Rocky Ford enterprise., 1908-01-31
BEET GROWERS MEETING
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We also must have such cooperation
in all other matters connected with
the growth and the delivery Of the
crop. including securing and handling
Of labor, employing same st reason
at the delivery stations and in deliv.
ton. .--4
Il 10 OF the utmost importance. and
to our mutual interest that the fac.
tories secure . better quality OF beets
than during the past three years.
Yours very truly. r
FIR. WlETZER. Manager.
No action was taken on this let
ter. In answer TO an inquiry. Chair
man Ebbcrt explained that the new
proposition as to price Of beets only
came to the notice of the growers
when this committee met Mr.. W.,
hence they had made no representa-.
tions to him on that question. -a
The report Of the committee was
then received and read. II recon-
ncnded that the A. b. S. Co. be wait.
cd upon by committee and asked
to adopt the same contract for the
year 1908 as was in force for 1907.
On motion to adopt, = grower sug-
gestcd as an amendment that IL these
terms be not assentcd to by the COM
pany. they grow no beeis in 1908.
o. ]. Baxter wanted to know in
case the company rejected that prop
osi,ion what they would do.
Grow ean,alonpcs' grow wheat
roared tho meeting.
The announcement that the Bar
tow Ginning Co. was ready TO pay
Sii ton for tomatoes and were now
ready % sign up contracts for acre
age. was sprung NJ this juneturc.
Bert Brown. speaking for the
Wictzcr ncighborhood. wanted the
report strengthened so as to say Ss
or no bcc.s.
A Las Animas man wanted the re-
port made Ss or no bccts.
Another delegate wanted the dump
charges struck out.
The chair thought tho committee
purposcd that the matter OF tarc and
dump charges he left to the losal as
Sociations dealing personally with the
factory.
to get the dump charges eliminated
for several years and Mr.. Wic,zcr
had promised they would consider IT.
The old dumps had been paid for, but
they would be always building new
ones, and he thought il the S. rate
and dump charges eliminated were
not. allowed he advised going up and
offering to surrender their contracts.
If the company was losing money
they should be willing to cancel the
contracts.
The amcndmcn; was revived.
Mr.. Dumbauld. Las Animas, ad-
viscd accepting the report and then
adding TO /, by further motions.
The chair said the committee would
doubtless present the feeling OF
this meeting to the factories, but he
thought il might not be well TO ae-
company the request with a menace.
Senator Crowley said the growers
got the fiat rate when they asked Tor
Il. Now the farmers were on the de-
fcnsivc and the important thing IS to
ENT-4 holdchsu7soo$..
get or keep the S. fat rate. and the
committee should not be tied up to
too many details. :,
Then the. amendment was with
drawn, and the report OF the COM
mittec was adopted.
The resolution to have a commit
tee meet the factory managers hav-
ing carried. +. NJ. Hars in suggested
the committee get an interview ut
once and report to this meeting. Mr..
Mitchell went to phone the mana
gers and in the meantime Mr.. Down
ing of Garden City entertained the
meeting by describing the interviews
by which they secured terms with
the Garden City factory.
Mr.. Wictzcr was reported to be IN
as Animas and no connection could
be got with the Swink factory. So
the committee was left to report At
is earliest convenience.
A list of nominations for the com
mittec wa submitted and ~ chair
later renortcd The following scl"c
tion: w. NJ. Ferguson, T. NJ Har-
sin. E L. Reese, George Lackey, G.
Dunbauld.
The meeting after some further