The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1920-12-16
GROW
ERS' MEET
ING SATD'Y


of The Mountain States Beet Grow
ers' Association was held at the dis
trict court room in the court house
last Saturday evening, and quite q
number of the beet growers in this
section were present.
The annual election of officers was
held and Frank Deich was the unani-
nous choice for president for the en-
suing year. e. NJ. Robson was elected
secretary-treasurer by unanimous vote.
The matter of selecting delegate
| to attend the meeting of The Noun
tain States Beet Growers Association
in Denver was next taken up. c. M.
Robson was selected as the delegate
to attend the Denver meeting as .
representative of the local organiza-
| ton.
There was considerable discussion
relative to the price the beet growers
would receive for their beets in 1871,
and the general sentiment Of the meet
ing was to the effect that the beet
growers in this section would not b
satisfied with less than $1,000 per
ton, and the delegate was 30 instruct
ed. Other matters pertaining to the
beet industry were discussed at length.
A resolution to the effect that the
beet growers in this section would
support and grow bects for a sugar
factory located in Sedgwick county,
was unanimously adopted at Satur-
day nights meeting, and commit
tee was selected to meet with the
growers of the west end of the coun
ty at their meeting held at Sedgwick
Monday afternoon, for the purpose
of asking them to pass a similar reso-
lotion.
At meeting of the beet growers
held at Sedgwick Monday afternoon
the above resolution was presented
and adopted. Thus it appears that
the beet growers of Sedgwick coun
ty are going to cooperate with each
other in the matter of securing a sug-
ar factory, regardless of where the
factory may be located, feeling that
such an enterprise is much needed for
the further development of the beet
industry in this section.
A meeting of the local organization
of The Mountain States Beet Growers
Association will be held at the court
house in Julesburg next Saturday
night, December 18th, at which time
report of the meeting held at Den
yer the first of this week will be Civ
en- by Mr.. Robson, who attended as a
delegate. All members of the or
ganization are urged to be present
at this meeting.
Beet growers of Colorado, Wyom-
ing, Nebraska and Montana in jan
g., <ln
facturers contract calling for a fifty
fifty division, the growers to be paid
half of whatever sugar may bring on
the market.
The contract will be handed to the
companies by central committee.
which will have assigned to it not less
than 80 per cent of the total acreage
grown to beets and with full power
to act, even to the extent of declaring
that unless the contract is signed the
farmers will not grow beets.
This is the decision of the annual
convention of the Mountain States
Beet Growers Association, held in
Denver, Monday. Dec. 18th, which
Monday night, completed it's work af
ter days debate anent the desires of
III all oSNIAOiio NSNobCA w IAS
industry. The contract was adopted
after the convention by a large ma
jority had voted down proposed
amendment for a minimum price to be
paid for beets.
The contract sets forth the state
ment of the Great Western Sugar
company that each ton of beets yields
258 pounds Of sugar, this average hav-
ing been established during a ten-year
period, and calls on the companies to
give the grower the proceeds from 129
pounds of sugar from each ton of
beets purchased. The scale provides
that when sugar is selling at seaboard
at cents the price ton of beets is to
be s10.32; at slz cents, s11; at cents,
S11 81; at 12 cents, $15.48, etc. When
ever the price of sugar goes up l cent
the price to the companies for sugar
heets tor goes up automatically
$1.29. The contract disregards by
products such as pulp and molasses,
which are left as clear profit to the
companies.