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Show aaa rules mwm SUGAR DIET LASOK ' Member of Committee Sets ' Forth Provisions Applicable Applica-ble to Utah Beet Farmers. 1 Th- child labor provision and I wae" rates of the Sugar Act were leaned to the attention of Utah 'beet growers Wednesday by Jo-jseph Jo-jseph Skeen. member of the state AAA committee. ; He said that the Act provides that no child under the age of 14 years shall have been employed or permitted to work on the .farm whether for gain to such child or any other person, in the production, produc-tion, cultivation or harvesting of a crop of sugar beets with respect to which application for payments is made, except a member of the immediate family of a person who was the legal owner of not less than 40 per cent of the crop at the time such work was performed; perform-ed; and that no child between the ages of 14 and 16 shall have been employed or permitted to work for a longer period than eight hours in one day, except a member of he immediate family of a person who was the legal ;iown:r of not less than 40 percent of the crop hearing, to be fan- and .."" The rates set up i as follows: : I On a time basis, 45 rP. i hour. len'S per On a piecework basis- Six tons or bdow, $i'30. , , $1.23; 8 tons, UG; 9 7 s 10 tons, $1.05; U S' M tons, .97; 13 tons, .94; 14 ,, '' !! 15 tons, 89; 16 tons 87- , f j86; 18 tons or above' V When topping and 'loatii performed by diffs-ent , 'f cent of the above r " be paid for loading. If, because of unusual cire,. j stancss. it is essential to en-I en-I labor n othei' than piece i-ate t1 for operations for which only n" rates are specified, or if tr. of special machine methods of's vesting reduce the amount of k'-''' required as compared win, .? common method in use in the -" for the operations for which r are specified, the minimum rat; is to be that agreed u'-between u'-between the producer and '- la ;:cre: In both cases the rate mi. approved by the state aa"'( '-mittce '-mittce as fc:lng equivalent to piece rate specified for such-, a; the determination. Inspections will be mack ir the beet-growing counties 0;' ' state to see that no fanner -lafces these provisions and 1' a payment. In the case of h-to h-to pay fair and reasonable T 'the farmer's beet payment wi withheld until such wages': paid. Payments will be helVi all labor claims are settled. It case of a violation of the t labor provision there will be payment, Mr. Skeen said. at the lime such work was performed. per-formed. ' . j The Act further provides that to earn; payment under the Sugar Program all persons employed on a farm in the production, cultivating cultiva-ting or harvesting of beets be paid in full for such work at 1 rates not less than those determined determ-ined by the Secretary of Agriculture, Agricul-ture, after investigation and public ' |