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THE XYSSA GATE CITY JOURNAL, NYSSA, OREGON', THURSDAY, MARCH 24, 1949
PLANT A FUL
SUGAR BEAT ACREAGE
IN 1949
UNDER THE SUGAR ACT OF 1948 BEET GROWERS
IN THE UNITED STATES ARE PERMITTED TO PRODUCE
1,800,000 TONS OF SUGAR ANNUALLY.
LAST YEAR THE
INDUSTRY FELL 25 PER CENT SHORT OF THIS QUOTA.
IN THE COMING YEAR UNLESS THE SUGAR IN
DUSTRY PRODUCES AN AMOUNT OF SUGAR WHICH
MORE CLOSELY
APPROXIMATES THIS
QUOTA,
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THE
POSSIBILITY OF SECURING THE SAME QUOTA WHEN
THE SUGAR ACT IS RENEWED BECOMES DOUBTFUL.
IN PRE-WAR YEARS THIS INDUSTRY WAS PRODUCING
VERY CLOSE TO 1,800,000 TONS ANNU ALLY AND IT W ILL
UNDOUBTEDLY
W A N T ’ TO PRODUCE THIS
AGAIN IN THE FUTURE.
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AMOUNT
IT IS THEREFORE ESSENTIAL
TH A T PRODUCTION BE MAINTAINED AS NEAR THIS
to
LEVEL AS POSSIBLE IF THE QUOTA IS TO REMAIN A T
THIS FIGURE.
Moreover, sugar beet growers who do not maintain normal sugar beet
acreages or increase them are jeopardizing their own proportionate share
acreages for future years.
BEET GROWER ASSOCIATIONS AND
REPRESENT
HAVE REPRESENTED TO THE CONGRESS TH A T SUCH A
ATIVES HAVE CONSISTENTLY WORKED TO SECURE FOR
LEVEL OF PRODUCTION COULD BE EXPECTED BY THE
THE SUGAR INDUSTRY A QUOTA OF 1,800,000 TONS AND
INDUSTRY.
We feel that you should support our efforts to achieve this goal.
THE SUGAR ACT PROVIDES A MOST EFFECTIVE
ED POTATOES, BEANS, OR LETTUCE HAS A
TEND
AND FEASIBLE PRICE SUPPORT PROGRAM FOR SUGAR
ENCY TO
BEETS AND HAS THE UNITED BACKING OF GROWERS
AVAILABLE TO THE MARKET, AND THUS STABILIZES
AND
AND STRENGTHENS THE PRICE OF THESE SURPLUS
BEETS
PROCESSORS
TH A T
ALIKE.
OTHERWISE
ACREAGE
MIGHT
PLANTED
HAVE
TO
PRODUC-
REDUCE THE VOLUME OF THESE CROPS
CROPS.
We urge all beet growers both old and new to plant all the land
suitable for sugar beets which is consistent with your crop rotation program.
WE CALL ATTENTION TO ALL BEET GROWERS WHO
RECEIVED THE RECENT LETTER PUBLISHED BY OUR
SPRING WORK ARE $1.00 HIGHER FOR EACH OPER
ATION THAN WAS LISTED IN OUR LETTER.
ASSOCIATION TH AT THE LABOR SCALE PRICES FOR
NYSSA-NAMPA DISTRICT BEET CROWERS ASSOCIATION
By Order of THE BOARD of DIRECTO RS
By Willian M. Carson, President