No further refining is attempted locally. This sugar Is carried away and shipped to Foochow, Shangha! fand elsewhere. A load of 100 Ib. is feiching $13 this year; last year, it was only worth $6, This rise in price has given a great impetus to the Industry, and more and more land is being given over to sugar. - With these big profits being made, it is not surprising that the Government has plans for getting money out of it and there is talk of making sugar a Government monopoly.
Under the plan there will be offices at an chiang to desi with the sugar which must pass through this centre on its way to the boats. Here the Brice Is to be €xed, and a charge of 20 or 0 cents Is to be made on every 100 Ib. of sugar. The farmers very much resent this, and, having hopes of getting rich quickly by planting sugar, fear that the Government is scheming to take away their money. On the other hand the Government says that by fixing a price the farmers will be protected should there be
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