The Ordway new era., 1917-03-30
srAy-Olney Beet-Growers,

- ~~Sos
: Y 10y, the President of the
CT S9W1B compelled to return to
t9ffom Denver to meet press
6lpeos engagements growing
war conditions. He requested
&end you the appended copy of
III 1Stt4r TO Mr.. Waugh, under date
- March 40. 1917, SO that there may
~ 10 posAible Misunderstanding in
~ I'd to the C0mpany's position.
~ he Company's beet contract, as
AI6ily revised by the addition of the
s,flder" providing for excess payment
6ased ON the price Of sugar, Is the
most liberal, the safest. the simplest
ana most profitable contract for the
grower, which has been issued by any
beet sugar company in Colorado; and,
10. far ~ our knowledge goes, 1t is
the: most generous contract by any
best sugar company In the United
Oar old srcwers who know how to
raise beets and Who'have made money
out of them year after year, even
when the Company has lost money,
need not be told that an agricultural
crop Whtchsgr0ws under ground, and
which isabo hardy that it can stand
uDxtp h1Q, frost, grasshoppers. and
6lx7341f A6r1cultural emergencies,
g ~ crpps are a total loss, is
%e6p for the farmer to
WG9 N add to this fact an un-
Qualified Gtarnntee of profitable
cash MnxkSt price by financially
respe44[byD company, which has never
mt 1G4& down on It's promises. I
hope Will agree with me that
your Stnegs Interests suggest that
you NJ erow this year the largest
acxeaG4fo OF beets which you can safely
take o1lre OF. Our Company will, as
usual. rive you reasonable financial
Very truly yours.
John Fl. Abel,
General Manager.
CoQY of Mr.. Carey's Letter to
" Mr.. Waugh
Sugar city, Colo, March 20, 1917
d. X. Waughs Heq.,
Chairman, Etc,
0rdway, Colo.
A. I an 1esNing Sugar City today.
TO be 91oeatsin Colorado Springs and
Denver c@ the Company's business
for ten dayp or two weeks, am writ
tng to thA1k y0u and Messrs. Walker,
James and whitney for your courte-
ous treaAnant Of Mr.. Abel and myself
ANA F9aeoq&bl& Presentation of the
vtAyp ~ tut committee, and for
yuq1 patl< ektention to what Mr..
xb6f and = hadto say on the other
# }s] i5lAs ~ fat q could Judge. we
Ef uNE &ble to bring you to an
6NA with our views the confer
~ lqAsts rosulted, venture to
lt m saGroement that the dis
fA9Fe0 An honest difference
n 1Qck1ng at the subject, as
VA MY did, from somewhat
IN el4oents. accept with
p9@1 111pe the assurance you
ali Gg &&you would endeavor
10 r41 s&4ows to your associ-
/, ateS and frankness so
tthkt lkS M of you still be-
Itevys n against your busi-
nesa tnt4y grow beets for
our Comt4& Me basis of our last
encRE 70 4lQr wishes, we will
not Tor - ~ ~ question the good
faith OF that clusion and will In
good temper &Poapt the best acreage
I'VE can o6taiiE Under our instruc-
'tions Mr. WadIl&kton did not begin
until yesterday u solicit acreage be-
sauDe we thought It the part of cour-
sosy " your comMittee not to go out
N1m6n4ithe farmers until we had per-
lon41ly met you and told you frankly
shat our last proposition was the best
We N1fS Wiling to offer and that we
Snust l6naIly stand upon it.
= ~ ~ due our Company to remem-
!, ~ t1e4NN have not ourselves taken
y =. III xttkYary position and that we
uS I.S ~ 64o6 faith tried to meet your
II 5r Aeswe prudently could.
~ % m p4opGeition was $3.50 fiat
~ N II eet6 tHsting under 16 per
plb $Ns04 for beets testing 16
a . M&4Qt9r We next advance
=, ~ 500 fiat for all beets
S19 per cent and our third
.,J @94oGition was $500 fiat
DC ding over IL per cent
DAyment based on our
~ ling for moment to
lbS nmittee called your
,exs conference to the
.,x5 We our Company an
LIS fiat. which was
. - 5asS@ than the highest
o k1aro granted by any SUI
4 ~ ~ Colorado, altho ours
4 ~ INT, operating under
!. ~ ult conditions (for
64 ~ responsible) of any
ube the State:
80 r. SMxDA. to your committee
4ng the matter with
M way of operating it.
n why we can't earn
m Ii earned by the Great