Rocky Ford enterprise., 1908-01-17

mousiS abanuohcu tncif RESOLUTION
afterwards and accepted the contract.
He however gave Mr.. Daniels the
floor. and for five minutes that gen.
tleman in fervid eloquence repudiated
the beet growers slavery to the beet
low.Rrowers to follow him to victory
or starvation.
The meeting applauded vocifesous-
advice to go slow about taking . vote
aud .proclaiming the sense Of the
meeting.
w. II. Allen took the floor to show
that the Sugar Co. hadn't furnished
and offered the company's bill for
seed to him in evidence.
The previous question-to adopt
tee-was then called for. and Il was
adopted.
President Ebbert reported 4 con.
vessa.ion had with Manager Wietser
In reference TO tonnage. asking him
u ten tons was a fair acreage Of last
years crop. Mr.. Wietxer had put Il
At eleven tons. Reckoning that Il
cost $40 per acre to raise beets.
which was agreed to be about the
cost. Il was easy to figure what the
margin would be al $3.50 per ton.
Mr.. Boic urged organization for
unless they stood together they
could not secure their demands. II
they had to quit growing they could
quit as body when they failed TO
get fair play.
The Presidents suggestion that the
meeting take an adjournment till
Saturday following. or two weeks
hence. and in the meantime ret the
growers more fully fully organized.
was acted on. Some debate rs to
ono or two weeks for advertising the
meeting followed and Saturday, the
3sth inst. was finally decided upon.
IL was proposed and agreed that the
whole Arkansas Valley be appealed
to to organize and send representa-
iivcs to the later meeting. A rally
for increased membership in the pres
cnt organization was suggested. The
chair said the reason for reducing the
membership fec to age was not tha;
they had no need of money. but IN
order that every grower might come
into the organization. This was he
chance to do so. Solicitors were sent
down each aisle of the hall and when
they returned they were able to re-
port total OF ,i2 members. and the
fees in hand.
The dcsultory debate aS to the best
date for the adjourned meeting was
with several other mat,
tors. mainly the question whether
-sge year contracts now standing with
high line canal growers would be at
icc,cd by the $3.50 proposal.
Roy Blakcy said there was an op-
;ional clause by which the Co. IN
due notice. could decide whether the
growers should raise the maximum
or less acreage: and the less nigh;
be none At all.
Geo. Lackey said he had never
seen such a clause as that in IL.
Mr.. Blakcy said il was in small
type at the bottom where an ordin-
ary man wouldn't see il.
E. Then the meeting took n laugh oil,
OF George.
But Mr.. BIakcy made il all right
by saying i, had taken him two years
to see il.
A form of contract was produced
and the clause found and read. But
il was also found that notice to de-
crease acreage must be given by Nov.
Ist That settled it for this year.
The meeting instructed the chair
to name two men to carry the news
of organization Zip and down the VAL
ley and rally the local associations to
meet and appoint delegates. Ex-
pcnses of travel to be paid out of
Association funds.
Somebody proposed paying the
faithful secretary of the Association.
Glenn. V. Ryan, some compensation
for his labors, which at times were
quite oncrous. But Mr.. Ryan de-
clincd the consideration. expressing
his willingness to serve his fellow
beet growers without charge. except
for such items as postage and sta
tionary.
1t was decided to call the adjourn
ed meeting for 10 n. IN. instead of al
tcrnoon.
Then the meeting adjourned.