, 1884-10-15

After a few more remarks, it was decid-
ed to subject the matter to two discussions
1st discussion was closed; the matter pass
ed to End discussion
The Order of Day was Herewith eX-
hausted, the Chairman gave the word to:
End Member for Christiansted (Lemming),
who said he was sorry it is he who had TO
commence with this matter here in the UOuu-
Gil; but he had been asked to bring in the
matter, and he should therefore now do so. In
these days of difficul;ies for sugar growers,
owing chiefly to the low prices of sugar,
it is certainly a point of great interest to
planters, and to the whole community. to
get the position of planters bettered. To
that end 1t had, among other things, been
brought up among planters here, what
measures can be taken for effectually les
SEEMING some of the burthenS under which
production here labOurS. We have to face
many hard things, for in Germany large
bOuntieS are given on beet root production;
and i'll France a heavy duty is imposed on
foreign sugars. Under such circumstances
1t is but natural that planters here should
do what is being done now in the English
Islands, namely to join together and ask for
assistance from the MothercOuntry or the
Home Government, SO that we may here
be able to obtain better nett proceeds than
is at present the case, or Can be expected
III the coming years for our produce. But
the direct cause Of his bringing this
forward now is, that when last Thursday
he was down in WeStend, Il meeting OF
many planters and many influential men
took place; very naturally this subject
was brought up; and it was then agreed
that one of the first things to do was this,
that planters here should through the
Government solicit the Home Government
and the Diet that our sugars Sh0uld, as in
Years past, enter Denmark free of duty to
this he had stated what he had ON II previ-
Gus occasion expressed, namely that in his
idea it Is entirely impossible TIL at that can
he obtained, because i'll Denmark beet
root sugar pays exactly the same duty as
that on our produce in Denmark, and we
could never expect to be placed in a more
fhvOured position than sugar growers in
Denmark. But, then, another gentleman
who was present turned the considerations
into another channel, namely on the posi-,
bllIty OF obtaining a better position for
orr produce III America; he stated that
the best thing to do would be to ger the
local Government, and through this the
Home Government, to interest the proper
Authority in Washington to obtain some
thing for lis in America. 1t is certainly
81 that we have now u Treaty with the
United States securing us the same posi-
tiUn as the most tavOured nations: at the
same time that Treaty is an old one, and
i'll America such terms are not considered
Of any Specification when dealing with
special cases, and that old Treaty would he
Of no use to us in case we should claim
the same position as for instance the
Sandwich Islands. whose sugars, as far as
was known, enter American ports free If
duty. But the gentleman to whom he
alluded had added that Denmark in the
eyes OF the UniteS States have always
hat good wishes, the same Us Russia, and
had never lnterfcred in the affairs of the
Republic, and he fully believed that Den
mark could therefore obtain in America as
much as any other country could obtain.
This brought up the circumstance, that
some other nations are going to secure with
the United States treaties by which pro.
duce from the West Indian colonies of
such nations would enter duty free into
American ports, Oh condition that produce
from the United States enter the ports Of
the other nations or at least those colonies
free of duty, in other words Reciprocity
Treaties. 1t had been reported in the
Newspapers that a Reciprocity Treaty to
the effect named had been concluded or
was about to he concluded between st.
Domingo and the United States, and it
was tue idea OF the gentleman to whom he
ailudrd, and who is an American citizen,
that II st. Domingo can obtain such IL
treaty, Denmark could also obtain it, if
looked tor. and looked for in time and in
the proper WAY. Those communications
were OF very, great significance if the