Show REJECT brict PRICE CONTRACT the utah farm bureau and the sugar manufacturers ot of the state tailed failed to reach an agreement on a contract for the 1920 crop of sugar beets at a meeting at the hotel utah wednesday the growers represented by the farm bureau burcan are contending for a ratio contract based on the price of sugar under this plan the price of 0 beets will fluctuate with the ahe price of sugar the sugar manufacturers contend that under tinder the disturbed market conditions the flat rate contract which they proposed is the most satisfactory under existing conditions the meeting was called to order by D D mckay president of 0 the farm bureau and after a brief conference of the growers committee the sugar officials were invited into the meeting fred G taylor general manager of the amalgamated sugar company stated the position of the sugar manufacturers rs contending that under tinder existing conditions it would be impossible for them to pay more than 12 per ton for beets the growers side of the case was stated by lee R taylor secretary ot of the farm bureau after an allday all day session the growers committee decided that hat the ratio plan was fundamentally sound and the one upon which they would stand if the proposed ratio of one to one and a quarter or any other clause contained in the growers contract was unfair the bureau stands ready to make the necessary corrections or modifications upon proper showing by the manufacturers mr air taylor said I 1 prior to adjournment the growers ersi committee decided to have all farm farmers sign the farm bureau contract and that the ratio idea was the only basis on which an acceptable contract could be negotiated the growers were represented bd D mckay and james jaines bues weber county J henry Ale meikle ikle cache county joil john F burton box elder county 1 george holt davis county parley glover salt lake county lee R taylor utah county J T waldron morgan county H E beck millard county david N beal san pete county A K hansen sevier county and john al mckellar tooele thoele county the sugar manufacturers were represented by fred G taylor general manager of 0 the amalgamated sugar company ogden Al merrill errill nibley assistant general manager of aie the utah idaho sugar company salt lake N G of the file peoples sugar company james I 1 E ellison manager of 0 the layton sugar company arid and mr harris ol of the gunnison valley sugar company tribune |