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The Committes began with the discussion of the cocaine question and as irreconcilable differences manifestod themselves on this, the Committee did not proceed to discuss the opium question in detail which was considered to be of a
more complex nature.
V. SCHEME AND EXPOSE OF L.VAN ESTUM.
M.van Wettum's echems, which was intended to cover the production and manufacture of cocaine, was presented to the form of two draft conventions, the first to which the producing countries (Feru and The Netherlands(Jeve) and Bolivia) should adhere, and the second to which all States attending the Con-
The reason that this scheme limits ference should adhere. itself to cocaine is that the opium questions are far more diffi- cult to deal with on account of the situation in the opium pro-
Σ M. van Vettum bages his scheme on the LSBWD- ducing countries." tion that the Opium Convention of 1912 and the Import Certificate System ere miversally adopted, and that synthetic l-cocaine (a new invention produced from materials not contained in the M.van Wettum's proposal coca-lcaf) is not yet on the market. only takes into account the raw materiel because it will be impracticable to ration by artificial means the quantity to
A factory is always equipped be turned out by every factory. for a certain output, which cannot be changed in an arbitrary
way.
There are also features which sannot be ignored such as the conditions of competition end the variable preference given
Other reasons for only taking into to a special menufacture. account the raw material are that this rew material is relatively
me
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(x)
See Observations by the Netherlande Government
Annex VI.