The Hawaiian gazette., 1902-12-16

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the Tall After The stalks have been
cat they should Boo protected as much
as possible from the vet. otherwise
the seed lose their virtue of Ecrmlnai
ms All seed that Is we'll maturcd and
IA ihorourhly dry and been brought to
shelter without being again exposed ~
damp weather will terminate quickly
or 'ourse. there will Doe details In this
as u every other business. which will
have to be found out by experience.
but the general principles Of this
me hod of producing home grown beet
seel will bee readily adapted To the Nari-
atims OF our climate and soil
The contracts for German mother
seei sold to Russia are made on the
following basis. The seed Is furnished
on condition that the seller will ult-
ma ely get Sl.7O for every l0O pounds
OF beet seed harvested. To protect
himself, he at the same time demands
that If the crop should be failure
he gets Sl60 for each sack of 10
pounds OF mother seed, of which sll9
per sack must be paid In advance. upon
delivery of the seed. At first this
seems to be an eNtraVagantly high
price, but when IL is borne in mind
that one sack of mother seed Will yield
ordinarily, at the end of two years.
LOGO sacks of beet seed tworth at the
present market price of IS per sack
about sl,100) IL will be admitted that
the cost is none too high, and that the
experiment Is worth trying
ERNEST G. WALKER.
The action of the English House OF
Commons in approving the Brussels
sugar conference was by no means IN
expected. For a number of months
past the Golden Club has been ener-
gedcally employed in sending out leaf
lets and circulars urging that the ac-
tion in question should not be laken.
because it constituted an infringement
upon the rights OF the English con-
suners. If the French. the Germans,
the Austrians and Russians were will
ling to provide the English people with
sugar at 3 cents "A pound which cost
these various foreigners from 3i4 10
4 cents pound to produce. the Cohden
Club argued that 1t would be practical
~ flying in the face of Proyiden 90 TO
put up a barrier in the way Of this
entirely unsolicited benevolence. II has
furthermore been pointed out by these
same authorities that. in consequence
of the low price at which foreignmade
sugar could be purchased in England
II was made possible for the English
manufacturers Of jellies and preserves
to sell these goods in all parts Of the
world at a price which almost defied
competition. While there is a good
deal to be said in favor of the conten-
ton of the Golden Club in this matter
there is, on the other hand, the potent
argument that what England proposes
to do by the acceptance of the terms
of the Brussels conference is to bring
trade conditions into a more natural
and hence healthy state than that in
which for years past they have existed
The basis of free trade, as properly
understood. Is to discourage artificial
trade conditions, either those of bounty
or protection, and 1t is species of in
direct protection to enjoy privileges ut
low prices which are secured by an
unjust tax wrung from the people or
a neighboring country. 1t seems to uF
on this account that the stand which
the Golden Club has taken in this mat
ter Is both ethically and economically
unsOund. and that II Is not in accord
ance with the broad principles of abso-
Il.
to prevent an international agreement
by which natural conditions shall be
restored on the basis Of uninterrupted
International competition. - Boston
Herald.