SUGAR MYSTERY.
Mr -Massey. now says that he does not think that- sugar is' being hoarded, but that it is scarce for the following reasons: (1) That the country had .been bare of sugar at the opening of the fruit season, chiefly owing to the loss of one whole cargo of sugar which the watersiders at Auckland would not unload; (2) that the fruit season had been a one, making the demands .for sugar for preserving very heavy; and (3) that the population of the country had been increased by the return from the war of thousands of men, all users of sugar. The first reason might be .more convincing if the Prime Minister were to state how much sugar was lost through the watersiders’ action, and ‘what proportion it bears to (say) six months’ output. The second reason also might be more convincing if the Prime Minister could show 'that the “demands’’ had been, to any substantial extent, met; for demands, qua demands, cannot possibly be a factor in any shortage. The third reason, on the face of it, appears sound, but yet unsiilficient to account for a scarcity which, is both long-dated, and persistent. The net result, seems to be that the sugar shortage remains unexplained. Will somebody now .come forward with a theory of evaporation?—Post.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 2090, 14 February 1920, Page 3
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