SUGAR BEET INDUSTRY.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 915, 7 September 1910, Page 8

SUGAR BEET INDUSTRY.

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',.■.';i:.v) '■■■ ■■■: JPEOPpSALS.-;;;:,;, :.o;' ; ;: ; , : , : ■;;;::The manner.fdwhich'the Government., [ :^proprD^..'tb:'':^ist''-, 'tEe'/';etetablisbjrient.'bi J :./the industry in .'the' Waikato. - is : disclosed by, 'thb.Beetroot Sugar' Bill, !:'i..which.''was circulated to-day. :The : Bill is. i. : divided-, into >t'wb;pai-ts,'of.-which the first j>deals '',withy : the '■■ .of ;; State/ |. sugar .worts,, and;, the second :.with ; : the J- bonus.Vtb';be, .of. iV-ehifai'ivi.'■;,'.:';;';. i-:%'.■.'■'.v-;.;.-'':' 1 ;,-' ■-"■^■■■'■'.■'■r'-A : > i;:: ; The.Bill proposes,to authorise thejGovr" j'.'r'ei'nmeiit 'to''commence,' and.:..corry oii;';in f/';ell.its branches the;business of.;tile manuj':7;faeture*J6f' sugar... from-. beetroot: or ;Sorgf.;huni;grown.lu.:'>Jew'Zealand,, ahd.for.that f/. purpose: to > establish; sugar-works,: and "to .^acjuirejany/landvthat.jmay'appear to,'.the j,.pMinister-to:be:heoes3iiry.:V : v:, ': ,'.*■'■: : ; ;■ ;^,;vThe-Minister .'is.'jauthorisecl.to; appoint :-'--.'■ the'.'jnepessary; blßcers, Construct •■or.'-.erect' ; plan,:,buildings,: ; railways,: ;":'■;'.tramways^:and''sell/sugar and -other.'pro-' :,: ducts.'; : v InvbrderWfo; provide..'.the^'ihiihey; ;i .'.necessary:: fori; the -purchases .and .works, :?. ;• the c 'Alinister.\ : for.;"Fiiiariccj : ' .on.■ bein'ft iiuf;?; thbrised /by • tub -.Governoi-riii-Couiicil; so : to,.do ) ,_may.'from/time, to-time: raise ,un W/th6' : security. .'olvahd'- charge tupbti: , ; tlie; j.;'. fpublio : . revehues'.of:-'New■/;.?Zealand '. -any. s; t> eunis, nbt : ; excesdibi-/ih v . the -'whbl e. '^500,1)00:' ;■ '? ''The' mbheylshaU": : be/ raised - under;- tlio Zealand.-'loans .Act,,. 1908, and :shall I'i'Vbear.' interest- ■■at;.'B' : .!rabii.'-nbt'exceeding 4i". Tv »per:cent.: Asiseciirity.debentures,:scrip,or i.'.;:;:inscribedstbok:may:,be issued; V'Afterfiill ! : "':V' pro vision /has/beenT; made, /'for., all; :out-' s /ygoings,-.:losses, .and/liabilities, for .the ytsir p ? ";(includiiigvinterest yon;securities' 'arid; on ;;./:'money's, 'paid ;oufc■;. of L the '..Consolidated K;:'v;Frm^;'a:id;-'not-;rebb.u^d),'.\the.3et-.surplus. :;'/.;; profits 'shall be'applied in'pstablishihg'. a i.4* : 6inking'.''fund;;in''respi»t;. /of t ;-debentures ■ //issued on 'moneys -to.' be, recouped; tb'f'thp ;.: ahcl v s,ubjeet .stheifet'o, •='-,/-.■.in'jestabUshingi.aJdepreci'atiori fund?ln.-.'-r^ ;' :'//Epect. of £/;;iw tj',: '^ ;:■ 'i '•■■■■'■'-li /;at. the" 'a]Sse >df'. ahyvvflnancialp jtif' /J/'the; net, surplus, .profits, exceed ~5 .'per !:ce3t. : : r'/ybn;Hhe|total/capild::exp/mdcd/:thenv:^iiiSj ,-. /,' -ringvthe- folloiving :vear.':the. Minister. ;"miiy,' r-;;'ireaucft*,l.he/price';Tpf.Vs'ugar^ /;.;.; ; ducts' frprA ; athe^sugar-wb v rks.'-tb-;sueHi,bx-'. S, ;'■.;'tent-: as'jbn; the/basis/of"the preyibus bpei-a-: •.,-//tiohs.;w.ill/prbduce/a : not; 'surplus' profit cent/. V:- 1 / . ; . ,'-;/'"":-':■;//;:'.:; //-.-/.;The Minister may., from/time 'to .tinih' 4..-;/.enter.;ihtp:;aii/:industrlul;agrecmbiit';with. j]■.';-,:,-.ahy/industrial'''-'u'nion^'of;rwbrkers'.,; in ■, a'' ;V ; ; 'Statb-sugai-works"iU:,ttll, respects as,if ihe ii:./ ■■ management,of .the, sugar-works'were .an s--?;;/'industry.'and he- were the .employer..of iill 'ilfi-i workers If,. any: iridus-t:;/-trial dispute-arises it. may'be/referred.to k:,z; the':.Court iof Ar.bitration.^for; settleme.ut KH !;•■: in : the : ;.^mahner.^rp^ided/byoSectibn^ohb'; |ir.;-..; .lundfed : and: tWenty-bhe of; the'. liiduslrial f';/;..Conciliation; and .'.Arbitration",Act;/.1908,. fi.v;.//'in/the.' casbiof"ai:;indiistrial:'<lispute'..bef'' |/:/'.tw;een:the Minister -for'/ l{ailways,and-'the..-p/!fiAmalgamated' Sbciety;/of- : ;RailwayMSer- 1 ' (i/s/Taiits.rln/thei'evpnt'of: the;. Minister? en-; I 1.;./;: ;-tering :intoTan.'a'gfeemeht underVPart-tw'o" fi, ; ./ State; is :;debarred'.fi'biu. . |>: i ./-«stablishang : .;sug;ar-.:works for: twenty-onb k^A years./.'. ':■•/■'.'■. ,/;■//:'/ ■■/'•' ■'"■;•:.'."' ■'■ '■■'.•■•■ p/':' ;,.Part two.prescribes that it shall be.'law-'-. fcr//ful y. for; .the '.Mihisfer;to-..enter, into .an; 1;// '.Agreement with /any, person' 'desirous of ■ [;,■;■",",: establishi n«. sugar, works in New'-.Zealand li/;/ and''carrying -on .the .business, incidental t;^thereto,;and.tolpay a'boirus/at the'rate' i f/./'./produced during the first three Tear's,'and, f/'z/voheVhalf-penny for each pound .of.sugar ; f/V-.'i'to:Be:^^produced during y th'e'.next:two;years: i;/;-';of; such -period; ofjfiye years.;; '/■'■./;/; .1 -.- ('/;//.'- ,:Any such 'agl'eement shall' con tain.a. I?;.:;.;. /provision' whereby',: the-.'Minister; ; at'/any t// j:Sime;.:after' the/expiration 'of ■.; twenty-ouoS f;;:', ijears; may, upon .giving, not 'less than'' c 1 ■/•';.' twelve months nofico, acquire the,sugar K/'/-wbrks 'and the;business. /The. price jniy-; [-,';/ :ablo/ph'aU/.'in : default;.of;: agreement,- be }:•..:■ determined .by/twb,'. ( arbitrators:.nnd,-their f/.:-: /.)So: long as.-any Agreement: shall''be in [:./';;;'existence, the .following..-provisions;t'shail f .: : apply" :—{a).'lf -. the' import; duty on; sngnr |:..: : .',- does not ..exceed 'one , half-penny .. per S;:;;; pound,; no:: duty,;by'way; of excise'.shall ;//: /.be; levied ..on'-anyvsngar mariufactiir.ed'.iur I;/;'' New;'"Zealand from beet-root: or sorghum-' /; grown in N.e\r: Zealand, /(b) In' : the event'. :/';;.of both ■imp'brt.:-and" excise-.'duties being :■'.. levied' on sugar, they shall: bo so ad] usteel ;as that there'.'shall. at all'-times be'a'dif-j ;'•/;, .ference;" of" at; least Vohe...half-penny, perl U'■■':■ ;.pound,;in: -favour c'of :^: sugar r manufactured: ;;:,::'";;,in;New.'Zealandi : 'frbm' beet-rbbt or j;";/ .' hum- grown fin ;'New/Zealand.'..:'. ';//<:/;';

