Rocky Ford enterprise., 1904-02-05

.crci tel. tia, you. rs growers. slIpw
your appreciation ot the cpncc siuas
granted hy proceeding q, once To- sign
un contracts iuT tic fcaEOn ui tool.
Tia; your clIif lie authorized ip AZ.
point Committee on resolutions in rX-
pscss the sc"sc uI ihis meeting in = cOp-
drnscd form.
That upon approval II ilis report We
be i s:lIangcd lrum further obligation.
Respectfully Submitted.
On motion of G. W. fcniaEnn tho
report was adopted and u vote of
thanks rendered the committee.
Chairman EbbeTt asked for n more
detailed report on the question Of
iaro. aE there has beea considerable
dlnEa,iEfnction. Sc
VIII Morrison. chairman of the com.
fnittcC. said that III. matter had been
hintnsF.i NJ length with Manager
wcitTrr. who said that the company
prefer red to lray- the uurstidn open
for the present. Mr.. wCitrcr rCaiiz.
cd that II WIS important To relieve
the growers OF the Importance OF this
petition uf n" busiuraA ard to relieve
the company fTnm unjust cTiticiEm.
hn; thH, at present he did not nee his
way clear TO a more satisfactory
method.
Warren Blinn said that while there
was a liberal latitude In tho sugar
contract many growers though, that
the purity standard was n little too
high.
Committee Chairman Morrison said
tha, ME. wic'rcr had said that but
for the fact that competitive plants
had embodied that clause In their con.
tracts he would not have Il in the con.
tracts. He assured the committee
that there would be no trouble on
that point.
Chairman Ebbcrt said that this MS.
surancc should satisfy all.
A. =. kouns asked whether or not
membership In the association would
prevent grower from growing bcG,s
under the old contract. Quite n dis.
cussion cnsucd on tho probability of
two forms Of contract. An opinion
was expressed that II any one want.
cd to grow bcc,s under the old con.
tract there would be no objection. but
tha, such action would reflect upon
the sincerity Of the grower who de-
mandcd a better thing aud when he
got IL preferred the first deal.
NUatFUhu Esuu'FA sppttht'b she as'
lowing committee to express the sense
OF the meeting upon the report of the
committee from the American Beet
Sugar Co: G. W. fcnlason. J. T.. Gau.
ger. y. ". Nanny. J. y. Cad~aidcr
and Warren Blinn.
During the absence OF the commit.
tee r. X. Biinn told OF his 1870: crop
which was 1t7 tons, proceeds sssi.5s.
which under the new contract would
have brought him s13s.es.
Geo. Bryan, said that his bects OF
last year brought him fi.ol per ton.
but on the terms Of the new contract
would have brought him .? cents
more per ton.
George Boley of Manzanola said
,ha, his bce,s in both 1901 and 1902
brough, him more than s. per ton.
r. W. NANNY said that beets in the
vicinity OF Rocky Ford tested lower
than at other places. In consequence
of this fac, the growers near Rocky
Ford would receive the greatest bcne-
ft from the new price.
The committee reported as follows:
RESOLVED: That VIC as members Of
the Otcru County Beet Growers Nssoci-
alton at meeting in Rocky Ford this
goth, day ui January. ig"i, having re-
CCivcl the report Of the committee tor
mcrly appointed to- meet the American
Beet Sugar Company's managers in re.
gard to- some concessions tu tic growers
fur iyui, and believing that concessions
reported by said committee show dis.
position on the part Of the American
Beet Sugar Company to do the iaif
thing by. and to consider the interests OF
the beet farmers, therefore 1t is,
RESOLVED: That We recommend to
all beet growers that they accept the new
contracts offered by the American Beet
Sugar Company and promise to SAID
company to use our best efforts to make