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Show NEW BEET RATE MEETS FAVOR While some of the larger companies compa-nies in the state are struggling almost al-most in a deadlock with the farm bureaus bu-reaus regarding the price to be paid the farmers for sugar beets during the present season, Gunnison Valley is resting "on her oars" with the assurance as-surance that they were to get a record rec-ord price. The announcement made last week by President W. Harvey Ross of the Gunnison Valley Sugar company, that his company would pay $13 a ton flat, together with free pulp, has practically settled the contention over price matters and the farmers of the valley are exerting every effort to plant as many acres as possible. The price offered by the Gunnison Valley Sugar company exceeds that made by any other sugar company in the state thus far. The Utah-Idaho company, after much contention, has fixed a price on a sliding scale. It calls for a guarantee by the company com-pany of $12 per ton for beets as the minimum price and for every dollar per sack over $11 that sugar is sold they will get $1 extra for their beets. This is condition by the company '.hat it produce no less than 1,500,-D 1,500,-D 0 0 bags of sugar during the year. Since the announcement by President Presi-dent Ross on the settled price in this section of $13 per ton, together with free pulp, there is an evidence of supreme su-preme satisfaction among the beet growers. Until this announcement was made there was a tendency on the part of some to hold back, but when the price was finally settled those who had been somewhat skeptical skepti-cal are now in line and are seeking the field agents to sign nn noroaees. Not alone has the acreage been increased in-creased in the valley several times, but it is estimated that nearly 3,000 acres will be signed up before the planting season opens the latter part of this month. The districts around Salina and Redmond also will add materially to the production for the local plant this year and it is confidently confi-dently believed by the management of the sugar company that something like a 90-day campaign will be realized real-ized this year as compared with 40 days of last season, the opening campaign. |