El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-08-29
FARMERS SIGN FOR SUGR BEETS;
S1,5OO,OOO SUGAR PLANT ASSURED
Holly Sugar Companys Representative Explains Beet
Sugar Industry; Says Farmer Holds Whip Hand;
Must Not Give Beets Too Much Water; U. S.
Stewart First to Sign in Ell Paso Valley.

, E L. Medler, of Las Cruces. who had
tracts, said Get the contracts signed.
According to this contract a farmer
does not have to be a magician It says
the farmer is not held responsible for
acts of God and if acts of the recla-
nation service are responsible for en-
dangering a beet crop there are courts
in the land 10 appoint a receiver 10
carry out the trust if the reclamation
service does not"
Judge Medler was applauded for mis-
speech
Mr. Smith said he agreed with judge
Me6ler, with the amendment that farm
ers should not be induced to sign the
contract without full knowledge of the
important part water played in the
game.
L. :. Stewart Signs First.
l. s Stewart said ne would sign a
contract and take chance on the wa
ter proposition.
C. Z. Kelly announced that he had
confidence enough in Mr. Smith and if
he promised the water he would also
sign a contract Mr.. Smith said he
would do his best.
Robert Krakauer made it plain that.
If the matter OF getting water on the
land blocked the way for a S1.500.00O
factory for the valley, it was high time
that everyone got busy removing the
block.
Farmer Has Whip Hand.
To further cinch the argument for
signing the contracts and get the water
afterward, Mr.. Vaudeville stated that
beet raising was one form of agricul-
ture in which the farmer held the
whip hand The beet company
furnishes the seed, to be paid for out of
product, he said, and the company ad-
vances farmers money TO carry the
crop through When the farmer puts
his crop on the cars his responsibility
ceases II he doesn't like beet raising
he is under no obligation to renew the
contract.
Committee Named.
Upon motion OF c. E Kelly. chairman
Wyatt appointed an executive commit
tee, A G. Graham, c. E. Kelly, C. B.
stevens, J. A Smith. W. q. Roe and
c. f kellogg, 10 take the work in hand
OF securing contracts in the valley
south of e. Paso.
Contracts We're signed by those pres
ent until the blanks which Mr.. Mande-
Vile had supplied ran out Those who
signed were: Geo. H. Clements, 20
acres; w c Bulger, 40 acres; Mrs a.
krakauer, % acres; Joe Considine. 10
acres; J. c Hansen, 10 acres; John NJ
Wyatt, 10 acres and Newman Invest
ment company, 100 acres. a total OF
215 acres.
Mr. Vaudeville says about 1000 acres
have been signed for at Las Cruces and
they expect to have $500 acres on the
contracts by the end of the week.
Meetings In Valley.
Meetings viii be held at Ysleta and
Clint Thursday a which the questions
CT forming irrigation districts in the
lower valley will be discussed The
sleta meeting will be held in the
school house at o'clock in the morn
ing and the Clint meeting will be held
IN the school house at that place al =
o'clock in the afternoon Members OF
the board OF governors Of the FL Paso
alley Water Jsers association Will
be present for the purpose of answer
ing question which the farmers and
land owners may PROFOUND
These meetings. will be of the great
est Importance TO the farmers and it is
hoped that every tiller of a piece OF
valley land will attend one or both of
them" said j. a. Smith. president Of
the Water Users association.
The members of the committee ap-
pointed at Monday nights meeting 20
canvass the farmers of the Fl PaSo
valley with a view toward securing
signatures to contracts TO grow sugar
beets for the sugar factory which il
purposed to build somewhere in the
vicinity of this city, will attend the
meetings at Ysleta and Clint and put
their proposition up to the farmers
who will be present
Chance to Utilize Land.
We are being given an opportunity
to secure a million dollar plant which
Of acres OF our valley lands" said w.
G. Roe, chairman of the land and irl.-
cation committee OF the chamber or
commerce and who has been active IN
the matter of attracting the attention
OF the beet sugar manufacturers to
this section of the county as "A beet
sugar growing territory We should
not permit this opportunity to slip hJ
US. I hope the farmers of the valley
will attend the proposed meetings al
Ysleta and Clint and hear what will Dc
said and better still, sign up literally
We should plant several thousand acres
of beets in this valley this year"