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and would thus escape international control.

2. The Convention must be based on the principles

of equality and free competition. Any system of

monopoly or boycott or the granting of any privileges would incite certain countries to cultivate and

manufacture for themselves, thus creating new

sources of production and, indirectly, of contra-

band trade.

3.

It must not be forgotten that the control of

the export of raw material is impossible in most

of the exporting countries; and it does not scen

probable that it will be organised in these coun-

tries within a short time.

any direct limitation of production violates

these principles. On the other hand, these

difficulties can be avoided by the system of

indirent limitation.

This indirect limitation can be achieved by the

organisation of a strict national and international

control of persons, buildings and materials; the

latter would be kept under control both in national

and international traffic. Just as it has been

possible to organise effectively the control of

national trade in drugs in many countries by the

udoption of legislative measures, so the control

of the international trade, the only source of

smuggling in these countries, can be effectively

organised by the adoption of international measures

of a similar nature to the national measures (those

should cover notably free ports, transit, ward-

housing, eto.}.

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