Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 32, Number 247, Decatur, Adams County, 17 October 1934 — Page 5

S e Beet Sugar Industry cans Much In Indiana

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- DECATUH DAILY DEMOCRAT WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1931.

1800,MO from the sale of the products manufactured from their crop. Fifth:-The labor provided by the beet crop is of vital importance. To do the hand work on the beets requires the labor of 1200 workers. At the presentlabor rate of 118.00 per acre this means 8250,000 that the growers pay to themselves, their families, neighbors, or other workers of the community who might otherwise be unemployed. In other words, the hand labor on the crop is equlvnleiM to a cash paymeat of over »200 to each of 1200 wo’-kera, providing an income of better than JBOO to the average family of Tour workers. Close to 400 workmen are employed in the factory and yards for three months, or better, during the manufacturing run at the plant, and hundreds of trucks are used in delivering the beet crop to the company's yards. The total labor represented by the beet crop for this plant amounts to two million hours. •Ixth:-Many other industries are i helped by the beet crop and hund ' reds of people are employed who are not directly connected with the sugar industry. For instance, jthe plant at Decatur, to handle the normal beet crop: must buy 18.000 tons of coal. 10,000 tons of limerock and coke. 10,000 square yards of American made cotton filter cloth. 300,000 sugar and pulp bags and thousands of dollars worth of other supplies. More than 8250,000 must be paid out to transportation companies for transporting the raw and finished products. The people of Indiana consume 1 300.000.000 piftmds of sugar each I year, of which the mill at Decatur should normally produce about 30,I OOO.OQO pounds. It is. therefore, I quite evident that, if Indiana farmers were to produce the sugar used in the State, it would require the i output of ten or twelve additional i sugar factories. While ft would 'doubtless be impracticable to ever i consider that number of mills in I Indiana, there is no question but ' what there are enough suitable ( agricultural areas where sugar i beets would prove to be a profit i able crop Tb support four or five factories in the state, if the industry were to be Ohcouraged rather than curtailed. Indiana certainly has all of the factors needed to encourage the beet sugar industry, namely: Demand for the products; suitable soil and climate for the production of the erbp; the available labor, i and the necessary capital. Truly ' a fine situation for logical developI ment. 'With the soil, the climate, 'and the farmers; the laborers for i the fields, factories, and allied industries; the constant demand for I the sugar and by-products; surely | there exists the basis for the future economic development of the 1 industry. Increasing beet sugar j production in the State offers an ; ideal outlet for the products of our I farms and our factories. Each ihundred pound of sugar produced ' in Indiana means eight hours work jfor an Indiana workman. Finally, attention should be di-

