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Show i i ' ' ' Bectgrowe.'s Quarrel. i , It appears that there is quanelling going go-ing on in California oversujrar beet rate-ug', rate-ug', and it is said that the beet growcis in the (Jhino valley are thinking of entering quite extensively into the dairy business. This is lo be done in such a way as virtually to t;loso down the sugar buainess. 'The Cnino sugar factory 'was started seven years ago and hnsitnken tho beets fiom farmers, who found their land well adapted to that crop. Now it iB said that the factory, having the 'h'cetgtowersat ite mercy is paying such low prices that the fanners hnvo'inndo a b.ue cxisfcnci '. To c'inngethis condition the agriculture's hao enteied into an agreement that unless the sjigar factory consents to pay better prices for beqts 'lereafter tl e landy will.be (owed down to lucern, and a co-opei'fttiorl' he enleted into for the daily bnsino's. There Hri.i doubt that a diveisiiicd uscof the Chino hinds would bo beneficial to the cultivators culti-vators of the soil, and with both daisy and beet sugar business established, tho Chino farmers would be in a fairway to get reasonable prices for both beets and lucern. But to abandon the nugar factory entirely as proposed, and nly oh alfalf.t alore, would he a Hop that may not prove as beneficial as how seems to be thought probable. Those farmers ought, tojfigure on having both businesses, busi-nesses, and supplying the needs thereof. The threats of ithe present quavrel are unwise. News. . i i . , |