Show FOR BEETS the squabble about the price of beets came to an end at least temporarily pora rily by a generous act of public spirited epi citizens who stepped between the beet growers and the utah idaho sugar company adding i 1 to the tha contract price of 7 guaranteed ar anteA as a minimum by the utah idaho company making the guaranteed minimum and initial price 8 the announcement in which the above aboe mentioned citizens offer this additional dit dt ional onal 1 states that if any other company pa pany will nill pay more the ci eizens lowit lo to wit K r D jas JM al paterson Pc terson jolin john christeasen Christeas chr cn and J E magleby mag luby will sillier elther meet ir une higher hig her price or release rl lease the gro growers vars from the contracts tr ts CO 0 entered into the agreement agree nent with which the citi zeam 71 between the utah idaho company and the tb also reason re forathis fort for this tua inter volition is to keep the elsinore factory in ill our county because it is ia too valuable an asset for our property assessable for taxes and furnishes the county with a substantial payroll during the campaign high praise is due to thes these four citizens so much the more because there lq is a danger that they might suffer a financial loss in case the price of sugar does not keep up high enough to warrant bonuses to be paid to the growers according to the sliding scale which is a vital part of the contract this possibility lity however remote it is because present market conditions augur well for a sugar price is nevertie less connected with the act and it takes indeed a great deal of unselfishness and public spirit to do such a thing with beets bringing 8 per ton and the season being very favorable to a good beet crop outlook it is now quite certain that our farmers will go into the growing of beets at least during this very auspicious season so extensively that sevier county will produce enough beets to keep both factories the one in gunnison as well as the one in elsinore busy for the 1927 campaign and this is the most desirable condition it would be a 4 tremendous loss to our county and people to lose the elsinore factory and it would mean a loss also to keep beep the gunnison factory from a good cam laign for the reason that the competition between the two companies will assure the farmers from being exploited by either one of the two concerns and that they are now promised a higher price for their beets Ls is undoubtedly due to the initiative of the gunnison company by starting the fight with paying a guaranteed minimum of for once the farmers are the beneficiaries fici aries of the quarrel and with mem looking forward to prosperity business and the people in general will rill be prosperous also a |