Colonial Capitalism and Rural Class Formation (ص 192)

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Colonial Capitalism and Rural Class Formation (ص 192)

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cake, fuel oils, oil paints, perfumes, sweets such as Halva.. etc.,.In
the second half of the 1920s the Company began to expand remarkably.
The following table demonstrates this expansion:
Table 4
Year Output In Sales In Tons Value In No.Of Workers
Tons P.L.
1927 2,742 2,308 96,700 122
1928 3,959 3,298 130,700 228
1929 7,706 6,462 168,700 258
Source: J. H. Simpson, Report on Immigration, Land Settlement and
Development, 1930 Cmd. 3686. p. 110.
This table shows that during a period of three years,"Shemen Works"
expanded its output from 2,742 to 7,706 tons’ or by over 280 per
cent; its sales grew up by the same percent; the value of its products
rose by about 150 per cent and its wage workers increased by over 200
per cent. The expansion of the o11 industry on large-scale capitalist
lines as will be demonstrated shortly, had remarkable consequences for
the rural or indigenous oil economy.
One determining factor in the expansion of "Shemen Works" was, in
fact, the importation of cheap raw materials such as decorticated
groundnuts, sunflower seeds and copra (from which coconut oil was
extracted). These imported articles were cheap because they entered
the country duty free. In 1925 and "with an eye to encourage
Palestine's developing industries", the Palestine Government
introduced the "Tax Exemption Ordinance”, which exempted imported raw
material from taxes. (17)
The advantages provided by the "Tax Exemption Ordinance" allowed
the company to import large quantities of seeds. In 1929, "Shemen
Works" imported 3,467 tons of sesame, worth P.L.80,695. (18) In 19337:
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