La Junta tribune., 1915-02-06
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To the Tribune: In recent issues Of
the Rocky Ford Tribune and Enter
prise. certain facts and figures were
given BY the local beet Sugar Factory.
which w- would like to extend and note
the result
First: They say that they have paid
the farmers In this locality 1880. 600.
harvested 2oi. 500 tons Of be.ts from
1900 acres and manufactured $780,.
oo0 bags Of sugar.
second: II We divide i.soo.ooo by
:si.soo ~e have s'At as average price
paid for beets. this is misleading I
think $3.50 is much nearer the aver
age II w~ multiply :oI.soe by $3.50.
ws have N.css.tse. as the actual
amount received. Now let US see
What IL cost the farmers to se, this
e1.osA.<so.
The figures which shall use In
computing the cost Of be-ts per acre to
raise and market are those arrived at
by the convention held at Denver.
December {. 1914. by delegates from
the states Of Montana. Nebraska. wyo-
ming and Colorado
They discussed every item Of sx-
pens~ carefully. taking the sworn
statement Of IN. iyonrmont factory
which belongs TO IN. 1rca, Western
Hugar Company. as bs.i. of com.
parison. and the report Of the COM
uitt~e was s;o.to per acre.
Hon. r NJ Robertson. chief OF the
Federal Department Of Commerce. was
present at the reading Of the report
We had come from Washington. with
many records on bee, culture and cost
Of production especially to attend this
convention. lie compared his data
With that OF the farmers and was un-
asresabiy surprised TO find that they
Tailed 50 closely with those arrived
az by the convention, I have the
scbedui. In full
No " ~. multiply IN. n. aao acres
by 1890 "a. have ti.iss..oo as IN.
cost 20 the farmer To gst u.ess. $50
an actual lost 10 the farmer OF ti:s.-
sso. This Kind Of finsnc.rinE will
impov.ri.h any community.
In order to be fair 10, "a figure tho
faeiory'r gain o. loss.
W. ar. told In that publication tina,
they manufactured sse.9 bags Of
sugar. our merchants are no~ pay.
ting 1866 per has for sugar. but 10
bs conservative let us fisur. the price
ss s.ss. Multiplying 100000 by this
~s have t:.s:seec for cal. of sugar
Nov To this I desire 20 add some other
items. We are told az the factory that
~ per cent os the weight Of the beess
" returned In pulp: - per cent Of
ss1.soe 10 ios.ss tons of pulp THE
puip 10 sold at q eenta. 50 cents. and
~ cents per ton. taking sne avsrase
" cents this pulp 10 worth ga. We
nnd In the Congregational Record In
tson. Charles r Thomas speech made
IN the United states senate. Monday,
september Is. 1919. on the beet sugar
sn1ssssy and the tariff. that 9 per
eses es the syrup 70 every ton ss
ooees V setd ~ the factories for sesl. :.
sas pssposes A. the local factory u 10
soo1 ~ oii psr ten.
D1vs pss cent ef ssi.ss 10 is.sss
seas ~ 81 psr ton 10 siie.sss. Adding
~ vaovs os thess " pseaucss soessh.
- we have oise,ses: sAA THE % the
~ ee sugar. 10 have es.Sss.ses q
~ soea1 lncsMe. Rse 70 measlon TIE
oeoWa sueas they ssitI have On haAl.
Soev ~ ~ ftsuss The sugar eco.
Daays sspswss---sstees seas u Ssess
. oASe Y oi.esa,see pal1 shs farmers.
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