Show FARMERS ia I 1 13 1 E R S AND AN W PETS r there Is considerable tiou P being ing manifested by the farmers or of this ahls vicinity tk on the question quest 10 J n ot of raising beets the mic contracts heretofore bofo tofo re existing with the sugar augar company expired with this seasons crop and an ef fortis being made to got get the price of beets per coir coif raised the farmers have specific information on the yield and saccharine content of the beets in this valley and it is much more favorable to the sugar company than are the beets of colorado to the sugar companies alier thera but the colorado beet raisers get a higher price per ton than do th eUtah farmers a difference of nearly a dollar a ton in favor of the th e colorado farmer As usual ti sual hi questions of this kind there is a radical element among the farmers who want to dictate terms and who urge that the farmers cease raising beets if their demands are not acceded to no great improvement comes from radical action the thing for the farmers to do is to luse every extort ellort to present to the sugar company the justice of their claims and there is little doubt but what an adjustment will be made of the differences difference a the farmers are entitled to a raise in the price of their beets sugar has gone to extreme prices the past two years the farmers are entill entitled ed to a just proportion of this raise the point is made iliade that one reason for the difference existing between the colorado price of beets and the utah is the higher rate for freight on all supplies for the factory clory fa that may be true but it is also true that the farmers supplies are also subject to this difference iu in freight rates taking the question as a whole the farmers have just as much invested just as much at stake as has the sugar company the price of beets per ton is too low but the farmers can afford to be rational rather than rash and there is no need of such a radical action as refusing to raise beets at least until all other means fair |