THE SUGAR SUPPLY
GERMANY MUST NOT ASSIST.
LONDON, Bth May In the ■continuation of his speech at the Sugar Conference at the Caxton. Hail, Mr Hughes warmly drew attention to the fact that the British Sugar Commission employed a purchasing agent,with a German name. Surely it was possible to find a man of our own race. ' There were -naturalised Germans who "had a better right to stand against the wall than the Sinn Fein leaders. Britain in 1913 imported 1,200,000 tons of-sugar. If we permitted Germany to dump sugar ire Britain after the war all prospects of trade freedom and a self-contained Empire would be gone. Already contracts had been unsuccessfully submitted to England, providing for delivery from Hamburg, Bremen, Danzig, and StettinProhibitive tariffs would not avail, be-; cause the German producers were prepared to offer the utmost inducements in order to dispose of their accumulated stocks. The only sure remedy was to arrange a series of contracts between Britain, on behalf of the manufacturers and consumers, and the sugni--producing Dominions, guaranteeing the purchase, of certain quantities at a minimum price.
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Evening Post, Volume XCI, Issue 110, 10 May 1916, Page 7
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181THE SUGAR SUPPLY Evening Post, Volume XCI, Issue 110, 10 May 1916, Page 7
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