Salt Lake Telegram | 1927-03-09 | Page 5 | Beetgrowing Slump Looms

R WIN lUMP l M Discrimination Charged in Contracting for 1927 Crop Sugar beet Fo In n Utah may maybe a be curtailed f p alleged discrimination agaInst Utah sugar sug-al' beet grower on rI the part of sugar companies contracting for 1927 beets in Idaho on a basIs ot of per ton initial p payment ment while seeking Utah beets at 7 1 ler r on InItial guarantee In a statement issued py y the Utah Sugar Beet Cooperative clation on Tuesday discrimination was intimated with an added sea fen for not to plant sugar beets extensively at a 7 paran guarantee L Neither the Amalgamated Amalgam ed Sugar company nor the Utah Idaho Sugar tugar company will pay more thin than 7 a aton ton for beets accordIng to statements statements state state- ments on Tuesday night of Joseph M. M Eccles and W. W H. H WattIs general general gen gen- eral managers respectively ely of the two companies Both said Eaid that there is no discrimInation against Utah growers in the payment to the farmers and showed that Idaho beets have always brought more than Utah beets sinco the Companies companies Compa Compa- nies began to issue contracts Mr Eceles Eccles said that tiis was based upon the greater sugar content in the Idaho beets UNFAIR CHARGE The full tull text of the coope statement follows The Utah Sugar Beet Cooperative tive association recognizes the Validity va- va ty of the contract negotiated by It together with the beet growers grower of Idaho wIth the sugar manufacturers tur rs on February 18 18 1926 for a 11 period of three years The right of any to pay y a premium on beets is aCknowledged and this assocIation will not be a party to any controversy between the manu manu- The association would highly favor a uniform price for beets throughout the states of Utah and Idaho and commends the Gunnison Gunnison Gun Gun- nison and Peoples People's Sugar companies for the generous price which the they have hava agreed to pay fOr beets in thIs state this price being the s same me as that being paid by the Amalgamated and Utah Utah-I Utah Idaho aho Sugar companIes In Idaho r The present circumstances ir In which the sugar manufacturers are offering per ton for beets in Idaho and only 7 per ton lo in Utah Is great deal of unrest and dissatisfaction among the indivIdual growers g It I regarded as most Unfortunate unfortunate un- un fortunate and very ery unfair to the beet growers of Utah that tills this is the case In view of the tho fact that according to fIgures ot of the department depart depart- mont ment of agriculture Utah beets last year contained 1637 1631 per cent ot of sugar as against 1614 per cent for beets grown in Idaho we can an find no justification for this ion tion We of course shall shaH adhere strictly to the terms of our contract con con- tract but due to the ls lion against part ot of the Utah grow grow- era es in favor ot of those of Idaho we wedo wedo do not feel that It is Incumbent upon us at present to encourage e the planting of beets in the districts where this discrimination exists