| Show MAKERS OF BE BEET T CONTRACT AGREE the 1923 sugar beet contract between the utah growers and the manufacturers lecturers rs was negotiated yesterday at a conference held in ogden between the utah state farm bureau sugar beet committee and representatives t f the utah idaho sugar co company ipaty and the amalgamated sugar company the final agreement and adoption of 1 I the contract is the culmination ot of a series of discussions and conferences on the subject carr carrier led on between the farm bureau committee and representatives oi of the sugar companies lasting about six weeks the agreement was reached harmoniously with ithe abe growers making the promise aromi le of a big acreage in return for the sugar manufacturers manufacture ri price the new contract framed yesterday contains the much talked ot of 48 52 lasts basis ot of payment for sugar beets to growers who produce a certain required acreage the state is to tie be divided into units tor for the determining of the price of beets and any units that tall fall down on securing the required acreage the same contract as last year will prevail and these growers will be bald ps id on last years scale the farm bureau officials have been working hard tor the 48 52 basis contract sugar companies interpret the new contract to be the same as last years contract except that a bonus of 1 per cent Is to be allowed to all growers who grow the large acreage A minimum price ot of per ton has been agreed upon the price to be paid tor for beets depends upon the sugar content 0 of the beets and the sale price ot of sugar sugar companies explain that the contract they have agreed to this year Is just the same as that ot of last bear year except that it contains the bonus provision this makes it optional with the growers ot of each section whether they get theorice the price the farm bureau has asked which has absen call edth 48 52 basis or whether they are paid on the same scale as last year farm bureau officials particularly the sugar beet committee which has worked industriously on the proposed contract for the past few weeks are well nell pleased over the tha final acceptance ot of their proposals by the sugar companies according to ephraim bergerson president of the utah state state farm bureau and chairman of its sugar beet committee tile the bureau as a whole and the beet committee will now alee ake u up a campaign with the farmers to secure a large acreage in every beet section of the state this is to be a vigorous and enthusiastic campaign compa ign mr bergerson said he thinks that the growers will respond almost as a unit to the call ot of the state organization to grow beets sugar companies look for an unusually large acreage this year for many reasons first they say that the farmers are not getting a high price tor for other farm products and after the experience per peri fence ence of last year when the sugar beet production was very low there will be a return to beet growing the present market conditions indicate that all of the 1922 crop will be consumed and that the present years crop will all be marketed at a high price the production of beets last year was low compared with that of 1921 in 1921 the tha utah idaho sugar company produced tons of sugar while in the 1922 campaign just closed only tons were manufactured other utah companies figures are in proportion growers will receive a ton on i the of the mouth month for beets delivered to the sugar companies during the previous month the biggest beet pay day tor for the farmers in utah and idaho is usually november 15 subsequent settlements will be computed on the following dates dp tes and pa payment will be made fifteen days thereafter first subsequent settlement february 1 1934 1924 second subsequent settlement june 1 1924 final settlement sett settlement lemeut I 1 october 1 1924 the first and second subsequent settlements will be SO per cent of the full balance balance due on each i date on that portion of 0 all beets received from each grower as the total sugar sold to that date bears botho to the total sugar produced settlement Is to be made tor for bee beets s I 1 upon the net amount received by the sugar companies on all sugar sold between october octher 1 li i and october continued OB as page 4 golusin 2 G i k t A f ft AA V I 1 tT Acy J y ia cae S i MAKERS OF BEET CONTRACT AGREE continued from first page P age X 1924 and Is based on last years scale but the price will be increased 1 per cent in each instance it the required acreage Is supplied to the companies A sugar content and sale price table upon the basis of 0 which the growers will be recompensed shows the following sugar content ot of beet per cent sale price of sugar 5 50 per ton sale price of sugar 6 price paid growers per ton sale price ot of sugar price paid growers per ton sale price ot of sugar 7 price paid growers per ton sale bale price ot of sugar price paid growers per ton sale price of 0 sugar 8 price paid growers per ton sale price of 0 sugar af 9 price paid growers 1036 per ton these figures do not include the 1 per cent increase for or larger tonnage tribune |