I reeled to the community interest ,in the operation of a sugar factory. ' Most of the beets are secured within a radius of 20 to 25 miles of the factory, and most of the workers tor the fields and in the mill are recruited from the small towns and from among the farmers who grow the heets. Such a combination of agricultural and industrial activity is most desirable, and may prove to be an important development in bringing about the return of both industrial and agricultural prosperity to our country. — -o— BEET GROWERS ADOPT RESOLUTIONS, SEND LETTER TO (CONTtNUED yKOM FACIE ONE) tracts the growers made their investments to produce the beet crop and the company proceeded with the construction of new stor. age yards and receiving equipment and insthtled new mat hinery in the mill in order to process 1,200 tons of beets per day, thus preparing tor an average run of from 90 to 100 days. It was estimated that 13.500 contracted acres should yield from 110,000 to 120,000 tons of beets, which would make approximately thirty million ponnds of sugar annually. The 1933 growing season was the most unfavorable that has occurred in the Decatur area for a great number of years, there being only two days in April when beets could be planted, and no beets wore planted in May until after the 25th of the month. A severe drouth started the latter part of May and continued until July 2nd. Only 10.655 acres could be planted by the growers, and due to the! extremely unfavorable weather but 8,377 acres were saved for harvesting. These 8,377 acres yielded but 8.4 tons per acre and produced twerfiy million pounds of sugar. Early in 1934 the company con-, traded with 1,587 growers to grow 13,552 acres and was again oblig-1 ed to refuse contracts to hundreds of farmers in the area who w’anted 1 to grow beets. The planting season was fairly favorable and 13,_ I 439 acres were planted. However, I again extreme drouth conditions,' which occurred in the Decatur area up until August 10th, completely destroyed many fields and severely 1 injured all of the beets in the area.' There will be about 10.000 acres of j beets to harvest this fall, with | stands far below average, but even' the present crop should produce twenty million pounds of sugar. It is quite evident that a sales j quoto of 187,600 hags of sugar is j inadequate for the Decatur factory' i even for the most unfavorable i I growing seasons such as the past | | two years. If the present growers ! for the Central Sugar Company j are to be permitted to contract but 90% of the 1933 planted acreI age it will mean that less than : 9.600 acres may be contracted for ! the 1935 season. In other words, i the growers will be cut 30% below j their contracted acreage of 1933 and 1934 and 30% below their j planted acreage in 1934. With a ; shrink from contracted to harvestled acres similar to that of the i past two years the plant would i have but 6.000 acres to harvest, or ' possibly a forty days run. (Obviously no sugar factory could .continue to operate on one half r apicity. For economically operaItion the mill must operate 90 to 100 days, and even in view of the present reduction program nothing less than an 80 to 85 d»iy run sh old ,be considered. If the growers for the company are not to be permitted to grow approximately 13,000 acres of beets in order that the factory may hope to operate fcr at least and 80 to 85 day run each year it is extremely doubtful if the industry can continue to exist. The formula used in arriving at ; the sales quotes for 1934 was ap- | parently more unfavorable to the Decatur plant than to any other ' mill in the eastern area. (Mills 1 with but 75 per cent the slicing I capacity of this mill were given I larger qitotos.) In 1929, the first I year used in the formula less than ! lo" 47 6T a normal crop was processI ed at Decatur. In fact the poorest

ESTIMATED NORMAL PRODUCTION FOR DECATUR MILL USED BY OWNERS AND GROWERS IN ESTABLISHING THEIR COOPERATIVE ARRANGEMENT IN 1933 Number Acres Planted Acres Tons Days Pounds of to Beets to of Sugar Yesr Growers Cont’d Acres Harvest Harvest Campaign Produced Normal Year 1,550 13,500 13,000 12,500 112,000 95 30,000,000 PRODUCTION RECORD FOR DECATUR MILL YEARS 1934 and 1935 Number Acres Planted Acres Tons Days Pounds of to Beets to of Sugar Year Crowers Cont’d Acres Harvest Harvest Campaign Produced 1933 1.465 13.470 10,656 8,377 70,152 68 20,W0,000 1934 1.587 13,552 13,439 10,324 75,000 •68 *20,000,000 •Estimated.

