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Show SUGAH COMPANY L8MITS ACREAGE Shortage in Beet Seed May Force a Reduction in the Total Number of Acres Seeded to Beets German Beet Crop Failure is Having a Local Effect on Beet Industry. Tho mall yesterday carried to each beetgrower of this district a letter from the Amalgamated Sugar company, com-pany, Informing him that the situation with reference to beet seed In Germany Ger-many "compels us to cut down our contract acreage for 1012." The beet seed crop, the letter says, Is, at best, only about 60 per cent of the normal. Tho letter Is as follows "Ogden, Utah, Dec 1, 1911. "Dear Sir; "We submit the following extract from a letter Just received from our German seed house, seriously cutting down our seed supply for the coming vear of 1912, and probably also for 1913- "'Amalgamated Sugar Co., Ogden, Utah Gentlemen- Much to our regret re-gret wo are obliged to Inform you that Insect troubles, never before experienced experi-enced to such an extent, combined with a drouth, unparalleled in the history his-tory of our countrj, have In such a manner damaged and partly destroyed tho crop of our sugar beet seed, as well as the entire German seed crop, so that we have to figure with a total crop failure. The harvest will hardly amount to one-third (1-3) of a normal nor-mal crop. "'Conditions prevail, whose causes were beyond all previous experiences and calculations, against 'which we are powerless and which legally wo aro not responsible for "'Under these circumstances ve are not In position to entirely fulfill our contracted obligations, regarding tho supply of our boot seed and we are compelled to divide pro-rata to the contracted quantities, the existing total quantity, obtained after having completed the worklng-up process of v.t0 vnr'o omn Tho nerccntaco of Bupply cannot be stated definitely today to-day We hope that same will amount to 60 per cent, which figure we are. however, not In position to guarantee at this time " 'Although an obligation, abovo our capacity, does not exist legally, we have done everything possible to spare our patrons serious embarrassments embarrass-ments with reference to this shortage.' short-age.' "This serious situation compels us to cut down our contract acreage for 1912 in proportion to the amount of seed wo 6hall receive. Each year, however, there arc some farmers, who for reasons of their own, prefer not to raise beets for a given time Usually Usu-ally it Is unnecessary to disclose this Intention until shortly before seeding time, but this year such method would not bo fair to other farmers desiring to rnlbe beets during the coming year I Somebody muBt necessarily be reduced re-duced In acreage, and those most Interested In-terested In the industry 6hould suffer suf-fer the least. "Wo have therefore concluded 'o Immediately commenco taking contracts, con-tracts, In order that it may be determined deter-mined what proportion of such contracts con-tracts can be accepted. After kalng received contracts for as large an acreage as our seed supply will take care of we sha.1 cease accepting any more and take It for grunted that our remaining former growers do not desire de-sire to ralEc beets during tho coming year "There should be no misuuderstand- j ing regarding the present seed sltua Hon and In order to give all out farmers an equal chance to contract, a copy of this letter, with 1912 con- "art "enclosed, has been mailed to each beet grower throughout tho en-1 en-1 -" commrnltv. Bv December 31, 1911, wo will have definite information informa-tion as to tho exact amount of see 1 up will receive, which apparently In no evont will be above CO per cent, nnd by that dale wo must know the n mount of acrenge each farmer do-slr. do-slr. to plant for 1912. "Up to Januaiy 15, 1912, we reserve , the right to reduco tho acreago applied ap-plied for. But If reduced, we will Immediately Im-mediately advise the contracting farmer and give him an opportunity to either accept the reduced amount of acreage, or cancel his entire contract "This year tho Ogden factory will accept no contracts other than the sibling sibl-ing scale, paying $5.00 per ton on all beota liavlng not less than 15 per cent saccharine and SO per cent purity, pur-ity, $4 75 per toil for beets having 14 per cent or more Baccharlno with SO per cent purity. $4 50 for beets containing con-taining 13 per cent or more saccharine with SO per cent purity, and $4 25 for beets polarizing move than 12 per cent or less saccharlnp with 80 per cent purity This In conformity with Mr. Ecclos' statement published In tho Ogden Standard of January. l91l when Mr Eccles said Forty-first Year No. 293. Price Five " 'So far as the rumored contract with the Garland people Ib concerned, I want to say that I am perfectly willing will-ing and anxious to enter Into that contract Indeed, our company has now come to the conclusion that wo must havo a beet containing a better bet-ter 6ugar content than in tho past, and while, of course, for this year we are bound by the contract, I made with the beet growers In March, and shall therefore carry It out, yet, commencing com-mencing with 1912, we shall insist upon the samo contract bb tho Utah-Idaho Utah-Idaho Sugar company, namely, the sliding scale for"wbich contracts wo will pay 35.00 per ton at all of our factories.' "Either Mr Job Pingreo, our gen-oral gen-oral superintendent, or Messrs. David Plngree or William A. Budge, will be In tho company's office in tho First National Bank building, during each working day of December, to accept contracts ,or both enclosed contracts may bo mailed direct to tho company's office In the First National Nation-al Bank building, and when accepted an executed copy will bo returned to the grower. Verv respectfully, (Signed) AMALGAMATED SUGAR COMPANY." oo |