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Reply to "Kwayana, Andaiye, Bhagwan hammer gov’t on dismissal of thousands of sugar workers."

Prince posted:
 

I always stressed that the sugar industries should be modernized and give the cane-cutters chance to elevate themselves. The jest of the story is: A born cane-cutter shouldn't die as a cane-cutter. 

Burnham could have mechanized/modernized cane harvesting but he didn't. Hoyte didn't modernize either. Jagan, Jagdeo and Ramotar didn't modernize either. Granger not mechanizing cane harvesting at the remaining estates either. For many decades Bookers and other Sugar Barons could have mechanized the canefields too. This is a systemic problem deeply entrenched. 

FM
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