crop in the history of the plant. In 1930 the company was bankrupt and the mill was operated under a receivership. In 1931 and 1932 the plant was idle. Such plants as operated in the eastern area In 1931 and 1932 enjoyed very favorable growing seasons and processed large quan. titles of beets during those years. Many of them operating hett»*r than 100 days. Due to the use of the new 50-50 contract and local management, the growers wanted to grow more beets than the mills could use. Every effort was made by the growers of the Itecatur area to have the plant operated both these years, even to signftig up a full acreage in 1932. but due to a Federal Court Receivership, they were unsuccessful in their efforts. Had the growers succeeded in getting the plant to operate these two years it undoubtedly would have run from 100 to 120 days each year, as did the other plants operating, since both seasons were quite favorable to the beet crop. In 1933 the shrink from contracted to harvested acreage for the Decatur plant was greater than any other plant in the eastern area with the exception of the Holland. Michigan, plant. This was due wholly to very Imd weather conditions in the Decatur area, fn view of these facts the sales quoto of 187.000 bags which has been established for the Tehtral Sugar Company is based on decidedly unusual conditions and no consideration has been given to the capacity of the plant, the investlnent of the farmers. their desire togrow more beets rather than less, or many other factors which should have a bearing in determining its quoto. It has been serious enough for the beet growers of the Decatur area to have suffered the drouth years of 1933 and 1934, ta have been deprived of an opportunity to grow beets during the good beet years 1931 and 1932, and to have been faced with the unusual conditions under which they tried to grow beets in 1929 and 1930, with, ont having these unusual conditions peculiar to their particular area used as a basis for determining the allotment of acreage they may grow and the amount of sugar that may be produced from their beets and sold during 1934, 1935 and 1936. It is obvious that grave injustice will result to the growers of the Central Sugar Company should they be required to reduce their beet acreage for the next two years to between 90 and 100 percent of the 1933 planted acreage. Assuming that the administration ' of the Sugar Bill is to be on the basis of parity of treatment to all growers there can be nd question but that the very unusual conditions which have been peculiar to the Decatur area during the past five years must be considered before a fair and equitable acreage quoto can be arrived at for the farmers of this area. Very truly yours. CENTRAL BEET GROWERS ASSOCIATION E. W. Busehe, president Clyde Schultz, viee-presidt nt Allen Lomont, secretary William Hughes, treasurer. Resolution The following resolution was offered by the Resolutions Committee ami adopted by the growers at a Mass Meeting of the Central Beet Growers held at Decatur, October 16, 1934. Whereas. The proposed plan of limiting the total acreage to be allotted to the gmw’ers for the Decatur area for the years 1935 and 1936 to between 99 and 190 per cent of the 1933 planted acreage unfairly penalizes the growers of this area, and Whereas, the great shrink from contracted to planted acres in 1933 was wholly due to extreme and unusual weather conditions which prevailed in the Decatur district throughout the planting season, and. Whereas, the proposed acreage quoto would force us to reduce our contracted acreage approximately *4 below what we have contracted

Women Labor Leaders Meet, Too I Wtl t fl > ,; v •; The menfolk aren’t the only ones concerned in the American Federation of Labor convention in San Francisco. The women have their sessions, too. Here are three of the leaders in the women’a conference —left to right, Mrs. Lillian Clinevinst, of Nevada; Mrs. Mary Petersen, wife of the Nevada state federation head, and Mrs. Louise E. Hooker, California delegate.

the past two years and 14 below what we planted this year, and Whereas, such a forced reduction in acreage for the Decatur District would not only be unfairly discriminatory agains the growers of this area, but might even prove so disastrous as to bring about a forced closing of the plant and a denial to 1.500 former growers of the right to engage in beet growing, now Therefore. Be is Resolved: That the following protest against the proposed acreage quoto of between 90 and 100 per cent of the 1933 planted acreage, be addressed to the Honorable Henry A. Wallace. Secretary of Agriculture. BEET GROWERS ELECT BUSCHE (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) , Busehe. Mr. Lomont and Mr. Etzler. I The resolutions conrnittee was composed of Mr. Schultz. Mr. Lomont and Mr. Wallen-horst. The resolutions were read and unani-1 rnously adopted by the growers. ELEVEN HUNDRED GROWERS MEET AT SCHOOL BUILDING (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) points out that the growers would be unfairly penalized by setting the total acreage ailottment for this district at between 90 and . 100 per cent of the 1933 planted ' acreage. The Grower's Cause Under the proposed acreage allotment for 1935, only 9,700 acres eould be contracted, although the growers of the area contracted for I 13,500 acres, Iroth in 1933 and 1934 ; and actually planted 13,400 acres j this spring. In determining the acreage quo-1 tas, the sugar division of the AAA used the acreage planted in 1983 as a basis, which for the country as a whole, was the largest acreage ever planted. It will be remembered that the 1933 planting season was one of the most unfavorable ever experienced in this section of the country and that de-: spite the fact that 13,500 acres 1 were contracted, only 10.600 acres ! were planted and 8,377 acres were harvester!. The formula used by the AAA in ( fixing quotas for the country does' not take into consideration conditions peculiar to local commuit-; ities and the growers ask that their acreage allotment be adjusted to' place them on a parity with other sugar factories. Based on a 90 per cent quota of the 1933 planted acreage, growers would be permitted to contract for less than 9.800 acres. With the usual shrinkage between contracted and planted acres and a still' larger decrease between planted and harvested acres, the total crop might amount to less than 6,000 acres. Figured at an average of bight tons to the acre, a 6,ooo.acre harvest would produce less than 50,000 tons of beets, or less than half of the mill capacity of the Central Sugar factory. Growers admitted that they knew a plant the size of the local factory could not operate with one-half capacity runs. Great Interest Shown For more than three hours the; intensely interested growers listened to the talks and facts presented to them by Mr. Busehe, J. i Ward Calland, field manager for | the sugar company and Clarence ( R. Oviatt, of East Lansing. Mich., 1

