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GUINGONA FLAYS
IMPERIAL BILL
Hits Luzon Growers, Says Da-
vao Will Be Most Pe
nalized
A brief against the Imperial
hemp limitation bill in behalf of
Mindanao hemp planters was yes
terday filed by Director Teopisto
Guintrona of the bureau of non-
Christian tribes with the depart
ment of interior. Citing production
statistics Director Guingona vigor
ously hit Luzon hemp planters, and
stated that if limitation is imposed
the province of Davao alone would
have to throw away at least 202,000
bales of hemp in 1935.
Director Guingona began his
brief with a table showing that at
least two-thirds of the hemp pro
duced in Mindanao is raised in Fil
ipino plantations and by Filipino
labor.
The allocation proposal in the
hemp limit bill to base the allocated
quotas on the production during
the last eight years in each of the
three zones of the Philippines is
"neither fair nor equitable," Di- ;
i rector Guingona said.
Citing figures, Director Guingona
! gave the South Mindanao hemp
production for 1926 as 201,879 bales,
and for 1933 as 508,430 bales. The
1 total hemp production in Albay in
'926 was 203,013 bales, and in 1933
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GUIRGORA FLAYS I
IMPERIAL BILL
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it was 124,614 bales. For Sorsogon
the 1926 hemp production was 142,-
053 bales, and In 1933, as In Albay,
it decreased to P54.186 bales.
"If the bill, even els at present
amended. Is enacted Into law," Di
rector Guingona warns, "Davao
would only be able to market 379,-
796 bales in 1935 and would have
to throw away 202,023 bales, its
1934 production being conservative
ly estimated at 581,810."
If the limit, bill is approved, he
stated, the Luzon planters, In or
der to fill their quotas, will have to
replant their abandoned planta
tions, and It will take from 18 to
24 months before Einy harvesting
can be made. "In the meantime,"
he declared, "competing countries
will surely take advantage of the
| situation by supplying with Suma-
! tra hemp and sisal fiber the conse
quent shortage, and by the time the
provinces Intended to be given ad
vantage are prepared to fill their
full quotas, the Philippines would
have already lost its advantage
ous position in the hemp market."
In case an international hemp
j limitation Is agreed upon between
i the Philippines and other hard-
fiber producing countries, local lim-
| itation should be applied only upon
| a concerted action of all such na
tions, and should be based on the
(3933 and 1934, and not on prior
years. Director Guingona suggest
ed.
Suggesting that no action On the
hemp limit bill be taken until the
London fiber convention at present
going on is over. Director Guingo
na pleaded for the support of the
department of Interior In bringing
I the side of the Mindanao hemp
| planters to the proper authorities.

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