The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1919-02-20


and 1913. II 1915 and 1916 TIE
pT,ee offered renamed the same. bot
n ,he fan ot 1915 ,he Company VOL
Utarily faissd tie hssie price 50
cent? PER Ton, making the value os
Tie is per een. be<s tSe5- In The
spFins Of 1877 . priee Of ss7s Vas
offered for Is Per cen. be<.s. vslun-
tarly inereased during the summer TO
s7.O
During The winter Of 1917 . price
Of $3.50 for is per cent beets vas
offered, with The previous sliding
scale Afterwards II vss aseessamed
tia; The farmefs preferred . fat
price A communion vas appointed
by the Food Administrator 10 in
vestieate the cost Of raising beets-
Immediately after Mr. Hoover had
approved the findings Of this COM
mission. tie Company complied With
its recommendation and offered
price Of 5000 per Ton fat.
During all this time in the Scots
bluff district = ia: price was paid.
averaging about the same as the aver
age price paid in Colorado and Mon
tana-
The price paid for beets is Of eourse
both for the farmer and the Company
. very important matter. Beet fsis-
ing not being compulsory. and farm
en- being well able 70 make . living
with out raising beets, tAe Compeay
must pay . price and etAssvise han
die the busmess in such . manner tAat
beet raising il relatively more attrse-
tive than other competitive erops,
If they want any beets. This auto
matieally prevents an undue lowering
Of tie price Of beets.
On the other hand, the price Of
beets must be based On tie price OBJ
tanned for sugar. The sugar made
from beets contracted in the spring
Of 1919 10 sold from October. 1919,
/ to September, 1870.
Sugar Is an article entering the
worlds market. The price normally
is regulated by and demand. 1t is
supplied By many different countries
The main supply of the part entering
the world trade comes from Cuba
Germany. Austria and Java. A CUES
sing Of the sugar price nine to eigh.
teen months ahead of the sale in.
wolves guessing of crop production
in widely different countries, depend.
ing. Of course, on weather conditions
and other factors. 1t is obvious that
this is not an easy matter.
The Sugar Company in past years
has clearly shown a disposition u
consult with the farmers before an.
nouncing any contract. 1t is hoped
that farmers organizations and Com.
pany in the future will arrive at some
method whereby the contract price
can be settled to mutual satisfaction
and without friction.
Results
/ Lord Ogilvy reports a recent con-
versation with his old pal Joe: Says"
| said Joe, 'do you remember when We
used to oil our saddle once or twice
year, ride all summer, and making
couple of lariats and a hacamore
was a winters work? Do you re-
member"
"Hush," said Ogilvy, "don't We all
try to forget?"
"Yes," said Joe, I'VE ought to have
died when they invented barbed wire
and began haying. That was the be-
ginning of the end Of Liberty, spell
| her with q big L."
/ Some kind Of Liberty is lost be-
cause we all now in 4 thickly settled
community where we all depend on
each other. We live in = magnificent
farming empire, with the response
bility Of making it produce to the
utmost to provide food for many more
people than live in it.
1t is true that the Sugar Company
was organized for profit. 1t is true
that beets are raised for a profit
But it is also true that in doing it, q
farming community has been built up
with more and better farmers, with
more and better schools and churches
on the whole better place to live
in than ever before.
The beet sugar industry may justly
and proudly claim little credit for
that.
The farmers and the Sugar Com.
pany are the Beet Sugar industry.
PATCHING SHOE STRJECS