Show r 48 Sugar Crop rop Pay Rate Rale Set I WASHINGTON March 17 UP P The The agriculture department has ruled that producers must pay approximately the same minimum wage rates for work on the 1918 1948 sugar crop as they did last year to become eligible for government subsidies The ruling applies to all states except California for which minimum minimum minimum mini mini- mum wage rates were determined previously Minimum time timo rates for other states were set sel at 60 cents an hour fo for to thinning hoeing or weeding and a at 65 cents an n hour for harvesting This Is the same as aJ last year Minimum piecework rates will wll vary depending on the area The department is authorized under sugar control laws to determine determine de de- de- de termine fair tair and reasonable minimum minImum mm min min- wage rates for tor sugar workers |