The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1923-12-20
GREAT WESTERN AND
GROWERS AGREE ON
1924 SLIDING SCALE
Growers of Sterling District Will Receive $244,-
26l, on Basis of $l.OO Per Ton, Next Sat-
urday, December o. As Additional
Payment On The 1923 Contract:
Agreement Is ENCOURAGING

On next Saturday evening, Dec. %.
the Great Western Sugar company
VIII mail checks to the beet growers
for the first additional payment on
the sliding scale contract for the beet
crop of 1928. This payment in the
Sterling district will amount to an.
proximately S244,261. The initial
payment heretofore received was $5. so
per ton. The first additional payment
is $100 per ton.
The Sterling district which includes
Sedgwlck county, had the largest ton
mage of any district of the Great
Western company, and as a conse-
quence will receive $4,000 more than
any other district on December 22nd.
The Billings, Mont. district ranks Sec
ond
With the announcement of this ad-
ditional payment Wednesday morning
came also the very important news
that the directors of the Mountain
States Beet Growers association and
the officials of the sugar company
have come to complete agreement
on the 1924 beet contract and that
this contract is even better than the
5000" contract which was demanded
by the growers at the start. The di-
rectors of the growers association
voluntarily pledged their cooperation
with the company in obtaining the
largest possible acreage of beets in
1924. By this action the growers hope
to reduce the manufacturing costs of
the sugar company and thereby in
:rease the profits of the refiners.
This agreement between the sugar
company and the growers is one of
the most encouraging events of the
year. indicating greater prosperity
for the beet growing districts. 1t i'm
mediately created speculation as to
the probable construction of another
sugar factory in Northeastern Colora-
do at an early date, and who knows
but what the new factory will be To-
Gated in Sedgwick county.
The agreement was reached follow
ing three-day conference at Denver
last week between a contract commit
tee of the growers association and Of
ficials Of the Great Western company.
The final agreement was made at
conference in Greeley the first of this
week. The best of feeling was said
to have existed at both the Denver
and Greeley meetings, and it is felt
that the results obtained at the Gree
ley conference will open the way to
quick and satisfactory agreements in
future years.
With the payment to made on next
Saturday, the total amount of money
paid to the growers in the Sterling
district by the Great Western Sugar
Company this fall will be bruoght to
81, ,490,261. This amount includes the
regular monthly payments as follows:
October Is, $175,OOO; November IS,
$715,000; Dec. 10, $456,00O. Early in
October the company made it's final
payment on the 1922 contract which
to $223,2692O.
A meeting of all beet growers of
the Sterling district has been called
for next Saturday afternoon, Dec. %,
at 80 o'clock, in Sterling, at which
the growers will be asked to lend their
cooperation in contracting a large
acreage and in making the new con-
tract as profitable as possible to both
sides of the agreement.
The additional payment of S1.00 per
ton on the crop just harvested, is the
first extra money to be distributed to
the beet farmers under the sliding
scale contract which gives the growers
a share in the profits of the industry
according to the net price realized for
he sugar and the sucrose contents Ut
The crops.
Further additional payments are
hoped for during the next ten months
as the sugar manufactured from the
1923 beet crop is marketed, if pres
ent sugar price levels are maintained.