The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1938-11-03

growers right, and all that sort
of stuff and nonsense. AS a
matter of fact, you and I know
that you have done the grower
right and apparently, you eX-
pect to continue to do them
right and anybody knows if they
will only read the so-called con-
tract which we have spoken
about that it gives you the right
the almost sole rigth, to do them
as you see fit. Its all so silly
that we hate to mention it.
We, personally, do hope that
this payment of six and nine
tenths cents which you have
just made to the growers won't,
in any way interfere with that
wonderful gesture of good will
and appreciation which your
board of Directors makes an
nually to the guiding lights of
your corp. We are speaking OF
that lovely custom of bonus to
the brave boys who must stay
on the battle front, such as
your President and your collec-
ton of vice presidents and so
forth. You know, it does so
warm the hearts of the growers
of the beets to be able, by con-
siderable sacrifice of course, to
donate large and substantial
sums of money out of their
beets as a gesture of apprecia-
ton and free-will offering TO
your president and your vice
squad. It gives them such a
gloriously generous feeling that
they want to bite their Grand
ma.
We remember also. last
Spring when, during the one
way negotiations for this past
years lien, which you had all
prepared for the growers to
sign, that one of the grower rep
resentatives asked one of your
vice squad how much sugar was
actually extracted from a ton
of sugar beets in this new, mod
ern and at that time, highly
cost marked factory of yours
here in Hardin. Now, Just think
of the gall of that Guy asking
such a pertinent question, just
as if that was any of his bust
ness. Well your vice quickly
put him in his category by tell
ing him in not uncertain terms
that that was nobody's business.
Now, you and I know that under
this highly touted participating
contract, so-called, that the
growers only interest lies in the
sugar content of the beet and
the net selling price of the SUI
gar-so-it is quite evident, and
any one can easily see, that this
gally guy was talkin' out Of
turn, wasn't he? Uh Huh.
Speaking of that net selling
price angle, ha, ha, it almost
makes one laugh out loud. You
know, tE'.t is a sweet angle, but
some of these growers look up
on that with their usual suspic-
ion. Silly? Of course it is, and
you wouldn't believe it but some
of them have the idea that some
of those selling account items
are a teeny bit arbitrary. WIZ,
the idea!
Some of them seem 70 think
that because the Billings factory
of the Great Western Sugar Co.
paid $3.50 per ton to the grower
that the Holly should have paid
at least $5.25 everything consid-
cred. But everybody knows that
that the Holly people never did,
generally speaking, pay as much
as the Great Western for beets.
The difference has ranged. over
a period of years from $500 per
ton down. Yet the darn growers
kick about a little two-bit def
cit this year. It's outrageous.
They should know that the Hol-
~ can't compete with the Great
Western even if they wanted to.
Well, so long Holly Sugar
Corp, and if we hear any more
things that would be of interest
to you I'VE will let you know and
be glad to and until then we
are,
Yours to the bitter end,
Contract Number 285
Rhode Island Red.