Show PRICE E FOR LAST LAS T MS Y EAR S BEETS TO TON last lant bon bonus u check of 1 21 totaling distributed wednesday wednesday morning inor the beet farmers in the territory of the utah idaho sugar factory in elsinore Els inre received the last bonus check for the beets delivered to the factory in the season of 1923 the checks amounted to per ton bringing the price of last years bests beets to 8 71 the total of the ahe checks distributed amounts to a neat sum that thereby is brought into circulation tile the basic price for the beets last year was a ton and with the bonuses paid in accordance with the price of sugar the final prices as stated above reached a ton the contract this year calls for a basic price of and the distribution trib ution of the profits between the company and tha farmers will bel be on a fifty falb basis as against 52 for the company and as for the farmers last bear ear if the price of sugar next nest year will remain as high as it is this year a still better price tor for boots beets is to be expected in this connection it might be instructive for our farmers before they east cast their votes on november 4 to hear a few arguments brought forth in an article in the man record written by harvey A austin secretary of the U 5 sugar manufacturers association y r mr ali austin says in part the country is being flooded with propaganda issued by the so called united states sugar association composed of cane sugar re finers and a small group of americans closely allied with them with a view to public opinion in favor of reduction in the present tar iff it rate on sugar so subtle are the methods adopted b by this association that they have appa apparently bently led even senator la follette into the belief that by attacking the tariff on sugar lie he is aiding in cru crutching hing a great monopoly in the interest of the american consumer and the american fa farmer riner As a matter of tact fact senator la fa follette is is aiding and abetting one of the most gigantic schemes that any great combination ever devised to seccie a monopoly of the american market for an essential food commodity aside from our insular sugar which is tree free of duty tile the cane sugar augar re finers import practically all of 0 their law product from cuba and with tile the exception of the dom domestic esLic beet sugar crop they have no mo competition it is this competition abich has been the thorn in the flesh of these re finers for many years in the light of these facts we ask are the american people willing wili to turn over to these people permanent control of both the production all and d distribution of this necessary food commodity and rely upon their mercy and patriotism to deal fairly and justly with the american consumer remembering their past performances we cannot conceive that the public will be misled by the propaganda being issued by the cane sugar refiners refinery re finers through the united S states tates sugar association to the effect that they are seeking a reduction in the sugar tariff tari in the interest of tho the consumer their true motive Is too obvious the domestic beet sugar indu try is the one bul kwark which protects the Ameri american carl consumers from the machinations of these self styled public spirited men As long as this thia industry continues to produce annually about one million tons tong fc df sugar augar within our own borders subject to our regulatory lawa and this sugar Ls is sold in competition with the product production ion of the cane sugar refiners refinery re finers they are compelled to keep their prices of both raw and reclined relined sugars within reason unfortunately the domestic beet sugar crop is not sufficiently large to continue in active competition with cano sugar during the entire year with a stable protective tariff policy the continuity of which was assured for a considerable length of time tho the industry would expand so that domestic beet sug sugar ar would compete with cuban cane sugar during the entire year this years campaign in m the elsinore Els lnore factory commenced dived ved tho the operating operate ng force was wag assigned their places monday afternoon in 0 on and at the present writing everything in the factory is bustle a and nd bustle |