The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1942-09-17
FARMER SAYS
HE WON'T DIG
SUGAR BEETS
Unless Labor Is Available in
Next Week on North
Montana Farms.
Other Growers Join to Back
Declaration Made i'm Letter
to Governor.

THE way things stand now, J
will be better off not to dig 9
single beet this fall, and that is
lust what 1 am going to do" was
the declaration this week CT
Charles Mag, Glasgow beet grow
err in a letter to Gov. Sam c. Ford
appealing for any help he can give
to growers of northern Montana.
Mag, who is one Of Valley couh-
tvs largest growers, said other beet
farmers have agreed with him in
his stand. Among those in this area
who have signed indicating con-
current opinion are Robert Cotton
H. p. Olsen. Ned L. Rusntonr
Howard Porter, Francis Lamphler,
Alfred Lee and D. j. Meyer OF
Nashua. Jim Mullen, c. E. Wilson,
P. 2. Rohrer and Mrs. Sadle r.
In his letter to the governor, Mr..
Mag said he told the sugar peet
company field nan that Tine
cou7pany can go $3.50 with me on
what beets I can get out OF n
eround CT 1 am not going TO turn
"Why Should WEI"
u mean just that" he ADDS. i
have ITO acres of beets. The comp
any has financed seed, planting,
thinning and hoeing charges OF S22
an acre Or $2,420. 1 nave put m
50 an acre water charges. TINS all
amounts to S2,640."
ct can't find one man to WORK.
I have me and my two boys to dig
and top beets. Working hard, we
can get out enough beets to pay
off what 1 owe the company IN
about 60 days. Why should I 90
that? They're in the same boat |
am. The way things stand new, l
will be better off not to dig a
single beet this fall, and That Is
iust what I am going to DO. L haVe
learned plenty this year. 80
turning to fruitless efforts 10
Get labor through relocation au-
thorities. he adds, I'VE nave evI-
derce that the few Japs IN PM
lips county have letters from many
friends in relocation camps. IheSe
friends have tried their pest 10
oct out of camps and work IN Ine
beet fields. They want the Work
and they don't like the camps.
They have worked every angie tney
know how, but they can't get ouI.
There is a sticker ~
this relocation plan. A month z
we we're told we would have plenty
of Japs. We haven't a sign OF one
and we're supposed to start digging
beets next week. The beet comp
any field man has brought IN SOME
Indians and other labor. Alter d
few days they quit and go 10 Work
our local airport PROJECT at iloin
81 TO $40 a day. We can't peat tilaU'
Different Story Next Year
He adds that "It is going. 10 be
a different story for me next year
no oeets. Some of my friends thlnk
I should be afraid to write a letler
like this. Why should l? l cant
be any worse off than 1 am now;
1 know this relocation is all mlxeo
in politics and it should be SOU
until after election. Ihat
IS what some of these government
bureaus seem to think. But WaltHig
until after election isn't gong 10
help me or a lot more in n same
The boys and I have worked
harder this year tnan 1 ever ol9
nv whole life before. We had
% SpredU llllllBS NuI PASS'J 90
and I haven't got as good a crop
IS I would have had with enough
abor. But it is worth harvesting
# / can get the help ...
Last spring, I understand, our
narpower chairman, McNutt, told
me of our senators that there was
1t any farm labor shortage in
Iortana. I wonder if he will still
av that? We had a whole lot CT
own people and high school boys
nd girls who helped thin and hoe
,eets. But they can't do the top {
ling job. We have to have out !
ide help. We don't need it next
veet or next month. We need IL $
ieht now. If we don't get it, hun I
reds of acres of sugar beets are .
ding to stay in the ground. AND \
am willing to bet the next years I
.creage will be cut at least rs per- Il
ent. :
7 am writing to ask that you Q
O anything you can to help IN ?
his trouble. There are a whole S.
more farmers like me who are z
illing to raise the crops we need
| this country but we hate TO go !.
roke doing it,. 4
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