The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1917-01-16
EFFORTS WILL BE MADE TO
AGREE WITH AMALGAMATED
SUGAR COMPANY.
Meeting Was Held Saturday at
The Commercial Club
Questions Of Prices, Dumping, Wages
And Estimating Of Tare-Infor-
nation Wanted Relative TO Truth
of RumOrs.

At crowded meeting OF beet grow
ers and farmers at the rooms of the
Twin Falls Commercial club Satur-
tfnoon an organization to be
known as the Twin Falls County Beet
Growers association was formed for
the purpose OF taking up with the
Amalgamated Sugar company the
questions of prices labor and delivery
about which there has been more or
less dissatisfaction during the past
year, with a view OF their harmonious
adjustment
W. F. Alworth of this city was elect
ed president and DR.. John e. White
secretary of the organization The
meeting was called to order by Dr.
White, who stated in a general way
the grievances complained Of Dr.
White was elected temporary chair
man and E. +. Heston temporary sec
retary. A number of beet raisers
spoke, telling of their troubles dur
ing the past season.
The first question was that OF price.
The growers said that reports had
come from numerous sources Of bet
ter prices being paid for beets and of
better prices prevailing generally in
the Idaho field where other companies
had factories. 1t was urged that
/ these reports which seemed in some
| cases well authenticated should be in
vestigated 1t had been generally
conceded that the Idaho beets were
superior to others for which better
prices were said to be paid. The
question of reduction for tare was al
so important. At present the esti-
mates III this case were made by en-
ployees of the company by guess
work. The labor question was impor-
| tant. The beetgrowers understood
that they we're contracting with the
| company for labor. careful read
ing of the contract showed that they
were contracting with the laborers.
The company in some cases failed to
furnish the labor at all, in others fail
ed to supply it in time. and when it
was supplied it was often necessary
to pay considerably more than the
contract price. The intention of the
meeting was not to enter in a con-
| troversy with the company but to
| come to an agreement with it, to CO.
operate in solving the labor question
% the satisfaction and advantage of
both parties and to get better price
for beets
According to some of the beet men,
the prices received for this product
would not warrant continuing in the
business. other disadvantages con-
| sidered, in view Of prices paid for
wheat and other crops. 1t was also
| urged that there should be two pay
| ments a month, as the time which
elapsed between delivery and pay
ment was sometimes a month and a
half. 1t was suggested that the grow
ers ought to make proper allowance
and not ask anything unreasonable,
as the factory was undoubtedly a good
hing for the city, with conditions sat
isfactory, but that some improvements
ought to be made
Speakers among the growers were
DR.. White, w. F. Alworth, S. s. All,
c. S. Maxwell, ]. DeKlotz. Martin
Finch, c. E. McCleain and H. B. Walt
ers.
F. d. Johnson, field manager for the
Amalgamated, was present and when
called on defended the company. He
said that while certain dissatisfaction