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large a demand by the public for cheap cocoas so long will 

 there be keen competition amongst buyers for the commoner 

 kinds of beans. 



PLANTER : The manufacturer should keep some of his own men on 

 the spot to do his buying. They would discriminate carefully, 

 and the differences in price offered would soon educate the 

 planters ! 



MANUFACTURER : True, but as each manufacturer requires cacao 

 from many countries and districts, this would be a very costly 

 enterprise. Several manufacturers have had their own buyers 

 in certain places in the Tropics for some years, and it is gener- 

 ally agreed that this has acted as an incentive to the growers to 

 improve the quality.* But in the main we have to look to the 

 various Government Agricultural Departments to instruct and 

 encourage the planters in the use of the best methods. 



* The Director of Agriculture, in a paper on The Gold Coast 

 Cocoa Industry, says : " We are indebted to Messrs. Cadbury Bros., 

 of Bourn ville, for a lead in this direction. They have several agents 

 in the colony who purchase on their behalf only the best qualities 

 at an enhanced price, and reject all that falls below the standard of 

 their requirements." 