['■' '■ •!.-: Wanganui'; has. seriously . discussed pro-' {:'.-' -.-. ; posals to ; establish a sugar beet industry,? ',: V arid.v'niqfe.:recently,:.the subject has '■■ re-' :-,;,: : - ..ceived'': consideration; iri;,-Hawke's Bay/-'.':; i- ' ,-■ ■"-• At the monthly l meeting'oi .the Hastings' [■':.; -branch': of \ the .-.•Fanners' 'Union, a '; s '3is>; !• v' ■:, cussioh tobk'pla4*:.regarding,.the.,beetroot \] -.-•--i.. sugar 'industry,?•'•Mr.' A.'.'Masters (reports' f. , ■ an: exchange) said.' the - prospect of. the ; '... production of sugar; beet,had: greatly -imi'.':.'"' •, proved' during the "last • 30: years, and' -wasi '. V: growing in'importance' far greater 'than.' L : '-.'- v the: sugar-cane.-; He believed : ; about ;: GO' f,. ■ tons of beet- could be grown to the acre.r '-'■'., The, mills paid,' 155.,'0r ,16s. per ton. for {,:: '■.-.'■;• it,' and "returnedv'the 1 .beet 'pulp,...which f: „'„ was-good for' feeding cattle- on. - .The'' (•, ' cultivation was no : harder tharfwith otherV-- 'crops. .'.Beet,- like' potatoes and '.other; £...-■ '■;: things,-, could' hot''be', grown in-the sahio' f ::.ground: year after year; once in ifour': |;-.;- years, he .believed, was the: usual .'custom,'. j',..-. Mr. W.. H.'fSniitli : thought there was" };. .little chanco of tho industry being j. . , 'Tip in HawKe's Bay. He pointed out f . ■ that France and Central Europe, the ichief' ;-'.: : sugar, beet growers of the world," had [: : built' up their industry: simply on,; '-th'tf ;::. ■'.-. -huge : bounties given by the' Government.' [ ... It would be many, years ;beforo'such a |V ;-',- state; of things'existed in .New Zealand. j '. - ItWas an industry' that was suited to :';-,,closer settlement,-and one which rc- !'.'' quired'a large amount of. labour. [-;,;; Mr..J. Beatson also pointedl out. that j.. tho sugar-cane would not grow in -Europe,. ; whereas it.would in the Southern Hemisy.r. phere. ;".':■-.' - : '.'■:.-.;--' \' ■- ;; : -, :