The Holly chieftain., 1923-02-01
HOLLY SUGAR CORPORATION
| CONTRACTS FOR SEASON 1923

VII pa! NV iSss2s lNHu afl. ppF lieL,
an for the season of 1929 which IS
based on the sugar content in the
beet aud ret price received by the
6ttories in tile Arkansas vali4y
From sugar produced by these beetS,
cSs in other words participating
contract, this Hlaltss an increase
oyer last yeafs contract, both on the
fAt and scale eontrcts Beet seed
prizes has been reduced from twenty
9flts per pound 10 fifteen cents per
Tpeund
Field sliced Diets delivered viii be
haid sor mt seyenty-five cents per.
net ton additional. tlt Sc beets VIII
be delivered only upon eall Of the
Sugar Corporation and any advance
made to the grower by he Sugar
Corporation in The way Of seed.
cash, laJor or otherwise silall be-
) scnsidesd a part payment for tile
4 crop Of beets, gard be the first lien
tthereon.
z, The contract in detQf reuains
gthe same as last year with the eX,
Aception OF the above ehanges,
Y Following are some Interesting
pointers and why NOR, beebs
bhoud be grown also the relations
and benefits derived to Agriaultu.G
and the industrial life OF a cemurun-
! 10y from Sugar Beet CultH9 and
Misunderstanding sugar from only one
sugar Factory.
! At the present time sugar bcats
are grown in the Arkansas Valley
lfor t!14 Holly Sugar Corporation.
The following is confined to the
4erritory il which the Holly Sugar
Corporation Is operating, and pre-
cents the direct ard indirect beni-
sksits derived by the iarmtrs as well
us The commercial intaests adioin
,ing he Holly Sugar operations. and
hased ON the 1921 operation
Z Dnrin& the saason q 1921 the
-ysoiiy Sligar Corporation paid Iof
approximately 1251a ro>ls OF beet
and engaged in the growing of same
iNrre about $50 farmers These Of
cours4 attending to the cultirating
.2f the balance of their farm in
other crops. The b9ets covering only
a very small portion of these failns,
mot enough beipg planted to estab-
lish high class of africultural Dc
.yelcpmcnt. About E00 laborers
wet. kept busy in addition to the
farmers The handlabor created by
}This beet aereaaa and tho medium
of circulation originated by this
labor and farmers growing beets can
sbe r4adily seen As they had TO buy
the neeessaiias Of life in this tcrri.
l.tory which directly and indireetly
benefits every one of rs.
These'psople weH brought in from
,simn to time as The beet acreage
warranted. by the Holly Sugar Cor
.poration and were also available
during the slack season in bcets,
for work, in other crops, such IS
lsmelons, seed crops, etc which crops
would be possible on as large q
scale if beots were not grown. The
Shortage of labor existing in 1921 in
the melon and seed crop fields was
due to the shortage Of beet acre
age in the Valley. Therefore, it
would practically eliminate inten-
- sive farming as praetced in this
district, tana which is absolutely
necessary to prosperity, II the
Holly Sugar Corporation had not
imported this class of labor TO take
.. care of the growing bcets, because
there is no other organization exist
ing that would take care OF their
growers in the way that they do,
altho this end OF the business meyer
I. has shown rp on the eompany's
books, only IS good iarge deficit,
which so far thoy have not been
Z able TO overcome, The above labor
making If possible for this com
! munlty TO practice intensive farming
which means better farming grcat-
4 cr rceeipts, greater money circua-
+ tlop, hirher values Of land, and this
4 condition effects any city or com,
munity boncficinily, Il sitnatcd any.
: whore near this style OF farming
md sugar beet growing
\ Abont three hundred mill ope-
ratives are essential to put the
sugar in the bag and very large in.
> yestment IN factory buildings md
cquim mt are essential in add.
/, tion 10 the foregoing, on which
taxes are paid honefitng The whole
state amounting to approximately
$4,000 or more on this one
ln1nnnmNa hnlAinNa thia Nnn1 IN this