Rocky Ford enterprise. (Rocky Ford, Colo.) 1887-1950, 1906-01-12
SUGAR Beet GROWERS
annual SESSION.
A Large, Important and Lively Meeting Results
in Changes in Contracts Pleasing and
Profitable to Growers

| satisfied beet grower and was pleased
to see the conservative spirit mani
tested. He last week tackled another
piece Of high priced land. He predict
ed that the meeting would act Tor the
best interests Of the beet growers.
, r. c. Daley thought that the N. 7.
sugar factory stockholders. not seat
cd in cushioned chairs, in steam heat
ed Offices did appreciate our troubles,
digging beets out OF the snow. He
| lost so cents per ton on his sliced
beess-a total loss To him Of $500 this
season. The A. B. S. Co. had been
too slow in taking advantage OF it,
opportunities. He had not word
against the company. which bad been
great boon to the valley. Waneed
to give them fair treatment. There
II room for more factories In the val.
ley. He had proved that good crop
Of beets could be grown With only
farmers poison their land By using
too much water. The agriculture Of
the valley IL Just In It's infancy. So
rapid viii be the extension OF beet
| culture that in three years the con.
/ Rextion. viii be a. great - nov.
Geo. Bryant had weighed 500
pounds Of bects before siloing aud
weighed again after having been In
| the silo 81 days and found the shrink.
| age to be Goo pounds or about J9o
pounds per ton. clear loss OF 70
| cents per ton. Tests made by Mt.
Ebbcrt and others showed = loss OF
| 90 cents per ton. Call the average
loss per ton IS cents. This on 10000
tons is a big sum to lose. The acre
age has ouigsown the factory. The
farmers arc losing thousands Of dol:
lars daily. The sugar eompany should
have looked further into the future.
Il makes but little difference to grow.
ers where they deliver beets but . big
difference WHEN. Many growers
have not yet got enough out OF last
years crop to pay the cash expenses
of raising Il, III We ask what is seas-
enable VIC will get Il. The company
has not broken its contracts but ~c
need a new contract.
| Hon. W. II. Goblin spoke o! the de-
STABILITY Of the factory hayin. lon.
campaign. running from November TO
March.
Vim. Morrison asked II there was a
bee; grower present who wanted TO
han. bce,s up TO Mareh..
4 loud chorus 81 Noes Indicated the
temper OF tho meeting on the all
winter hauling. One grower. John
Edgar. said he was willin. to deliver
~ 60 March II paid Tor the shrink
age. etc.
The committee on order oi business
and resolutions presented the follow
ing. as cmboiying the views OF the
Il growers:
First. Tha; VIC recommend conf
mi,,cC OF five he appointed to wait
upon the American Beet Sugar Co. of
| this place and request that ss per tot,
be paid for all bec,s. with go cents
per ton additional TO be paid ior all
sliced bcc;s.
Second. Tha, when the American
Z Rect Sugar Co. issues orders 60 \
grower TO deliver bcc;s that they ae-
ccpt all bccts ordered and weigh the
same. and II they can not provide cars
that they dump them on tic ground.
/, Third. That we request a more just
and equitable distribution Of orders. q
Fourth. That in tho opinion OF your
committee all dump charges should
be eliminated.
Upon the committee OF resolutions
| Reporting. the association took up
each section separately for eousidcra.
iiou. The first section was discussed
most thoroughly. snfic growers want.
I ing. ittto read '-st per ioif for sitpei
1 bccts." Ncssrs. Swiuk. iarsiu. Dry
ant. AlIan, Wyeoif. Guthsic j.. ..ilaiIey.
II McCasiJii, Wayrcu. MeCiaii. pauis.s
y arul Ebbcrt each spoke vcty. fprcit,sy
sfor aud arzsinss tho arirudrscfftp sccs
ti1n ono, Motion, h. aiisud sNl,sdrawSs
and .scsiin aippiCdss road. -. g
I Tie 'clatisc ~ tic bylaws sayiHs
ina; all sessions tiibuli' fc cxret.isss
|slnpuC h.t,ficmtCrs prCscril rs2s n al.
j This. effect was pretty. mucll,as watcr
4 pointed hn a dtet's Nack. bctwcen -
J. and ZOO persons remaining who were
not members. -.
'.,..i .isT.hc.isnteSpr-sc Hoped 90 bt pres
5t-ent. and make full report OF trcsc
| snccciIrs hut tl,c executive session by
M aHtNsas called to-, our rcporterisf at
tcntiun -aud he withdrew from .ths
hali) t't
i From parties who were prssen. we
! learn that the motion to ask s for silo-
ing instead Of SO cents was opposed by
Senator Swink who thought tha. both
sides Of the case should be locked at.
The fat rate OF SIS has worked to lower
the sugar content, everybody growing
for tonnage. The average sugar con-
tent is two per cen; lower than formerly.
He had never had any crop grown on his
lands which paid so well as beets. He
had seen beets lay in the field three days
after uDlling and thought that they
shrank more than they did in the silo.
Quicker SLIDING after digging was import
ant.
Mr.. Conner said that this was an un-
usual year for shrinkage in the silo owing
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