| Show BEET ff cl aig LUNCHEON school boand and farmers T tike ake the floor at commercial club luncheon jjr A the atte attention of the commercial club at the luncheon monday noon centered on the situation arising ansing from the fact that a largo percentage of farmers in the territory generally conceded tributary tributa rv to the utah idaho factory facton hae signed throe three bear ear contracts with the gunnison sugar company ulio had submitted to them a contract strongly appealing to the beet growers for the that the price of 7 50 nas is as offered instead of 7 asking only to ell the beets raised to tho the gunnison factory facton without imposing upon the farmers any obligation as to the amount of beets they vant to grow promising at the same time to meet a higher price if such is offered by any competing the first harbt was judge H N haes who presided at the meeting and spoke in behalf of the board of education explaining thit that the action of the farmers might inight force the rutih ut ili idaho to remove their elsinore facton which i mean i i great loss to the county and the school district the utah idaho company paid last bear ear taxes amounting to and if this tax ta is lost to the county it would mean curtailing the school boards revenue to the amount of 7 the board of education has a It struggle ruggle anyway to make both ends end s meet and a loss to this amount would be a calamity to them and the question is now can the regonal of the elsinore factory be ai abided aoi aided ded J F ogden explained epla ined to the dub that the farmers like to be local loal to the county and its educational institutions but were nere tampered tamp eded b the seemingly advantageous offer of the gan nison nion factory factor however they want nant to assure the club that the want to I 1 support home industry jas M peterson called the attention of the audience to the fact that the ellmore ellnore factory was idle last 3 ear and the company auch winch own it cannot aford to have it standing idle for another neais eals withdrawing would be not net only an imm edrite loss jos to the county out but also for all time to come because it x be haul haid to attract other industries into the count iv then hen those being here do 10 lo not find any support county commissioner abe habeil Ha lf neil anell stated from the viewpoint mew point of the factor factory from the county would mean factory factors fro athe count would menn mean less taxable property and consequently a higher le I 1 11 II C laren lanen lar en of elsinore Elsi noie called attention to the fact thit tile the lo 10 lost 1 0 of 1 the factor fl c t or would not only mear mean I 1 less in d distinct tri it but also doe decrease rease in taxable proper property tv created by tile the settlements which chich grew up 1 in connection with tho the factory and a asked ae the pertinent question if we lt let I 1 this industry go eo out can xe we ak others to come ina 11 deferred to the lun the loss of the factory would N mean to the dairy arid and beff beef industries indu arje and added that in im hii opinion the gunnison company lid did not have a right to cross nihat was nas considered consider pd pi the dead line lip between tween ilip ali concerns autin au ati tin general ap superintendent of the utah idaho com ganv lemarl ed that the additional price of fifty cents per ton did not mean any less in the ultimate price paid by the utah idaho because becatti e in the contract mith his hii comp iriv the farmers participated 11 in n the profits and a higher initial price would only mean a lox cring in the later bonus ile he caca aej ho en or the reassuring atia promie eliat t a ion as the elsinore Eln nore fic t tory ory mill hr be provided pro videl ith raw maunal 1 it will continue corti nue to operate haney han ey W ross president I 1 ent of th gunnison G annison sug sur ir compana com rep liel 4 to the statements made before tint thit there was no dead line to be crossed be ccoce ace making inal cing uch such s a dedline mould mall fact ff ct with the laws law of the united unite elites t ites regarding rean ling reg of arale concerning mr air austina austins Aus Aul tins remar he the utah idaho le I 1 tl I 1 r fifty company cent rie r i ie e in th lj ic price lid did not anc nv difference to to do 10 tn same thin thins as hs li s COT coni sr or 1 0 I i 1 y |
