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Show BEET PAYMENTS ' MEETPROTEST Announcement of three augar companies that "Initial beet augar payments would be $4 75 a ton Thursday had drawn a proteat from a apecial committee of the Utah Sugar Beet Cooperative -association which had requested a 15 payment "Initial payments last year were 85. which left a margin of tl under the final payment," explained J. R. Rawlins, president of the beet growers' association. "We felt that ifTTmlTaT payments are to be r ceived thia year that fl margin would be enough." Tha statement followed the aa? serted refusal of the Utah-Idaho Sugar company, the Amalgamated Sugar company and the Layton Sugar company to pay mora than a $4.75 initial payment after committees com-mittees of tha beetmen and tha re-fineries re-fineries had conferred for aeveral days. The requested payment of S3 waa paid by tha Gunnison and tha Franklin County Sugar companiea. Final payments will not be made until next October, after tha augar crop haa been aold. "Success of the beet Industry In Utah, both In meeting current expenses ex-penses and In securing adequate acreage for another year, depends upon this amount as The Inilaif payment, pay-ment, said R. P. Greenwood, chairman chair-man of tha apecial committee appointed ap-pointed by Mr. Rawlins. Other members of the committee are W. J. Chadwick and C. L. Tanner. |