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Show Beet Prices Are Finally Adjusted At a meeting of the beet growers in the territory covered by the Gunnison Gun-nison Valley Sugar company and at many conferences held during the past week ,an established price to be paid for beets for the present season sea-son was agreed upon. The modified rate as submitted by President W. Harvey Ross for the sugar company, $fi per ton ,has been generally accepted ac-cepted and is considered one of the best yet offered in the state. At a meeting held at Centerfield Friday night of last week, and at which representatives from every section covered by the sugar company, com-pany, together with a number of citizens citi-zens interested, the subject of prices was widely discussed. Finally, through President Rpss, three propositions propo-sitions were offered, the first being a rate of a $5 guarantee with a slid- ing scale of 46-54. The second was a flat rate of $5.75 per ton, it being stipulated that the acreage planted should be not less than 5,500 acres. The third was for $6 and a guarantee that 6,200 acres would be planted. After a brief discussion the latter proposition was unanimously accepted. accept-ed. This agreement, however, did not meet with the approval of the powers from Westview and Clarion, the farmers holding out for sufficient more to offset the transportation charges that would result in getting the beets to the factory. The sugar company, however, could make no distinction in the matter and held that the price offered would be for the beets delivered at the factory. When it was learned that the west-siders west-siders would refuse to accept the offer of-fer made by Mr. Ross, the latter immediately im-mediately announced! that the $6 rate would still remain in force and that the 6,200 acres required to secure se-cure this price would be cut to 5,500 acres. "The growers are signing up beet contracts in good shape," said Mr. Ross to a News man yesterday, "and between 2,000 and 3,000 acres have already been secured." Clarion and West view, however, are still holding back and it seems there is a deadlock. dead-lock. These two districts have refused re-fused to meet any other condition than they would receive the same price at their dumps as allowed at the factory and other dumps, and when advised that the company would not deviate from the plan to deduct the cost of transportation from the dumps to the factory, alj lowing only the average freight rate, the representatives from Westview to Clarion advised that no beets would be raised this year, and that they would plant their land to other crops. "The decision to grow other crops for this year at least in the West-view West-view and Clarion districts is unanimous, unani-mous, so far as I can learn. If there should be a few who wish to grow beets the latter will have to be delivered de-livered at the factory with the stipulations stip-ulations as has been explained regarding re-garding the .deductions for freight." At a conference with a committee from the Westview-Clarion district and President Ross of the sugar company, lasting late late night, President Ross made the proposition of submitting his offer to arbitration to the president of state farm bureau. The of fer is nuder consideration by the Westview and Clarion Clar-ion beet growers and at a meeting tonight to-night the matter of giving President Ross the final answer will be considered. |
