The Delta independent., 1922-03-31


contract which they have with the
Holly Sugar Corporation
The following dispatch from Salt
Lake regarding their contract is as
follows:
SALT LAKE CITY. March 27.-An
agreement was reached by officials of
the Utah-Idaho Amalagamated Sugar
companies on sugar beet contracts for
1922 tonight.
Contracted acreage was accepted
based on a sliding scale principle un-
der which the price paid the farmer
for beets will depend upon the price
received by the sugar manufacturers,
the division to be made on the basis
OF extraction in the ratio OF 46k per
cent to the farmer and 53h per cent
to the manufacturers.
The minimum price OF IS per ton is
be paid for beets having a sugar con-
tent less than IS per cant. This price
ranges upward and with sugar selling
at $3.50 per bag. the farmer would
receive $9.43 per ton for beets having
16 per cent sugar content
The Denver Post of Tuesday had
this to say regarding the contract OF
the Great Western Sugar company:
DENVER,-Sugar beet contracts ac-
cepted by representatives OF Utah
beet growers give the farmer a lower
price for his beets than the Great
Western Sugar company contract
which the Rocky Mountain Beet Grow
ers' association has declined to ac-
cept, company officials declared Tues
day.
Press dispatches from Utah an
nounce that the Utah State Farm Blu
reau. representing the growers, has
accepted the sliding scale contract Of
fered by the Utah-1daho and Amalga-
mated Sugar companies. II is similar
to the Great Western contract except
that II gives only 46h per cent OF
the sugar content OF the beets to the
grower. whereas the Great Western
contract gives from IS to 53 per cent.
"As an example of the difference be-
tween the two contracts" officials OF
the Great Western company said
Tuesday. when the net price OF sugar
is $3.50 a bag and the sugar content
OF the beets is 15h per cent. our con-
Utah contracts pay only $5.S7 a ton.
Compare the two contracts at every
price level and any particular sugar
content and the Great Western con-
tract pays the higher price"
Reports from northern Colorado on
Tuesday are that many of the leaders
in the Mountain States Beet Growers
association are accepting the Great
Western contract regardless of It's re-
lection OF the association.
II the above figures can be taken
as authentic. and we believe they are.
then the percentage OF what the grow
er receives and what the sugar COM
pany receives for their portion would
be as follows:
Counting beets at $3.50 per ton. with
sugar content of 151s per cent. which
is certainly a low base price to fig
ure. we have:
Utah-Idaho $5.S7)---- 1850
Great Western ------ .4SI%o
Holly Co. ---- .503To
The contract offered to the Delta
growers compares most favorably
with any contract offered in this sec
tion.
A few acres Of beets grown each
year by every one who has beet land
will enable the Delta factory to run
and will be one Of the best assets to
every grower.
An idle sugar factory, or an idle
canning factory, or any other idle fac.
tory is not good asset to any COM
munity.
The time is short to determine
whether or not sufficient acreage can
be secured to guarantee the running
OF our factories.
Think It over. seriously!