The Lamar register., 1904-02-17

gated territory and only about half
the population will strike anyone rs
proposition based on gall alone.
1t is to the financial interest of every
taxpayer and land owner in the
county to have factories located at
home. A factory any place in Prov
cry county will add at least S25 per
acre to every irrigated farm in the
county and the large amount Of cap
ital involved will be added to the
assessed valuation and thus lower
taxes.
As long as there was any dispute
about where the new factory would
be built Lamar recognized the right
of every town to work for itself an d
kept out of the territory in the east
ern part of the county, bnt now that
the location is fixed we believe that
all residents of Prowers county will
stand by the home institution. Prov
ers county has the largest area of ir
rigsted land of any county in tho
state and with the big immigration
which will come with the factory at
Lamar it will only be . short time
until another factory can he sustain
ed and citizens of Prowers county
NJ ed only to stand togsther to make
this the banner county of state with
two sugar factories and other indus
tries in proportion. 1t is poor
time for any. of our people to be
lending aid to outsiders and we be
lievs that the few acres already sub
scribed will after careful considera
tion be reconsidered.
The company that will build the
Lamar factory is amply able to
handle al! the output Of the farmers
as is well known, and will pay for all
beets delivered to it on the 9th day
of each month, and not ION or about
the 18th" as the Las Animas con.
tracts provide. That word about
WAS we'll put in for concern that is
run on wind and expectations, and
will be about all the farmers signing
the contracts will get for their beets.
The talk about an Independent con
cern being of great benefit to the
farmers is all very we'll if that con
cern has moeny enough to handle
the crop, but it would be well for
every farmer making contract with
that factory to see that some person
of more substantial financial stand
ing and more experience in beet
sugar making than Mr. Shepherd,
the mining stock broker, takes the
other side of the contract. With
the farmers the raising of sugar beets
i business proposition and not
town booming scheme, and the most
important feature of the contract i.
that the money for the crop will be
paid The Lamar factory is bust
ness proposition from experienced
sugar manufacturers, whose financial
standing is we'll known in the valley
and the farmers must use their own
judgment in deciding between this
and the wind proposition of the Las
Animas boomers The farmers are
the people that will be most hurt if
the wind does not prove sufficient
pay for their beets and as they have
the deciding as to which contract
they will sign, they must blame
themselves for the loss.
If anything else was needed to
show the utter lack of financial re-.
sponsibilty on the part of the Las
Animss promoters it was furnished
by them at their various meetings in
the east end of Prowers county last
week. Whenever any farmer made
q kick Of any kind on one of their
contracts they Immediately offered
to change the contract to suit his
notion, unless the change asked was
in any way guaranteeing the pay