Show TO fi REMOVE THE DUTY ON WEST INDIA SUGAR LONDON March 8 It It Is I arned learned bythe bythe by the he Associated Press that the British Government intends in the near future to o remove the penny half penny half per pound duty which Is now impo Imposed ed on West In In t dian dlan sugar ug r. This will afford the West est Indies the relief they have demanded until the Brussels Brussels convention comes In force orce Between Between now and September 1903 according to the terms of the convention convention convention con con- Great Britain can take any steps she deems advisable to safeguard the he industry The abatement of the sugar duty from the West Indies is tantamount to giving It preferential treatment over all other sugars though of cours course it ceases the moment the Brussels becomes becomes becomes be be- 1 comes operative According to representatives of the leading sugar houses here the immediate immediate imme imme- diate effect will be t to bring to English ports the West Indian sugar which Isnow is isnow isnow now going to American markets A delegation of leading West Indians whom the C Colonial lonial office consulted this week on this matter declared that unless un- un Jess less something of the kind was as done the West Indies would be ruined before the new arrangement could commence v working |