The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1918-03-21
BEET DRIVE IS STARTED
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company would be placed under con-
tract so strongly that there would he
no escaping the terms on account of
any possible failure of duty on the
part of any employee. 1t was stated
that in all the contracts provision
would be made that in case of COM
plant II would abide by the decision
of the council of defense. The price
paid will be SO ton, with fifty-fifty
split on all advances should the pres
ent price Of sugar be increased 1t is
understood that the price named is
the highest which can be paid and
get full capacity for the operating
mills, in other words, should the price
be increased, it is believed by experts
that a number of mills throughout
the country would have to go out of
business. The merchants and the
council of defense took the stand, al
ready strongly urged by many farm
ers, that past differences when the
companies were running without gov
ernmental regulations, when the beet
price was much lower and when no
crisis existed, are irrelevant today in
the face of national needs. The Twin
Falls Commercial club and the Twin
Falls Rotary club will back up the
movement. The work of directing the
acreage campaign was placed in the
hands of w. r. Priebe, whose work
III other lines of patriotic endeavor
has been uniformly successful.
A committee ofi100 will canvass the
country around Twin Falls, and other
towns will furnish committees in pro-
portion to their size. Mr.. Priebe went
to Bull yesterday and received an
reception. Committees
will urge everybody to plant some
beets. Those who feel that they can
raise large acreage, in conformity
with their general farm plan will he
asked to do so. Those who can plant
only a small patch will be welcomed
into the fold of beet raisers.
The question of what was loosely
and inaccurately called conscripted
labor was among the things discuss
ed at the council of defense. 1t was
made clear that what was in the
mind of those who referred to such
labor, was not drafted labor at all.
There has been some talk, In the
event that the situation should grow
desperate, of appealing to the gov
eminent to do in the case of neces-
sary crops, like wheat and beets, what
was done in the case of spruce, Civ
ing those otherwise subject to i'm
mediate draft an opportunity Of work
ing under government supervision and
command. 1t was suggested that an
understanding could be arrived Mt
as to the wages to be paid by the
farmers for the work done by the
government and this could be paid
through the army to the men. This,
it was explained, would not compel
anyone to do such work unless salts
factory, and would obviate the objec-
tons to drafting men and sending
them out under private owners Those
who would not wish to do voluntarily
this sort of work in preference to be-
ing drafted into the trenches at once.
could allow themselves to be drafted
and go to the front 1t was the opin-
ion of all who investigated that the
labor situation could be handled
without adopting this expedient.
1t was pointed out that no farm la
Dor would be subject to draft until
after the crops had been saved. and
that other indicted labor mentioned
would have to come from those vol
unteering from non-agricultural ac
tvities. should the plan referred to
be put into practice