| Show BEET PRICES by OF state pass resolution highly hi 9 lily favoring in uniform price for beets in utah and idaho the utah sugar beet cooperative as association ocia tion held a meeting in the state farm bureau offices saturday and passed a resolution saying that they would highly favor a uniform price for heets beets in utah and idaho and commending the gunnison sugar company pan for the advance it has offered the salt lake tribune publishes the th following report of the meeting every beet growing district in the state was represented growers from the sevier district urged the association to make an efort to obtain a uniform base price for beets throughout the state directors director of the organization insisted however that they t could take no action wit without out n mutual lut liev i agreement cement with the idaho state farm bureau the idaho beet growers grovers association and the manufacturers organization it was asserted that the base price for beets in idaho districts was a ton while throughout utah except in the area where ae the gunnison sugar company has been active in lecent months the bae price is a ton the gunnison sugar company has been giving three year contracts with vath a base price of a ton continued on page 8 SUGAR BEET PRICES ARE DISCUSSED BY GROWERS OF STATE continued from page 1 the in foll follows the ufah ah sugar beet cooperative association recognizes recognize the validity of the conti contract act negotiated alj by it t together iltha with beet groi growers rs of id idaho with th t the sugar manufacturers on february 18 I 1 i 1926 for a period of three years the right of any manufacturer to pay a premium on boots beat is acknowledged and this association will not be a party to apy any controversy bevon between tl the e the association would highly favor a uniform price for beets throughout the states of utah and idaho and the gunnison valley sugar company for the genc generous rou price they have agreed to pay for beets in this tin s state the sevier bouny re representatives acs stated that they regarded the G gunni ta nion ni on son valley company action as an in invasion of the crop district which has generally sold its supply to the utah idaho plant at elsinore EIsin Elsi oie noie the association directors however took the view that this was a matter to be settled between the sugar companies M S winder secretary of the cooperative association said sunday night he thought the matter was sett settled lod the present contract runs until 1928 he said and gron growers ers and man are bound by it alike it would be a doubtful policy however to prevent pr ey ent individual manufacturers e from paying paving bonuses if they felt like it the idaho bonus is to encourage beet growing in in that state it would be pleasant if it could be applied to all scout benediction utah but there is no apparent way of bringing that about wre there are no signs at present it was indicated that the price will be extended in utah outside of sevier county |
