Show IX IN UTAH WEATHER LONG DROUTH PERIOD crop value estima estimated battla Is optimistic says sayer all ta p a a ato t or o r alca I 1 c a run i the 1924 utah sugar beet crop is exceptional in view ot of the exceeding bt 6 r 6 the 6 rought ln in tire opinion 0 of o william H wattis Watt ls gen bial manager and vice president of the utah idaho sugar company following a survey friday of reports received from various sections of the state this fact said mr wattis demonstrates once more in a pertinent way that the sugar beet Is the most dependable crop the tanner farmer can raise figures made public friday by SI AT al busain federal statistician places tile the beet acreage in utah this year at acres with an approximate average yield of eight tons per acre on tile the basis of payments made by the utah idaho company last year and which will be similar to those made in 1924 25 the valuation of the crop r op will be in the neighborhood of believes beeta vest best crp crop from this standpoint mr air ei expressed pressed the belief that taking the arri agricultural cultural situation as a whole into consideration the beet crop will be the best the farmer will get this treason reason vlast last year the utah idaho official explained tile tho average yield per acre in utah was as heavy it if not tile heaviest of any beet crop raised in the united states this year it is going to te 10 somei somewhat bat reduced just what the reduction will bo is to too 0 early to say but in my opinion it will be around two tons acre however this del decrease in tonnage will be offset by the increase in acreage so that the crop will lie be about we the same as last jear year we expect to operate all ot of our factories tills year giving employment to more than persons exclusive of ill those 0 ae working in the fields 1 this will mean a payroll in the neighborhood ot of during the operating season guarantee increased in III addition to this the company ll 11 has is increased its guarantee to the former farmer from 50 to 6 per ton last year the tanners farmers operating under our contra wily will it have ave lioen paid when our last distria distribution is made in october per ton W whether diether or no not t we can continue Is pendant largely to pay these prices ou on the worlds production or of sugar and protection which the united instates states will extend to to the beet industry personally Y orso nally I 1 cant believe tile the present rate ot of duty will be reduced from my knowledge of 0 tho the I 1 situation I 1 feel sate safe in saying thero there Is no evidence before the tariff commission which would warrant a reduction the tariff rato rate which Is I 1 1 67 does not reflect the difference in cost ot of producing sugar in cuba and the united states from the best information I 1 can obtain president coolidge I 1 feel sure will hlll not order a reduction ai ai 0 aft aia ahw |