The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1915-11-25
BEET RAIsERS
WILL BE BENEFITED

"A nat rate OF IS per ton for sugar
beets, wherever they may be delivered,
with an advance Of 10 cents for each
half unit sugar content over 1914 per
cent, will be paid to the farmers in
1916 by the Utah Idaho Sugar company,
according to an announcement made
last week. The new prices have been
arranged by the management and were
ratified by the board Of directors of
the company.
The only proviso attached to the now
lplan is that the existing tariff on sugar
is continued. The sugar manufacturers
Everywhere in the United States believe
that Secretary McAdoo' g recommended
tion that the tariR be retained will be
acted upon favorably by President Will
son and are outlining plans for next
year. 81
In addition to the straight price Of
+; IS ton delivered at any plant, the
Utah Idaho Sugar company has. agreed
10 pay for additional sugar cOntsht i'd
tbeets ~ follows:
On 49, per cent. beets, $50 q ton, on
t16 per cent. beets, $50 ton; on 1917
Eper cent. heets, $3.50 q ton; on IT per
Eeent. beets, $50 ton; on TN per cent.
[beets, $3.50 ton.
Also, 10 cents will be paid for each
cent, the basis to be fixed on beets en-
taring the factories a. follows:
The three factories in Idaho-Black-
foot, Idaho Falls and Sugar City-will
be grouped together and the beets en-
tering any of these factories as a whole
and aggregating the above sugar con-
tent will be paid for ON the basis
named. The reason for this is that the
sugar content in the entire state of
Idaho, as a rule, is about uniform and
there is little difference between the
beets of individual growers at any of
the factories.
In Utah conditions are a little diff
ferent and there are many changes in
the different localities. Therefore, it.
has been decided to take the beets. en-
tering the Garland factory as whole
as one unit, the new factory. at West.
Jordan, in Salt Lake County, as an
other unit, Lehieand the cutting stations
as one unit, Payson and the new factory
at. Spanish Fork as one unit and Sanpete
and Sewer counties will be. grouped
together.
The sugar. company is now paying a
nat rate OF 20 per Ton Tor beetS, nut In
some instances slight deduction Is
made to assist in paying freight charges
At no time, it is said, has the deduc-
ton been more than IS cents tom
Estimating that the beets of in 1915
will be as rich in sugar content as they
have been during the past two years,
General Manager T. R. Cutler Of the
Utah Idaho Sugar company, believes
that the farmers will receive about $3.50
a ton next year.
Company's Plans
Speaking of the company's plans for
the new schedule Of prices, General
Manager Thomas R. Cutler said to re-
preventative of the Deseret News:
"The board Of directors of the Sugar
company have felt for some time past
that the farmers should receive some
share of the unlocked for prosperity
brought to the sugar industry by the
war. The uncertainty of the tariff con-
ditiOns has been the only thing that
prohibited action. Now, however, it has
been decided, that the agricultural
agents Of the company shall offer the
beet growers new forms of contracts
for the year 1916, providing as follows:
In addition to the straight price of
IS per ton delivered at any plant which
is not conditioned upon any tariff ques-
ton. we shall pay the following basis:
Per ton