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Show LLUJ 21 .1 .,..' 1J'.. vi. 'J SUGAR COMPANY AGAIN ! RAlSEl PRICE Of BEETS J At a meeting of the e-xecurive co-nu isittee of the Ulah-Jdaho Sugar conw : pany held Saturday, the general nmn agw waa authorised to mafco another advance of Si cents per ion to all bet grem'nt-s, raising the figurn U : J6 per ton. This Increase will apply 'on all contracts made Tor planting b1R in the spring of 1917. ll forms Uie third adranee made to beH growers grow-ers by ih's company" in the last 1? j stooths, the first being one of in j cents per ton given on last j-ear's products; the second one of B0 cents ! per ton on the present year's crop now being harvested. General Manager Cutler stated that the advance made would mount to about $1,000,000 per annum an-num to farmers, more (hsn (hey formerly for-merly obtained.. He said Ihe ucw eontrs-cts would fce made on a h.-uftp. of $6 per Ion for beets polarizing IS per cent sugar; on beets running be-twem be-twem 14 and 15 per rent the pHe would be $6.75 and on beets running between 13 and 14 per cent. $ S. f, n Woold be paid. He expected Ihe ad- ' viance would result in a greatly in-i in-i creased acreage of beets for next pring'a planting. |