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shall be increased or diminished according to the ascending or descending variations 

 of density. 



Art. XIV. The additions to and reduction of the value are estimated thus : 



1st. Each tenth of a degree above the basis gains a premium of 2 per cent, between 

 5° and 6°, inclusively, and of 3 per cent, above 6°. 



2d. Each tenth of a degree below the basis shall effect a reduction of 2 per cent, be- 

 tween 5° and 4°, inclusively, and 3 per cent, below 4°. 



3d. These 2 per cents and 3 per cents are calculated upon the purchase price ap- 

 plied to the basis. 



Art. XV. The person furnishing the beets shall have a right to a quantity of pulp 

 corresponding to 20 per cent, the total weight of his deliveries. The price of these 

 pulps shall be francs per 1,000 kilograms (ton). Everything is reserved concern- 

 ing pulps obtained from continuous presses. 



Art. XVI. Payments shall be made according to the following conditions : 



Art. XVII. All differences on the subject of the present market, or operations de- 

 pending upon it, shall be judged with little delay and as a last resort by arbitrators 

 chosen by the parties, and whose decisions they agree to accept. In case of failure of 

 agreement by these, then, by a third arbitrator named, at the request of the com- 

 plainant, by the president of the "Tribune de Commerce de St. Quentin." 

 St. Quentin, March 25, 1876. 

 Erxest Robert, Secretary. 



ALBIN DAMOISY, President. 

 LALAUX, 

 CARLIER JULES, 

 ) THUET, 



BELMER, 

 BOURY, 



PAUL DELACOURT, 

 OBLET-MILLOT, 

 VIRGILE DAVIENNE, 



Agriculturists. 



It is considered by the later authorities who have given attention to 

 the relations between the producers of beets and the manufacturers of 

 sugar, that it is of great advantage, and is a potent means for reducing 

 the chances of conflict between these two branches of the industry under 

 consideration to have the farmers part owners in the factory. That is, 

 in securing capital for establishing a factory in any section for the ex- 

 traction of sugar from the beet, the farmers who must supply the raw 

 material should be induced to subscribe for a certain amount of stock, 

 and have in consequence a voice in the management, thus securing a 

 bond of mutual interest. This is the plan that has been followed with 

 good results in Germany, where the number of shares that may be held 

 by the farmer is based upon the area of surface he may engage to culti- 

 vate in beets for supply to the factory. 



The engagement by those having no ready money to cultivate a cer- 

 tain area for supply to the factory is also sometimes accepted as an off- 

 set to the capital ^of those having no landed property. While such con- 

 ditions would scarcely be entertained in this country there would appear 

 to be no doubt of the importance of the influence that such a system of 

 copartnership between the manufacturer and the farmer would exert in 

 the introduction >of this industry so novel to our people. 



