Show Your M by HENRY ALDOUS DIXON SUGAR BILL The Conference Sugar Bill will soon become law It is more important for Utah's agricultural economy than the touted highly-touted soil bank legislation which Is also about to become law Utah's sugar quota should be Increased more than 47 per cent this year 94 per cent in 1957 per cent in 1958 and per cent in 1959 provided that U. U S. S sugar consumption Increases at the same rate as it has in the past year The bill does not cut existing foreign allotments It merely allows allows allows al al- lows domestic producers to provide pro pro- vide 55 per cent of the annual Increase Increase increase In In- crease In American consumption Previously all of the annual increase Increase increase In in- crease In sugar consumption went to foreign producers Even at this there was a strong opposition to the bill initially Congressman Dawson and I were fortunate in winning support in the House Senator Bennett and Watkins capably capably capably cap cap- ably led the fight in the Senate Senator Bennett was particularly valuable in winning support from the White House Of Of special interest to the drought areas is the provision that if farmers farmers farm farm- ers plant their beets and harvest only a partial crop due to drought the government will pay the dif dlf dif dif- ference between the value of the partial crop and 80 per cent of the normal yield For example If a farmer harvests only a 20 per percent percent percent cent crop the government pays 60 per cent of his normal crop in in in- come If a farmers farmer's beet crop is a total fail failure re and he abandons it after planting the government will pay him 33 3 1 per cent of the cash ash the field would normally return return re- re turn lurn to him This might aid the beet farmers particularly in southern southern southern south south- ern Utah who must contend with below normal precipitation this year Working for the Indians have been interested in the recent moves of Uncle Sam to set Indians up on their own feet and remove them from Federal guardianship In the process it is sometimes discovered that areas which traditionally traditionally tra have been used by the Indians as part of their reservation never had the fortune of an actual legal transfer to the Indians For example GOO acres of the reservation reservation reserva reserva- tion of the Kanosh Band of the Indians in Millard County by law is public domain Federal supervision over the band Is terminated terminated term term- in September So I introduced introduced intro intro- a bill and testified before the Indian Subcommittee in favor of transferring the acres to the Pia utes The Indians have used the two segments of public land for many years Both are within the reserva reservation reserva tion outline There would be serious ser ious bus trespass problems if the public pub pub- lb lic e domain were not transferred to he Ind Indians since there are no separating fences and to build them would decrease the value of both categories of land I also called called call call- ed the attention of the Committee to favorable reports of the bill by bythe bythe bythe the Department of Interior and aid the Bureau Dureau of the Budget |