter Deter- mined to protect the trade territory of western beet sugar and to resist any restriction on either sugar or beet production represent representatives of the in in- sugar industry were today today today to to- day making their final plans for the opening of ot the general sugar conference conference conference confer confer- ence called by the agricultural adjustment ad ad- administration to meet Tues Tues- day A delegation of beet growers Including including In in- eluding J. J W. W Gilman of at Pleasant Grove Utah and George Georg Cobbley of Blackfoot Idaho representing the beet farmers of those states statu joined the spokesman of the companies in their fight for a new deal for forth the industry insisting that there is no overproduction tion of ot beets and that no limit shall be placed on on acreage L INSULAR SULAR REDUCTION Representative Fred Cummings Cumming of Colorado speaking for tor the grow growers rs declared today that if it sugar production tion is to tobe be limited the insular producers producers producers pro pro- should be compelled to reduce the amount shipped into the United States The western beet sugar industry is not responsible in any degree for overproduction overproduction overproduction over over- production of sugar he said We Weare are not producing any more more than we did ten years years' ago Farmers are entitled entitled en en- titled to first consideration in any plan to be mapped out and after talking with Dr J. J L. L Coulter of the tariff commission who has been designated designated designated des des- as sugar administrator for this conference we are ale confident that we will be fairly dealt with What the domestic industry needs most Is iJ an adjustment of ot competitive hauls cross-hauls willbe will willbe willbe conditions by which be eliminated and the bulk of the sugar produced in the beet and cane states as well as much of ot that imported im Ira- ported at seaboard will wUl not continue to be dumped into the sugar bowl market around Chicago where high freight rates put the western farmers and producers at a disadvantage Stephen H. H Love of at Salt Lake City who is representing the Utah Idaho Continued on Pare Par Two WEST FIGHTS LIMITS UPON BEETS SUGAR Continued From Faze Fare One Sugar company at the producers' producers conference said toda today that the domestic beet interests will vill continue continue con con- their opposition to any restriction on output but will cooperate coop- coop crate erate with the adjustment administration tion to the best of their ability Plans submitted here several years ears ears ago for a trade agreement designed to eliminate destructive competition in the beet sugar industry which was rejected because it was in conflict with the Sherman antitrust laws laws have been revived for the approaching approaching approach approach- approach approach- ing conference Their object is reduced reduced reduced re re- re- re storage and distribution costs with reduction of warehousing I charges charge and nd territorial agreements on marketing as basic features GENERAL PLAN ILAN EXPECTED Tuesdays Tuesday's conference is expected to start off olf with presentation by the ag agricultural adjustment administration of ot a general plan for tor approaching the sugar problem after which committees committees commit commit- t tees es will be appointed to iron out conflicting con con- regional differences These committees will be Urged to rush their reports and recommendations recommendation so that the formal hearing provided for by bythe bythe bythe the adjustment act can be held and the proposals reviewed by Coulter Administrator George N. N Peek and Charles J J. J Brand I |