SWEET TOOTH NEEDED

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXI, 29 April 1937, Page 9

SWEET TOOTH NEEDED

WORLD’S SUGAR PROBLEM LONDON, 15th April. If all the world had the same sweet tooth as Australia and Britain and the same means of satisfying its desires, consumption would be more than trebled. Expansion on these lines seems to be the only way of making the International Sugar Conference a success. Holland, Germany, Czechoslovakia and many other countries are urging that they be allowed to increase their production, contending that their quotas have been unduly depressed in recent years. Other countries, such as Cuba, desire freedom to sell their whole available sugar, and decline to accept any limitation of exports. “Only Holland and Germany have brought forward anything concrete,” said the Premier of Holland, Dr Colijn. “The declarations of the other delegates remain very vague.” Dr Colijn is returning home for the elections, and it is doubtful if he will return. He pointed ou{ that Holland has voluntarily reduced production in a greater ratio than other countries, and urged that this be considered. Germany contended that the conditions of the last few years were abnormal, and urged that any regulation be based on more normal years.