The Ordway new era., 1917-08-31
Prosperity for District Seen in 1918
Beet Contract Offered By National
Minimum Price To Be Paid Growers is SCI
At $500 Per Ton---Siloing is To Be
Paid At $1.00 Ton---Company
Wants 10000 Tons in 1918


Francis King Carey president National Sugar Man.
ufacurng company, in Ordway Wednesday week.
He made the that would
be with the minimum price set
ST. ton, and sioing be paid
He that his plant have its capacity
and will offer added get
The contract which Mr.. Careys company
WILL the the tonnage
placing half million dollars beets alone
The general letter which The National Sugar Manufacture
ing sending its is follows, and fully
plains the liberal offer:
Sugar City, Colorado August 27, 1917
TO OUR BEET GROWERS:
Gentlemen:
Regulation of Price of Beet Sugar by United States
Advices from Washington to-day make reasonably
certain that the War Food Department of the United States
of which Mr. Herbert c. Hoover Food Administrator will fix
the maximum seaboard price of beet effective be-
fore October 1s at dollars and twenty-five cents 725
bag and quarter cents (74c) poundcane
basis this maintained it the hope and belief of
company that will for the manufactured dur
the present campaign approximately dollars S7OO
bag The net price fall below $500 and possibly
exceed it, but not of exceed the fixed maximum
eaboard the derential between beet and cane
sugar is abandoned.
In view of this Washington gives
the greatest pleasure that feel safe guaranteeing
growers will deliver bees to this the mini
for their beets of $500 ton instead of $500
ton payable delivery in the usual manner We WILL OF
keep strictly contract and if we receive more
than $500 bag for will our farmers the
excess price provided in our contract
contract will be the the contract
for this year with the following notifications:
First Our minimum guaranteed price will be seven dollars
$7OO) instead dollars ($6O0)a ton, and will be
maintained obtain less than dollars $7oO
bag for sugar which probabe but on the
other hand obtain than dollars ($1oo oag
for the farmers will be PAID the excess
provided based the we receive 1or
our sugar.
price paid for SLIDING will be fixed next year
dollar instead of seventyve cents (foc
a ton.
Third. The price of beet seed will be hxed at ten Genus
0c) instead of fifteen cents 5c) pound atno our
beet from between eighteen ana twehVe
unobtainabe except at pronpAVe
prices
Fourth The pulp clause will be omitted put reason
able will be fixed for pulp sold to growers winch p
will hereafter be announced. -.h
We Need Seventy Thousand Tons of Beets Next 1ear
company needs Of beets next year 10 sup
ply the capacity We have on many
planned their COMMITTEES that our pah mas
always disadvantage in comparison win ote
because unable to obtain beet supply which even
approaches capacity of the plant Ih 1act mas
added substantially cost of manufacture !. 10 on
from Washington that the Food Administrator p
inaugurate active campaign among the pee'
of United States them from
point add to the supply Of by growing an 'e
bees possible, hope therefore, that tnere wl ~
earnest cooperation between the unltea oaes
ernmen sugar plants and the farmers to ao IN '
work We do wish encourage our farmers 10 p
tracts into beets beyond their ability to anu
ably manage will ask every farmer from ous '
oney to beet acreage even II IL Is ohiy M
will be behind the