The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1905-01-27

run. Inns Company has built in
Owosso the largest and most up-todate
factory in Michigan and on this factory
they paid taxes during the past year
amounting to $10,O00.00. This, you
must know. reduces your own taxes or
gives the benefit to the county of that
much more money to spend in improve
ments.
This Company, while it is in opera
tion, will employ more than 400 men
and distribute $50. .O00. 90 for labor and
this money remains in the county. In
hiring help, this Company always
gives the beet grower or his sons pref
erence over others
by shipping your beets to the Owosso
Sugar Company than to factory rs or
100 miles away with capacity one-half
as large as ours. Our capacity of 1000
to 1,20O tons per day allows us to cut up
60 car loads of beets day and cars con-
tanning beets do not have to stand on
the tracks two or three weeks as they
sometimes do at smaller factories,
which delay always causes heavy loss
in weight from shrinkage as well as
decrease in the sugar per cent.
Some one must pay the 40 cts or so cts
extra freight on your beets if you ship
them that distance instead of shipping
to Owosso.
Do not be led astray by the false
representations of smooth talking agents
representing outside factories. We.
know that agents of these Companies
make you all kinds of promises in re-
gard to help, ETC.. but we have yet to
hear of any case where they put any of
these promises in writing and, if you
will examine the contracts offered you,
you will find that they state that no
agent has any authority to change or
alter the contract as printed. They
also will tell you that they have your,
neighbors contract in order to influence
you to contract with them. We know
of many cases of this kind where
absolute falsehoods were told by these
agents in order to secure contracts.
We wish to urge you not to be misled
by any of these statements and not to
think that the other Companies are
Offering you anything better than the
Owosso Company can give you and
remember that whatever we agree to,
do we are willing to put in writing
over our signature.
A number of Michigan factories have
been moved to other states because the
farmers in their vicinity did not give
them their support and raise beets
enough, but we feel certain that you
farmers of Shiawassee county are loyal
enough to an institution which is here
to stay and which paws such large
part of the taxes Of the comfy to give
it your support and contract for what
ever beets you grow with the home
factory.
We can give you more care and at
tention than any factory at long
distance as we are located within
twelve miles of you and we are more
interested in your success, which will
mean our success. You can come to
the factory from any part of the
county in a couple of hours and find out
just how your beets are handled and
just how much you will receive for
them.
Many farmers hauled pulp from the
factory this winter distance of twelve
miles and their only regret is that they
did not commence hauling earlier and
secure more Of the pulp. Surely you
will appreciate the value of getting
this stock feed free for the hauling and
if you are obliged to ship it by car, it
only costs you the freight, which is
40 cts per ton for any distance up to 25
miles This is an important considera-
ton in contracting, as, if you were to
ship this pulp in from an outside fac
tory, it would cost you at least double.
When you are approached by agents
of outside factories and asked to grow
your beets for them. remember that you
have better factory right here at home
and it is to your interest to support it.
If they offer You some extra induce
ments, see whether they will put them
in writing, and, if they will not, you
cannot depend upon them.
Thanking you for your past support,
we are
Yours very truly,
Owosso SUGAR COMPANY.