THE SUGAR INDUSTRY
SERIOUS ALLEGATIONS
IX FEDERAL I'ABLIAMEXT. (by Tttltgrapli—ri-iy.-s; Ai.Koeiation—Copyiislh). MKFBOFRNK, Aug. 23. Received Aug. 2,3. 10.4 5 p.m. In the House of Representatives Mr 1-liggii, in moving for the appointment of a Royal Commission to inquire Into the sugar industry, the Commission to consist of one representative each from the general public, wage earners, millers and rentiers, declared that there was great di:-iuali,si'iielion in regard to the industry. Primary producers were in a state of serfdom. The directors of the Sugar Refining Company could raise or reduce the price of sugar at. their will, and there was no appeal. Nobody could buy sugar except, from the Reiining Company, and two other companies which were allowed to exist, only so long as they adopted the same rales. He compared the Reflningf Company to a highwayman. The men employed in tlie industry were, lie said, badly paid and irregularly rationed.
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Southland Times, Issue 14506, 26 August 1910, Page 5
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150THE SUGAR INDUSTRY Southland Times, Issue 14506, 26 August 1910, Page 5
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