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Show CUBA CONTROLS Disposal of 1920-21 Crop Placed in Hands of Finance Commission HAVANA, Fob. 12 Control of tho ! sale and shipment of Cuba's 1920-1 1920-1 8 .' I sugar crop has been placed In the hands of a governmental organl-. organl-. -zaiirin known a the Sugar Finance ' commission. This commission, ap- 1 pointed yesterday by President Mcno-' Mcno-' cal, consists of seven member who will re ceiv0 no compensation The decree appointing the commission commis-sion directs sugar buyers or sellers to file be-furo February 20 sworn state-I state-I ments covering all foreign sales contracts con-tracts The agreeme-nts must stipulate- that the product thc-y cover Is , to l.e refined or used by the buyer and not sold or offer.-el for sale ns crude j sugar. Infractions of rules will result re-sult in refusal to .tsue permits foT I further shipments IM Kl'iisi; SOUGHT R. R Hawley, president of the American Sugar Company and one of the- m.-rnhers of the commission, declared de-clared that tho Cuban government had udopted the plan "to save the sugar Industry of tiro island.' "The government." he continued, "seeks, not only to defend Its own industry, in-dustry, but also to dofenel tho American Ameri-can consumer against abnormal conditions. con-ditions. It is not the purpose to hold or hoard tho product but at all times to offer freely wherever it is needed at tho lowest prevailing price In the world market." KM) RIC w SI GGESTION WASHINGTON, Feb. 12. Representation Repre-sentation of the consuming public and the Cuban government on the sugar financing commission to be organized or-ganized In Cuba has been recommended recommend-ed by the state department. It was explained that officials here hoped such rcpn sent.'ithin would minimize tho possibility of the committee resorting re-sorting to high price fixing. |