Mt. Pleasant Pyramid | 1947-11-07 | Page 6 | Beet Growers Get Change in Requirement

I BEET GROWERS GET CHAXGE 1 IN REQUIREMENT i Beginning with the 19-4S crops, sugar beet growers will no longer be required to carry out specified farming practices in order to qualify quali-fy for Sugar Act payments, G. Frank Nelson, member of the Utah State Production and Marketing; Mar-keting; Administration committee, said today. This requirement was eliminated elimin-ated from provisions of the new Sugar Act of IMS. enacted this year to extend the Sugar Act of 1P37. which expires on December 31. For 10 years, the 1D37 act has governed the conditions under which sugar production payments could be made to growers. "The new act continues identical conditional - payment provisions With respect to the rates and bases of payment. The conditions relate to mrrketing limitations for producers, pro-ducers, the employment of child labor, the payment of fair and reasonable wages to sugar beet and sugar cane workers, and the payment of fair prices for sugar beets and sugar cane purchased by producers who are also processors." proces-sors." Mr. Nelson said. I