SWEET TOOTH NEEDED

Taranaki Central Press, Volume IV, Issue 414, 22 April 1937, Page 7

SWEET TOOTH NEEDED

World’s Sugar Problems. London, April 15. If all .he world Had tue same s..'eet tou'.n us Australia ana Britain and ill- same means oi sausiymg i/s <ieiires, eonsump.ion would ne more tiimi trebled. Expansion on ‘ttr.se i.nes seems .o be the only way or' making the International bugar Con-toi-once a success. Holland, Germany, Czechoslovakia, end many o'.h.r countries are urging laa. they be allowed to increase their production, con.ending tna'- their quotas have been uiiauly impressed in rec. nt years. Other countries, such as Cuoa, desire freedom to sell • heir whole available sugar, and decline to accept any limi'-cttion of expor, s. “Only Holland and Germany have brought forward anything concr-te,” said the Premier of Holland, Dr Colijn. “The declarations of the Other delegates remain very vague.” Dr Colijn is returning home for th; eleo.ions, and it is doubtful if he will return. He pointed out that Holland has voluntarily reduced production in a greater ratio than other countries, and urged that this be considered. Germany contended that tile conditions of the last few years were abnormal, and urged that any regula.ion be based on more normal years.