Show BETTER CHERRY PRICES SOUGHT A A A Hearing Designed to Bring Marketing Agreement on Sour Variety Producers o of red sour cherries in Utah and other states will receive higher prices for their prod product ct and the he practice of ot glutting the market will be eliminated if a proposed marketing mar mar- I keling agreement is adopted at a hearIng hear hear- Ing ng being conducted by lives ives o of the agricultural adjustment administration Frida Friday at the Hotel Utah The hearing in Salt Lake City i ithe is is' the he last of a series of four being held in in the United States to adopt a minimum minimum mini mini- mum price of or 3 cents a pound accord accord- Ing ng to James K Knudson chief hearing hear hear- in ing ng clerk of ol the U. U S. S department of or agriculture and former Utahn who is conducting the meeting More than 15 representatives are attending the hearing which covers covers the he states of Colorado Idaho Utah Nebraska ka Washington Oregon Mon Moo lana tana ana and California Other hearings have ave been held in Michigan New NewYork NewYork NewYork York and and Wisconsin the principal producing reducing areas arcas Assisting in conducting the se session ion are re Banks Collings Ceilings junior agricultural economist general crop crop section at Washington D. D C. C and W. W M M. Case of ot Fort Collins Colo Cola extension horticulturist horti horti- for that state During the last ast three years d de- de dared lared Mr Knudson prices for cheres cher cher- ries es have been so low farmers have not ot been-able been to obtain production costs They ha have ve been selling for fOl as low ow as 1 H k and 2 cents per pound The he object of ol the a agreement is to establish a parity parit price which pre pre- va ailed led in 1009 1109 to 1914 It was p pointed out that thal the cent 3 minimum would not be a fixed price and nd that the A A A has in effect now 30 0 such uch marketing agreements on vanous varius vari van ous us commodities This however is expected to raise prices materially higher |