representative of the sugar section of the AAA in the eastern sugar area of the United States. Mr. Busehe emphasized the importance of forming an organization of the beet growers and named members of the constitution and by-laws committee, the resolutions and nominating committees. The v nutitution and by-laws were unanimously adopted by the growers and likewise all the reso. lutions which were read by Clyde Schultz of Union City. In speaking on the local situation, Mr. Calland remarked that the Central Sugar company would cooperate In every way with the growers' association, since the interests of the company and growers are identical. He said, "when I mention the Central Sugar company 1 also include every grower. because you are equal partners in the business, and receive as Jyour share one-half of the net cash I returns received from the sale of I the products manufactured from I your beet crop.’’ No word of criticism of the AAA I cr the proposed benefit payments i to the growers was voiced by any 'of Ute speakers. Mr. Calland em- ( phasized that the growers were i trying to get only equitable treat- ( ment on the acreage ailottment for this district. Mr. Oviatt's remarks dealt with an explanation of the general beet ' reduction program. He stated that it would be better to refer to !it as a crop "limitation" plan, beI cause in the country as a whole ' the 1933 beet crop was the largest ,in the history of the industry. 1 From the resolutions offered and facts presented. Mr. Oviatt com- , mented (hat he believed the grow- . ers of this area had a just cause ' in seeking an adjustment of their ! acreage quota. Mr. Oviatt is conj nected with the administrative i division of the sugar section. I At the request of the growers, Dale W. McMillen, president of the Central Sugar Company, was called to the platform and asked to make a few remarks. Mr. McMillen highly praised the step taken by the growers in forming their own association and assured them of the full cooperation of I the sugar company and its entire ■ personnel. o GEORGE TESTER DIES TUESDAY (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) I two sons, Har.dd ai»d Guy Tester 'at homie; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. I Jacob Tester of Los Angeles, CaliIf rnio; tws sisters, Mrs. Harve ; I Shroll of Decatur and Carrie Burdg of Los Angeles; and two brothers. Fl :y I A. Tester of Arcadia. California, and Lawrence Tester of Los Angeles, California. Funeral services will be held ( Friday morning at 9 o'clock at the St. Mory’s Catholic church with Rev. Father J. J Seimetz officiating. Burial will be made in the Catholic cemetery. Teaches Sunday Schocd at 80 Brookline. N. H. — (U.R) — Forty (years ago George Nye started teaotaling a Sunday School class at the Methodist church. He is now 80 and still tenches, never missing a Sunday school meeting, j o Town's Civil War Vets Dead Sunbury. Pa.— (U.R) —Death has taken the last surviving Union Civil War veteran here. He was John |A. Sipe, who shook Lincoln's hand at ,the time ot Lee's surrender at Appomattox Courthouse.

