The Greeley tribune., 1910-03-10
Denver, Colo, March 3, 1910

Managers All FACTORIES.
Gentlemen:-I notice from re-
ports received on the first of this
month that while some factories
have about the usual number of con-
tracts Mgned up, others have only
about ene-third as compared with
same date last year.
1 understand in some localities
there ID feeling that if farmers do
not sign up we will change our con-
tract. I wish to state to you very
positively that no change of any kind
will be made from the sliding scale
contract now in your hands. I feel
that in offering this contract we have
gone to the extreme limit. 1t is GER
tain that we cannot pay more than
IS for beets testing less than Is per
I5 per cent and above we have d.
vided the profits with the growers.
So far as l know, the contract we
have submitted to the growers is as
liberal as any contract offered by
any beet sugar company in the
United States. | realize that the re-
suits for the past two years have
not been satisfactory to either the
farmers or ourselves: but / think the
general opinion of all intelligent
farmer1 in Colorado is that the trou-
BILE has been the unfavorable climatic
conditiSns more than anything else.
also feel that we have been too
anxiouS to secure large acreage at
each OF our factories, and that our
fieldmeA have not examined as care
fully al they should have done, the
acreage offered.
We kust correct all this. dc
not exp Pet as large an acreage as we
had la& year. l do not want an
acre ofN eund accepted for beet
that in 1e Judgment of our agri
cultural superintendents, will no
produce good results for the farmers
as well as ourselves. The presen
plan of paying for beets makes 1t t;
the interest of the grower to not oni,
obtain large tonnage. but also goof
beets II we only plant two-third
: the acreage the coming season tina
we planted last year, and the groun'
il well selected. the proper amoun
of seed planted, and the blockin:
and thinning carefully looked aftef
l believe we will have more beets
with larger sugar content. than w
had last YEAR on one-third more acre
age. II this proves true, we VII
have large amount of plowing don
next fall and large increase in acre
age the following year,
We are in this business, not 70
one years returns, but hoping 1t
> a permanent and lasting crop tina
will grow better and be more sati:
factory as compared with other crop
! as the years go by. There is no re;
son on earth why Colorado shoul
!. produce only ten and a half tons
beets per acre on such land as W
l have. while Germany and Europea
countries on land that has been TIL
S ed for more than 200 years, produ'
l. an average of fifteen to seventee
e tons per acre. No one realizes mo-
If thoroushly than I do that the inte
e ests of he Great Western Sug;
company are dependent upon TT
e success of the farmers. Do not ur.
e any farmer to put in more acres
t beets than he has suitable ground
y plant and a proper amount of he
IT 10 attend to them after they a
st planted,
II In order to make our own co
tracts for supplies for next fal
" campaign. such as coal, lime roc
rs sugar bags, and many other commo
tiles, we must know very soon nc
what acreage we will have for I
coming campaign. l feel that t
II Goth OF This month is as late as
10 can delay the matter. and trust y
Of will have your final reports in to ii
3, office not later than the 21st.
ly Very truly yours.
f. 6SicneD C. S. MOREY,
,d General Manager.