Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-11-11

ence Of the Entente Allies was he,l Il
Parls last June, at which genera
plan was adopted for reciprocal con
lnefclal action after the war. only
single prominent Enelisbman ma
come out publicly against the prose
cution Of such policy Lord Bryce
recent warning that q post -bellun
war OF trade would keep alive oil
hatreds and menace the future neac,
OF the world has reused no echoe,
among British statesmen i'm the fore
front OF affairs. On the other hand
the proposal to develop the CONNER
cial self-sufficiency of the allied ma
lions by the building up OF high tariff
walls against the products Of the Cen
tral Powers, with favored nations re
celVing preferential treatment, has
been well received by the British Par
lament. save among a negligible
group of free-trade irreconcflables
and has been accorded general APPROX
al In the British press.
This situation is of profound inter
est TO all sugar producers in the Init
ed States. The coming British trade
conference with representatives Of the
Dominions, the colonies. and India.
which Premier Asquith has announc,
ed, will be watched here with pecu.
liar interest by far-sighted sugar nen
Colonies to be Recoonized
inns conference is due to the sac.
rHlees the colonies have made and the
earnest endeavor now being made by
British statesmen to build up close re.
clprocal trade relations between tbem
and the mother country. The colonies
nave given men and money to the
cause OF the Empire. For at least a
year more, perhaps for a longer ne.
rlod, they must continue to give in
even greater proportion than before
lt is logical therefore to believe that
arrangements must be made To com
pensate the colonies for their losses
by giving to them larger PROMOTION
OF the trade of the United Kingdom
after the war than has been the case
in the past.
is also logical to believe that
lhese arrangements must be made he.
lore the war is over, so that all .rter-
ested may be allowed time in viii u to
pIepdre 10 take advantage of the stu
alion. The British statesmen will not
De IN a position to wait for the discus.
sion oil peace terms before deciding on
the steps to be taken in bringing
about this preferential trade alliance
Beyond a doubt the question of tbe
future development of the British su.
gar industry will play a prominent
part In this conference. AFTER the
military war comes the commercial
wal, begins an editorial in the Inter.
natlonal Sugar Journal of London. and
~ ends with an insistent note that
the crown colonies, amongst which
our sugar industry Dredominates ba
included in the conference
movement Gaining Momentum
meanwhile the movement to build
up great sugar industry within the
British Empire has been gathering mo- |
mentum from the day to day eXperi.
ences OF the war 1t Is natural that
me average British citizen shouId
ook with favor on this plan For the
past two years he has found an argn-
nent Tor 1t IN his marmalade lar and
n every cup OF tea. His srocsr's biIls
I'll speak eloquently for Il. Those frs, /
'lx months of the war. when sugar |
vas luxury indeed. have not Teen
ursotten by the frugal housewife.
hough the price has fallen from
nose extreme levels. sugar is still in
sense luxury in England TODAY. 1t
'osts nearly three times what il did
before the war. ~
The Royal Commission on SJsar
supply has been urging upon the peo.
lie the necessity for buying and usino
ess sugar A large firm of caterers
las suggested TO its patrons to use
elldenlal In the number of lumps of
ugar to a cup of tea or coffee Tbere
as been talk of restricting the mann.
acture of candies. IF we only had
alf dozen beet factories in full
'orking order. laments the Interna-
ional Sugar Journal.
VI course British sugar men know
ne cause of their country's sugar
hortage. Evidences multiply that
his knowledge is now seeping into
ne minds of the public generally. The
rltlsh government for years passive
watched the Germans and Austrians
ulldlng up their enormous dompstiA ]
Get sugar industry Though Britain
assessed In its colonies large areas
the best cane sugar lands in the
'orld, nothing was done to develop
lem. In fact the government allow. (
4 tho Teutonic nations to undermine {
lie British industry. and at the be- II
inning of the war Great Britain was |
ependent on Germany and Austria I
'r 40 per cent Of the United King
ems supply. OF course this history
known TO every sugar man the