Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-03-06
BEET GROWERS AND
SUGAR CO. CONFER
Utah County Farmers Ask for
Changes in Con-
tract.
PLANTING HEAVIER THAN EVER
Indications Thus Fnr in Utah and Ida
no Point 10 an Increase Over
Last Year.

The planting of heets throughout
Utah and Idaho win BIZ commenced
within the next 80 days. ana the con-
tracing for acreage between the farm
ers and the several sugar companies.
has now progressed 50 fnr as Ia make
1t probable that last years phenomenal
record Will be equalled and In some
districts surpassed. Already the farm
ers who grow beets for the factory al
Lehi have signed up heavily and
the agents OF the company are securing
new contracts each day.
IN only y few districts, like those con-
ttshous to the Spanish Fork cutting
station aud q part ~ Sprlngvllle. is
There amy Likelihood OF a reduction IN
acreage, This grows from Il dlssat Is
faction on the part of some uf the
farmers regarding thu terms of tho
contract. The farmers sent ~ delegation
10 TIE city to confer with General Mail
ager Cuiler. and they have had several
sessions To- the past two or three days
The farmers desired a change in two
points first, THAI they be allowed to
continue he use OF the beet knife with
the hook attached. 10 witch the sugar
company had made objectie-~ second,
the sugar company This year makes 4
OF necessity, the farmers shall silo 10
per cent of their beet crop that s store
them IN the felds until notified by the
Factory "a deliver them and this The
growers objected to.
The committee representing the farm
ers consisted of w, q. Greer A. T.
Money. BENZ. Argyle OF Spanish Fork,
Frank Boyer and Thomas Mendenhall
OF Sprlngyille, John H. Lee Maplston.
ana George Gee. Provo They represent
ed the side of the farmers ia Manager
Cutler, insisting that the discontinue
anGe of the use OF the hooked cutting
knife, meant considerable loss 10 them
In time, and that the requirement In
regard to SLIDING 10 per cent of their
DeetS would email hardship and OK
pense through lateness IN delivery and
the extra labor necessary.
On behalf of the sugar company.
Manager Cutler stated that 1t was inn
possible to aocede 70 the request OF the
committee He showed facts and fig-
ures demonstrating the loss the sugar
company had sustained by the use Of
the hooked knife; not only were the
beets damaged. but q vast amount Of
dirt was left cltnging to them, and
fhls ara was weighed up against the
sugar company at an enormous loss.
| The company's losses on these ne-
counts during heavy season like last
year, had amounted 10 a very large
figure
Regarding the SLIDING. Manager Cutler
said that the sugar company was will
ING 10 pay an additional % cents per
ton on all sliced beets. but that IL
was imperative that the company
should have the right TO cali on the
farmers TO hold back this small part
of the crop, in case the tonnage as
sunled proportions where the factory
could not take care OF the beets. He
pointed out that IN Colorado the fartor
les were Insisting on having Is per
cent of the crops sliced. and that in
Germany no factory ever thought OF re-
ceiving beets from the farmers until II
was ready 10 handle then
The farmers committee returned
home last evening TO report the result OF
their conference with Manager Cutler,