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Show FARM BUREAU 'EJECTS $8.50 TOMATO OFFER Canning Crops Committee Tells Packers $9 Is Not Any Too High I Tomato growers In T'tah as represented repre-sented by the canning crops committee commit-tee of the Slate Farm bureau announced an-nounced last night through their chalr-; chalr-; man, M P Brown, that they had re-i re-i Jected the compromise offer of the 1 Utah Canner's association of $8.50 per j ton for th.- l".e22 crop of tomatoes- The tomato growers ask $9 per ton Thls was the decision reached yesterday yester-day aft.-rnoon at a meeting of the oan-i oan-i ntng creeps committee of the State I Farm bureau held at the federal bulld-! bulld-! Ing M P. Brown, chairman, declared I the price asked by the growers above I that offered by the canners meant but ' one-twelfth of a cent a can. MEETING CALLED TI. P. Ilerrlngton chairman of the tomato section of the National Cnn-ners' Cnn-ners' association said last night that a meeting of the canners had been I called at th- Weber club at noon tomorrow to-morrow to discuss the question of prices The canning crops committee of the farmers submitted the following letter last night. TEXT OF LETTER "Tomato Growers of the State of Ftah; "Gentlemen: "We are submitting to you the following fol-lowing letter, addressed to the Utah Canners' association, which gives our decision on the canners' offer of $8 ",u per ton for tomatoes and advises then, that the compromise price of $9.00, as proposed by your oniiuiiiee is still the minimum price at which we feel that we can grow tomatoes. Utah I snncrs' tssocintlpn, tgtlen, i tali ( ;cnt Icnien w i the I anntns. oinmhUee f i he- i tali State I arm bureau, ix-g lo advise you that the price of $s.ro p.-r ton for tomatoes fr i ' i i- not acceptable This decision was reached after -ii inn ii ting Ihe Question to l b-growers b-growers of the various cannlruc counties of 'bis slat.- who reported thai the compromise price of so iu n$ proposed b) our committee, ua tin minimum price si which thoj could produce tomatoes for the year 1022 Trust I n tr von iium re-consitlcr this matter and ilo ld to me-i us hnlf-vvav ns we believe can easily be done for Ibis v-,i-.,ii w,- remain. Verj trui oiii-s. CANNING HOPS I M-Mfn M-Mfn EE I STATE P KM B1 READ, M . p. Brown, i III: II Ilia 11 "The first offer made by the Canners' Can-ners' association was $8 00 per ton: your committee .submitting a price of la ijh pei ton ; hich th" lowest figure at which tomatoes can bo pro-UCed pro-UCed In this state undur present conditions condi-tions and give the farmer a living wage Tills price was paid before the war when cost of production was at least &n per cent lower than at the present ',tlme. Also the present price if canned goods and prospective market mar-ket Justifies $10 00 per ton for this season. However, owing to the unsettled un-settled conditions and desiring to protect pro-tect the Industry and to lend full cooperation, co-operation, we offered a compromise of J9.00 per ton. PIN M ' PI R M MM "After considering our proposal Of '.i. in. l lie c anners submitted an offer I i oiiiinued on Page iwo.j FARM BUREAU REJECTS $8.50 TOMATO OFFER (Continued from Pago 1.) ( of $S '0 which they said waa then- Iw final offer and which we have- rejected as stated In the above letter. B' An analysis of the proposed prices for tomatoes, as to what the farmer V actually receives per ton. per case and B per can and what the Increase of 5o R cents per ton reallv means, shows' Bk C4 1ST OF TOMATOES rer xon rr i;ut rer vui jr S 8 00 i 1 - I Iff 34c 1 5-12 U 9.00 36c 1 1-.' 10 u0 40c 1 1-3 "Tho grower would receive, at $9 00 HI per ton. 11-2 cents per can of tho 15c Bl to iTc which the good housewife pays A.J i for hor can of tomatoes. ( r the prico USl I now asked by the growers, above that HH I offered by the canners Is 50 cents per HI ton- 2 cents per case or 1-12 of a HI cent per can J "Do thcrfe figures show that the to- Hm I mato producers are unreasonable? Or Bu ! do they not Indicate at least a reason Hj i why the farmers in the L'nlted States lost last season, over sc. en billion I I dollars and that If the same condl- WSi' I tlons prevail ono or two more years. Vj the farmers of America will be com- H- pletely bankrupt, with the resultant ef- V feet upon other Industries? H Mir committee would Lpprecla e H any Information that would show hoe r the f.-irrnr-i of Utah i in produce to- 0- matoes for and ll the 9k pay the high iaxes, water charges ;ui 1 BV with the profits provide a living for a gHJ Very truly yours. Hj CANNING CROPS COM- H MITTKE. UTAH STATU H FARM BUREA1 M I ' Hj Brown Chairman." |