Rocky Ford enterprise., 1904-01-15
ROCKY FORD COLORADO. FRIDAY, JANUARY Is 1904.
THE ROCKY FORD
BEET GROWERS
In Largely Attended Meeting Take Action on
the Question of the Price of Beets.

valley of fiat rate Of IS per ton.
Nobody responded.
Mr.. Pollock spoke OF deficit in the
fund to pay for the work Of the associa-
ton the past season. The directors had
incurred some expense getting beet thin
ncrs and II was understood a levy would
be made to pay such expense bills.
Mr.. Mathews said that no member o.
the board received any pay for his work
This expense was strictly for outlay. lie
had been fool enough to acccp, the Office
| OF treasurer and lie was $3.50 out.
Mr.. Pollock read the clause Of the asso.
ship fec. II is So cents and there were
IS6 members out OF 500 growers.
A number OF those present at once
stepped forward and signed and paid
their dues.
The discussion. seeming to lag. the
chairman asked II the meeting was ready
TO sign the proncrrd con,Iac; OF the sugar
company and say NO moTc about II. Cries
A representative from down the valley
stated tha, lie had learned Of PROPOSE
lion by the new factory people At Las
Aninias To the effect that they offered a
fiat rate Of S. per ton. all the pulp go'ng
back to the grower. ani no sil0ing.
A grower wanted io know II the meet
Ing though, the new proposition oi the
iosal !ae'oEy was any better than tile old
contract.
Some difference q. opinion existed
Emory Rabb said hc ~uuld a;hrT go
on aud complete his first contract than
hecCp, til, new proposition. After ;ha;
contract IL out 'hc gEoWrTs would have
souie'liing To say.
II was answered ia reply to a question
that there were about ,bDp acres ol old
contracts still running.
Mr.. NauIr nhaFIs ,aih hC was Trahy ;n
say villa, he wanted. II Was la; rate
Ol IS a ,nn and s. IsCT criii oi the pulp.
:. :, nlilry said he sIppa'rl Il Nas no
rsc To say ANYTHING abna; the old eoa-
tract. a. nothing eoald bc 'loae exc RI a.
iiiv co,HIauy HignI C tnc inc,i "a make
changes Ia u II ihyiT "NH lo.ipa.
3if. Macy urged ilis, The * owcrs say
10 the eouspsny I'VE will take Hat fate
oseS." ThvtU was Es1 question hut uiai ;lIC
company was ahlc tn pay s.. Michigan
) =. paHlrz Nerg paying g.. lie SPOKE os
the cos; -, silosng and ,irclarrtI that the
sliced hecis run lower III sugar and ;lirIC
vas no 'is"ary .n the cSI'a Ptisc paid sp'
silalpg.
HT. I.biCtt Rad FROM a letter iEutu FnF;
Cnilins which told oi the succvss of ;iiC
uCw factory there with"ui the s;Iuiug.
lie further sail the FCjuEts oi an "gCf Is.
\ Hat faiC by the northern factories wCrC
no; true. Sue'I reports had iscCu CuTTCut
uii ,iIc streets. lie read ihC contract sent
out by tic Futt Collins company. and
pointed uu; that the contract had ITO HIi
faiC, u uGCTCil M pulp. u chaERC'I IS
cents pound Tot seed.
Mr.. Tosll made a motion that thr
growers make proposition i IS Hat
sud s. PCT cent ~ the pulp: iafC Ia bs
taken ia tie presence a! the g'oNCT. alI
u" siipiug.
In vas objected that tic siipEng eDuId
not bC dispensed with.
Hf. NantICuisCFg did mot ubicNst to silos
ing. hut thought ~ CENTS a ton was
hardly enough suf Il. lie aisn Thought
i!iat willie company was hpu, II Ia the
taxing ui iaTr little more ea.U might
b. taken hy iliCm. The upsjiuiuE claUsss
Ss.,s dF1ppC,i.
Mr. f.atsnn. having returned to iiir
meeting. reported lTUm i.uyUiaui. The
meeting held there ias3 night had agrCC,I
to ask a Is fat rate.
Nir. Hilbert said 'DoI't ask any thing tic
company canine, Iu>sihly Erauis' l.Cuu.
,Irrsinod the company Cuuid not furnish
tn pulp - pCT cctII Ul siC weight oi tie
bCCts.
hlr. Todd said the company hal In ;lc
iitsJ contracts offered that much pulp.
= 4. =
~ u. Ei,lp't saii lr wIuif"IsicF told hi
II vas iruIsss-ibi" i'5 tac''fSp ~ p5taUCc ~
I,"F s-nt ~ tie vpizht ~ tsrvts In pulp
uu th" question si''!id ,lig r"~ I''ug cit ipi,
Apply IT, all EruvCTS. Nrs IstCksss1 said ulSTr,
vote uu uii contracts. ThU J"nII'auy had
III, p"pgiss,r ssi,i tb~y urru m; recalled.
al. frHHtH
tho nlI 'uuiTaCis fus nrw 'Iufaas but he dlI
MT undJ Jrstaud th"ir lat" circular as TrCsli.
81. rniIsrE .lih in ant change uf contracts
he had sryu tbrrv had hrru ~ disIs sitip1 On
Rl,tinns. lie tCit they had uta'lT q ~" c,i
r,sszIpus that wCrr ~ his iay.1r. "" tIptGhi
the meeting should pot ask Y any chang ~
n yssvi t.' nut tho old uvCrs un tho same fu1'
Inr With new uur7-. all right.
Mr FCua.sDn said the COMPANY va- not dc
utansIInR the surrender ut any contract. but
uuIy y skpyl ~ make changes " contract with
I ~ consent uI the EtWuUF.
Mr HaFziu Ssil hG tlf'itIl Ut even tTsiy could
havr gotten their full IIyis ut puip the year
" they had EunC after ". ~" '.ml9any
t1IgI' t.vsa f'rHsIr y trts'akg In ~ .'.rins -
niue pulp. nj they hnu uId q difficult e.
Iurnfs.s ". lite dttu't waut ~ ask t'pJ much
Tbry uuE nj tJ iS" reasonable.
Mt. TNslis motion vas tut anl c'rrtel--npi
Tr"%Ty i,1hb then moved that this inserting
decline tr nrCr rt IN prpIps iiHu cent cut -
W. pniiu-k sarj h" Thought that should h.
l.. V en- with tn GROWERS.
Tue motion To- uvs siIuH tnp tuIBT any nov
pt7,t apzitiUn was VUirsl down
The chairman named the following cow.
fnitipC tu present the TryIEE1s ton tn he Com
uany: WIN. Morrison. ". y. l. lIsisht, I. T..
Wpinaud. J. II. MaNry, bUthur Melton. '. Y.
MulluwnCT. Geo. Ifgaut.
I Another meeting ~ the Association viii I've
cejIrlI when the rsin m'''ro is ready tU report.
] :. The committee y pi rte,l iis form oi = e
/ ncnt to bc made tU ti,v tUmpauy. which it-
cludc,i = proposition fora pticc OF &c ton
for SLIDING.
Aftpr some discussion and amendments the
report was adopted.
Chairman Ebbert then brought before the
meeting some correspondence on the sub
jcCt Of beet blight. aud some discussion Tot.
lowed. the experiences OF the growers and
the conclusions of experts being all 80 CON
tradlctory ss to offer nothing definite on the