A SUGAR MONOPOLY.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1193, 31 July 1911, Page 7

A SUGAR MONOPOLY.

VIGOROUS ATTACK BY MR. HUQHES.

By TelccraDh-Presa A6noclaUon-Ootjyrleht-Melbourne, July 29. Mr. Hughes, Acting-Federal Premier, hos announced that ho will not have tho slightest hesitation in repealing tho Customs duty on sugar at tho earliest possible moment, as a solution of tho Queenslaud trouble. ILo was not speaking for himself olono in this declaration. Ueferring to tho increased price of sugar, Mr. Hughes declared that there were other monopolies in Australia, but none of them havo tho unblushing effrontery to declare their price in the daily papers in this callous and indeoent fashion. People were simply expected to pay and look pleasant. Tho Government, Mr. Hughes continued, had imposed a duty of ,£6 a ton in order to encourage white labour, not to increase tho dividends of tho Sugar Company. If the strike continues tho company will Bell its stocks, which are ample, at a>n increased rate, but by rcason of such conduct, tho reason for tho imposition of tho duty would cease. NO SUGAR FOR EXPORT. (Reo. July 31, 0.5 a.m.) Melbourne, July 30. Mr. Tudor, Minister for Customs, says Mr. Hughes's statement regarding tho abolition of tho duty on sugar is practically what he told tho strikers at Bundaberg. Grocers aro increasing ♦ho price of sugar by a farthing n pound. The sugar company has refused to supply sugar for export as all that is available is required locally. STRIKE IN NEW SOUTH WALES. Sydney, July 29, The cane-cutters at Hardwood Mill, Grafton, havo struck for increased pay. for loading punts, and also for more rations.