The Delta independent., 1911-01-27

capacity of not less than 600 tons
oaIIy si.c.ng capacity. and that said
plant be built reaoy Ior the season
OF 1872, SAID subscription for the
100000 worth of stock to be
paid for in cash or other commodl-
ties acceptable to the Western Land
Sugar company. to be in Install
ments so that the first instailment
will be paid by September /, 1911
and the last not later than date
to be agreed upon.
The meeting adjourned and was
called to order again at 1:3O by
President Weeks.
Attorney Minard Fairlamb spoke
for the Sugar company stating that
our proposition could not be ac-
cepted, but that they would do all
! in their power to sell block OF
the stock on the outside and credit
, same to Delta, seeming confident of
/ placing the stock among men they
knew.
1t is thought now that if we
raise s165 900, furnish the. site and
contracts for 1912, 1913 and 1914
who were here and witnessed the
several former attempts at building
sugar factory, readily see that
this is the nearest We have ever
been to it. and If We don't get it
now the chances are more than even
that it will not come for several
years TO come.
We believe that the community at
large realizes the value of the
factory to everyone in the county
and in Montrose county and we do
not think for one minute that the
farmers or any other class OF Delta
countys citizens will keep it away
by holding back on some minor
point that can be more than bal
anced by other benefits derived
therefrom.
The point that seems to be the
only probable hindreance at present
is TO reach an agreement between
the growers and the manufactures
on the sliding scale and this seems
to be clearing up nicely as the vote
upon how many would raise beets
for the seasons of 1912, 1913 and
1914 on the sliding scale. which was
taken just at the close of the
meeting Monday night resulted in
i6 for and against.
We have the opportunity of our
lives to land the factory. We can
raise the money without doubt, we
can furnish the site and we can con-
tract the acreage and we would hate
to think that the farmers of Delta
county were the kind of men that
would block such an opportunity
for an advance in the value of
every mans property in the county.
Railroad Builders Were There.
Messrs Pepper. Parrett and
Sprague, three of the principal fact
ors of the Uncompahgre a Gunnison
Valley Railroad were down from
Montrose and attended the sugar
factory meeting Monday night.
Interesting talks were listened to
from each of these gentlemen all
of whom are deeply interested in
the building of the sugar factory
here.
Mr.. Sprague. who is the present
secretary OF the Montrose County
Beet Growers Association, in his
talk stated that there was no jeal-
ousy existing among Montrose far
mers, as was at one time the case,
but that every citizen of Montrose
was willing to cooperate with us to
land the factory here. He also
stated that the organization OF
which he is secretary, had not held
out for fiat rate of Sc a ton for
beets as had been reported, and
that furthermore he could say that
hundreds of acres of beets could
be contracted for around Mont
rose for factory in Delta.
Mr.. Pepper stated that he would
in the factory and contract as many
acres of beets as he had available
this season, greatly increasing this
next year and that he would use
his Influence with the men to whom
he had sold land to induce them to
grow beets.
The railroad proposed by these
men. and which seems practically
assured. and the sugar factory pro-
ject are so closely related to each
other that success to the factory
means success to the railroad whose
/ lines will tap the great California
mesa lands whose beet soil Is Sec
ond to none, and give transporta-