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Show Factory Hands-Farmers to Receive $616,400 Factory Employees Will Draw $76,400 Tomorrow. Farmers Pay Day On Fifteenth Amounts to $540,000, Tho largost distribution of sugar boot money this year will bo mndo this month when mill hands will be paid $70,100 nnd tho humors J.ri40,000 making n total of $010,400. Tho former form-er men receive tholr pay chockB to-' morrow while tho lattor will recolvo tholr's on tho ICtli of tho month. Hoots from this district woro practically all delivered by tho first of Oocembor. Only a small numbor of scattored farmers had n fow tons to' deliver this month. In round figures 45,000 tons of boots woro received at the local factory mid l'loasant Grove nnd I'rovo cutting stations during November, It was stated yostcrday at tho factory. At tho Kuarantccd price of $12 per ton tho boots will bring to tho farmers $540,000. Taking the prlco of sugar for tho past two months and tho present outlook as a basfs thoro Is littlo chance of tho farraofs receiving anything additional on tbo sliding scnlo section of tho contract. This Is ospeclnlly true with thoso farmers who did not nsk that tho period upon which tho prlco wasito bo based bo twolvo months, Instead of four, as sot out In tho contract, It Is said that only about fifty porcent of tho boot growers requested that tho avorago bo mado ovor tho full )enr. Tho average pried of sugar 'nt Now York wns$9.G7t during November Novem-ber ns against JU.OlVi for October. Tho prlco tendency is still downward. As tho prlco of sugar would have to bo above twelvo dollars botoro tho Hiding Hid-ing bcoIo goos into effect It can read-fly read-fly been soon that thoro lsntjjiuch chanco of a bonus above tho guarantee prlco. " |