The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-09-11
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WASHINGTON, D. c., Aug 29.-Das Handles Museum of
fetal of the Austrian Government in recent issue publishes
article about beet and industrial factors which
of Sugar Production and Sugar Premiums by Max Schppe
This regarded Department sufficient
interest o be made the subject of a lengthy bulletin
says among other things that neglected fields have been
investigated furnished that fail be of to
all who participate any the production and distribution OF
beet Attention is first called the in
~ India has in the maintenance of the DID, primitive methods
OF boiling the The then deals with the disastrous
catastrophe that has overaken and almost overwhelmed the
plantations of the West Indies Attention called the West In
dams powenes compete with the beeugar producers of
Euope also to the difficulties that bee the path of North Amer
lean producers because of nadequaey trained labor In
gard expected follow
of the of reproducing countries held Brussels
for the purpose of finding way avoid disastrous competition and
premium paying, the paper quotes Schippe as follows:
In the competition between the former premup
tries the dsmanng of the factories of individual participants does
not make such very great difference
In other words noticeable change has been effected As
far relatively favorable positions concerned Germany under
the arrangement proposed would come out ahead The sugar pro-
negbo particularly France would than
Germany The separate special favors granted by the
Italy, Sweden, and SPAIN Mr. schppe conceal
danger but rather profitable features compared with the pres
situation. These countries by staying away from the confer
could have enacted kept such laws would ultimately
have raised them to the position where they would be able
her premiums and protective tariffs abe far back 1902
to along without imports San whose supply
s of twohrs beet sugar onehrd producing
than the nation needs Special has been
the beetroosgar industry since the colonies lost Plans
on foot for reducing the production eecng union OF
kind of all those interested the production of The
VIZ, that when they become they do
they will be bound by the arrived the
ference rce g. On the other hand they already bound to
ind against the that in from
countries Thus far they import sugar
they must seek their supply the largest if least
in the lands bound by the The careful watching of
transit will be of value.
Mr. Schppe says further that needs have fear of Rus
a She opposes export premiums consequence of her system
OF awmakng, and claims all the basis of the most
clause exemption of her from penal
% on her position IN this respect has been exceedingly I'M
lucky In 1885, at the London conference, Russia joined those
without any who claimed that compromising duties did
not violate the INSTRUMENTATION clauses Since 1897 the United
States treats Russian product to which premium paid
In 1899 India began to do this Nowhere have Rsia claims been
allowed Now if all the other interested paiesEngand Germany
Abstract hungary, her ally France Belgium, Holland, Spain, Italy
and Swedenoppose her, is Russia going remain opposition?
1t easier think of her joining the convention that she would
turn to the development of Aatic markendia excepend
supplying her home market with wonderful possibilities
development and expansion
The reform propositions put forth by Russia about the middle of
February 1908 would indicate tendency toward the solution just
indicated Mr. Spp after careful consideration of the
whether occupy old