The Oskaloosa herald., 1900-03-22
SUGAR BETS.
Mr.. Emery, of Des Moines, Visits
0SkalOoSa.

Mr.. ]. s. Emery, of Des Moines,
president of the Iowa Beet Sugar De-
velopment Company, was in the city
Monday evening and informally adj
dressed meeting of the Oskaloosa
Board of Trade. The company is
very anxious to test the soil in this
locality, and as there are four of five
factories to be established in Iowa
next year Oskaloosa stands a good
show of getting one. Mr.. Emery has
made arrangements to dispose of all
the beets that may be raised here
this season at So. so per ton, SO that
if the factory never comes the farmers
will realize good price for their
trouble, and will demonstrate the
worth of their soil for this product.
The industry was thoroughly dis
cussed for over two hours, and the
proposition struck all as favorable.
A committee of three was appointed
comprising w. R. Lacey, Perry Edris
and H w. Lyman, to take hold and
see what could be done. The PROPOSE
ton made by Mr.. Emery is SUBJ
stantially as follows:
TBe Proposal.
A Proposal to the Farmers and Bust
ness Hen Of OSkalOOSG If you raise
$50 acres in and about Oskaloosa or
towns tributary thereto, / will want
TO employ in your community three
overseers to superintend and oversee
the cultivation of the beet acreage
assigned to your city and vicinity, at
$50 per month, and | want the bust
ness men to designate who these men
shall be. Then want the beet grow
ers TO form an association and pay
into their treasury 81 90 membership
fee; go cents of that ST. 90 will 90 for
the Beet Sugar Gazette for one year:
the regular subscription price of
which is So 90 per annum, but they
will give this beet growers associa-
ton so cents rate for one year; that
would leave 40 cents in your treasury
to do something else with.
/ then want you to appoint a COM
mittee of three of your best repre-
tration committee, between the buy
er and the seller, who will settle all
disputes that may arise, whenever
called upon. / will have a man who
will superintend the growing and the
shipping of beets, and all beets will
be tared and weighed at your station,
and the weight given to every farm
er for every load.
The time of shipment of the beets
will be from September 1st or 18th to
January LIST, according to the tom
mage of the beets you may grow. A
certain proportion of your beets will
be shipped every week, on a certain
day or days during the season. Pay
ments will be made on or before the
18th of each month for the beets
shipped on tho previous month.
This is the arrangement / have
made with the two factories to which
l have sold beets. They paying me
on the Sth of every month, giving me
time to remit to you before the 18th
of each month. ..-.
We will paw canvassers SO cents an
acre; % cents on signing the contract,
and 25 cents on delivery of beets. If
your business men want to do this
or any part of it, and have
the money earned revert of your as
ISOLATION, you are at liberty to do
this. .#.
/ would also suggest that at least |
two premiums be offered to the beet |
growers of your town or vicinity land |
| will offer SIC. so to S25.00 toward each |
premium. The total amount of each |
premium should not be less than
$50. 90, p $1,000 or 500 90 would be |
better. This, however, must be de- |
cided by the business men who donate |
the balance. One premium for the |
best prepared ground, best cultivated |
and best stand of any five acres of |
beets, including the best topped and !
best cleaned beets delivered at the |
station for the crop of 1900. The |
other for the best prepared, Guilt |
best stand, best topped and |
cleaned, and the largest tonnage of |
any five acres grown for the crop of |
1900 delivered at the station.
We will furnish as per contract, the |
tools for rental as specified in that |
contract. | have endeavored to make |
this arrangement fair and eqitable |
as far as possible for the beet grow
ers, SO that they may no be compelled |
to buy tools the first year, but If aft
er trial is made, and they wish to |
grow beets in the future, they can
buy the tools we have furnished less
the rental they may have paid, as
stated in the contract. One seed drill
that plants four rows at time will
be allotted to every twenty or twenty
five acres; one cultivator that will
cultivate two rows at time, will be
given to every ten or fifteen acres.
Where there are three five acre plats
very close together, one tool can
work fifteen acres to advantage,
otherwise one TO ten acres.
j. s.. EMERY.