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Show I ' Utah Sugar flfli, 1 1 Companies Have I Beet Seed ' Salt Lako, Oct. S. Utah 1ms a j corner on the sugar beet seed sup- HH' ply of the United States and re pre- Hflj; senUUvcg of tho different sugar beet Hflj; companies who nro mooting at tho Hflj: I Hotel Utah aro trying to dcvlso means Hflj l -whoroby this stato and tho compa- flfl(' nlcs operating here may bo ablo to Hflj! rupply a part of the beet seed Colo- HJ rado and California reaulro. Mlchl- HH can also Is in need of sugar beet HH reed. Tho supply nvailablo In tlio HJ United States Is only ono four fa of Hflj , tho amount reiiuired for planting tho l'JIC crop. Tho Utah Idaho Sugar Company has had experts employed threo years to work out a plan whereby tho company com-pany mlj;ht ho ablo to grow nil tho seed it needs In Utah and Idaho without being dependent on tho Oer-mnn Oer-mnn supply. When tho European war broke out tho Utah Idaho company redoubled its efforts to ralso its own seed. It was so successful that it has more than sufficient seed for Its own acre- ago noxt year and managre. pf- other companies are trying 16 find ou,t what proportion of tho surplus they can obtain. ( , t Ttioi Amalgamated Sugar company also has n largo supply of seed on linnd, hut it is not known whether It is sufficient to plant tho 101C ncro-nge. ncro-nge. Colorado grows a part of its f.eed, but California docs not grow any. Al 4tlTo niecUnybsIerdayUjo 'natter 'nat-ter of sugar beet compnnles and American Am-erican meat packers getting together on obtaining from GermanyO0,OOO Lpgs of sugar beet jsecd was sug-tested. sug-tested. Germany will not take money mon-ey for seed, but Insists that foodstuffs food-stuffs or cotton bo sent in exchange. Tho plan to have tho meat packers ship meat into Ocrjnany through neu-tral neu-tral countries In exchango for beet cod is yet in tentative stagos. Tho plan Is held not to bo In Violation of contraband laws, as International law permits tho shipment of foodstuffs food-stuffs to a warring nation when the cargo Is consigned to individuals and Is for tho uso of noncombatants. Truman J Palmer, secretary of tho i i United States Sugar JJaiHfauturers' Association 'who fs In 'ntlonflanco nt the meeting, said that England would permit tlie bringing of tho scod out of Germany,1 but .that', lCwoll'ld 'not permit cotton to bo shipped Into that country. "Wo will got the seed somo way1, but" tho plan 1b not worked out in aetall," said Mr. Palmer. "It may bo that an appeal to the stato department de-partment win bo effoctlvQ. In no wise cantho meeting here got re-' suits unless tho government is back of tho manufacturers. Tho matters under discussion are vital to the rugar interests but In this stato tho companies took tlmo by tho forelock fore-lock and raised their own seed." |