The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1917-09-04
RESOLUTIONS PASSED WITH
OUT OPPOSITION AT MEET
THURSDAY NIGHT
President White Cen
sures Politicians
F. D. johnson Gives Interesting
Facts About Production and
Hauhng-Size of Profits Moot
Question. ~

ism nall at the meeting OF the lWln |
Falls Beetgrowers' association and |
unattached beetgrowers Thursday |
night, when the gathering without a !
dissenting voice voted that a demand |
for one-half the net profits be made |
on the Amalgamated Sugar com |
pany. The action was taken after |
an animated discussion in which sew
eral joined issue with President John
r. White on some of the questions at
stake.
President White began by telling
about the fight for higher rates last
year He said that after the farm
bureau had been organized the sugar
company seemed to pay more atten-
ton" to the demands of the growers,
though they did not grant them. Al
ter awhile he said that they felt that
there was something wrong with the
farm bureau" some influence at work
which they could not quite place,
which was interfering with the sue
cess of their fight" He declared that
H. w. Hochbaum, state leader of
county agents seemed to think that
they should go more slowly and was
especially anxious to keep them
from acting on the beet question. say
ing that they had better not try to do
anything about that yet and that they
that the sugar companies virtually
own the states of Idaho and Utah. l
made the accusation at the Salt Lake
meeting of beetgrowers. that the Of
ficials of Idaho from the governor
down were owned by the sugar com
panies. Pressure is being brought TO
bear from Boise to prevent the sue
cessful carrying out of the fight
against the sugar companies. The
testimony of the people at the meet
ing shows that Utah is owned in the
same way. The state men of Idaho
told us that we were wrong in every
thing. That we should attend to the
educational and not to the economic
side of the question | met Mr.. Work
ing, the government man, at the state
capital in the presence of G. ID. Cen
ter and State Leader HOchbaum and
he praised our work in Twin Falls
county and said that they had heard
of il in Washington from Smoot. Cen
ter and Hochbaum were there but
hung their heads Mr. Working said
that we had stirred up big interests
and that we should not tackle these
until we were organized. l asked him
when we should take on these and he
said that it would take several years
TO organize to handle these big things
that we were tackling. said that
we could not wait that long and want
ed to deal with them this summer He
said to be careful. l asked him if
he would have me put on the soft
pedal and he replied that he had not
said that" President White then re
counted in detail the Working inter
view already familiar to readers of
The Times and the final separation
from Working the next day. He said:
Your governor is running for United
States senator and you have to fight
big political machine"
President White after telling about
the Utah meeting substantially as he
described it in Thursdays Times said
that men would come from Utah to
talk to the Mormon people on this is
sue and would probably talk to the
rest Of them, if asked.
j. r. Windle dropped into the dis
cussion to say that he had twice join
ed farm organizations and had been
stung on both occasions because the
farmers did not stick and let things
get into the hands Of incOmpetents or
grafters. He thought the beet propo-
sition a pretty good one. The com
pany was getting good money, so was
he. He was surprised at the prices
asked by farm labOrers, but on the
other hand should a man come and
offer him $50 for a COW, he would
laugh at the offer For that reason
he did not feel like joining the Inter
mountain Beetgrowers' association
and paying their fee. Slick tongued
fellows from town with plaudible
looking plans had twice talked him
into farm movements that did not
work out. He was not to blame the
first time he was stung but he was
the second time and would be if
stung again.
An exciting talk in which many
took part followed, relative TO the eff
feet of beets on the ground. F. ID.
Johnson of the Amalgamated said that
the yield of sixteen tons in 1915 on
the Twin Falls tract was the best in
the United States. In 1916, when
many beets were frozen in, it was
thirteen tons. This year it is esti-
mated that it will be about fourteen
tons.
Mr.. johnson questioned some of the
figures and estimates of profits which
President White had said were quoted
at the Salt Lake meeting. He doubt
ed their correctness. He said that
DR.. White had admitted that unjust
things had been said in the contro-
versy last winter. DR.. White said that
probably both sides had said some
unjust things. Mr.. Johnson added
that whatever controversy took place
should be conducted in the spirit of
fairness and with a view of ascertain
ing the truth He said that a Mr..
DUMMY Of the Sugar company had
invited DR.. White to examine the