MANY SPEAKERS IN THISSTATE Prominent Democrats Will Speak In Indiana During Campaign Indianapolis, Oct. 17.—(U.R>—Importation of a distinguished group ot speakers to aid in the closing weeks of the campaign was announced today by the Democratic state committee. Those to be brought into the state include Senator Millard E. Tydings, Maryland; Senator Hugo L. Black. Alabama; Congressman Gordon Browning. Tennessee, and Joseph B. Keenan, and Harry B. Flaherty, assistant United States attorney generals. Congressman Gordon Browning, Tennessee, who has just completed a rout through the fourth and fifth Indiana districts, spoke at Indianapolis today. Senator Tydings will speak here Oct. 26. Senator Black is scheduled for addresses at Greensburg Oct. 29 and at Elwood Oct. 30. Keenan will share the platform with Senator Frederick Van Nuys at - Terre Haute Oct. 22. Attacks on the Roosevelt administration featured addresses of Republican leaders in the state last night. Senator Arthur R. Robin- ' son, campaigning for re-election. accused the Democrats of claiming credit for the Reconstruction Finance Corporation, “the backbone of recovery efforts.” At Oakland City, Elmer Sherwood. Bloomfield, G. O. P. candidate for clerk of the supreme and ( appellate courts, said the Republi--1 can party is the only agency ’ through which the small business ( man and farmer can get relief from excessive taxation. E. E. Neal. Noblesville publisher, told a Delphi audience that government interference in competition with private business has led the United States to engage in 94 separate commercial activities. Praise for the Roosevelt adminl. ist ration and ridicule for the Republicans was offered by Democratic speakers. Sherman Minton, opposing Robinson for the senate post, said at Linton that spiritual benefits reaped by the American people from ' the "new deal" are even more im. portant than some ot the economic , gains. Gov. Paul V. McNutt, addressing a fifth district rally at Hartford ' City, charged that the Republican party has no program to offer on important issues of the campaign. o MEETING DATES ARE ANNOUNCED (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) > G. Remy Bierly and Frank Thompson. Entertainment committed! ■ Earl Sanders, chairman. C. W. R. I Schwartz, and Edwin Gilliom. October 26 Linn Grove school building. “ Speakers: Everett Banter, Ed ' Bosse. John Tyndall and Frank Thompson. Entertainment commits tee, Roy Dubach, chairman, Eli Dubach and Reuben Romey. October 31 f Schnepp school house. Speakers: i G. Remy Bierly and John Tyndall. I Entertainment committee: W. ■ Kruckeberg, chairman, Victor > Bleeke and Howard Manlier. November 1 I Jefferson township high school. ! Speakers: John Tyndall. Frank ■ Thompson, and Thurman Gottschalk. Entertainment committee, Harley J. Reef, chairman, Sam Egly and Charles Abnet. November 2 ’ Election school house. Speakers Ed Bosse, John W. Tyndall and Frank Thompson. Entertainment > committee: Everett Rich, chairman, Edwin Beer and Henry May- • er. —o Man Lost As News Reel Plane Crashes ; Aboard S. S. Washington, at Sea. Oct. 17 —(UP) —A news reel plane I with six men aboard which flew 650 ■ miles out to sea to pick up films of **

Public Auction FRIDAY, October 19—12 O’clock sharp 30 HEAD OF GOOD. YOUNG HORSES—weII made, no i brands. Some well broke. Will make good heavy horses. John Ruff, owner. 20 head Milch Cows, Heifers and Bulls. Sheep and Hogs, i Miscellaneous articles. DECATUR RIVERSIDE SALES 1 Roy Johnson and Er.in Doehrman, aucts. W. A. Lower, clerk t ,

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the Marseilles association, was wrecked within sight of the shfaji today, with the loss of one man. i ('apt. Gecrge Fried, hero ot vari ions sea rescue* in the past, sent i out a lifeboat fn the fairly heavy sea and the other five were brought aboard. > — O—i - — Ga» the Habit — Trade at Home ’ i . LADIES and MENS SHOES DYED a y n o y u c X r Shoe Dying A Specialty. Hats Cleaned and Blocked. SHEETS BROS. City Water Bills are due and must be paid on or before Oct. 20 A 10% penalty will be j added if bills are not paid by this date. City Water Dept. CITY HALL