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the product into cash at the earliest possible moment. As we have' shows, stocks of plantation have accumulated, while those of Para have been allowed to run off, and this is no doubt largely responsible for, the unvented premium e present commanded by the latter. T might be thought, in view of the equality
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KISHIDAKE, YOSHINOTANI,
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manufacturers. baving familiarised themselves with planfation rubber, bavo long sines been converted to its general use, but there are still appareatly a few conservative consumers, averse to experiment and change, who must perforce stick to Para. Expressed in terms of cash, it means that their lack of adaptability forces them at the preacat time to pay aeply 75 per cent. more for their raw material than users. of plantation rubber, allowing for the is per cent of impurity in Pars. In the circumstances.we may be sure that, white
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Estimates of the world's rubber produe tion in the current year range from 170,000 up to a trifle over 200,000 tons.. In 1913, the total supply was about 158,000 tone-exceeding that of the previous year by 88,000 tons, says, the
Financier of September 13th. The of moisture and foreign matter, that no HOJO,NAMAZUTA, SAYO,KANADA, sutne increase. Tot 1918, will bring the sane consumer would purchase the latte: |RETNNEW, KAMIYAMĄDA, RIBAL total to 196.000 tons, and when it is at the price. But the two producte call &OTUBARI COLLIERIES), 1910-11, some 380,000 acres were planted borne in mind that during the years for different treatment in the factory.
in the Middle East, the major portion of which is now in bearing, the estimate of 170,000 tons lobka well below the mark, 1153 For the seven months to the end of July, the exports from falays and Ceylon alone showed an increase of 22,000; tops. and with the best-cropping-month to come, the total increment may easily rach 35,000 tons for the complete year, As the foregoing figures make to allow. ance for the increased production of the Netherlands Indies, a total surplus of 35,000 tons in the production of planta tion rubber this year eerms “a minimum may occasionally and temporarily estimate. We have sesumed that the obtain an ascendency over plantation, the supply from Brazil will remain stationary time must eventually azzive when the at about 37,000 tons, the average annual two will settle down to their natural level, output for the past six years. This with the price of plantation from 18 per assumption is justified by the fact that cent to, 18 per cent. abead of its rival. the receipts at Fars up to the end of As regards the outlook in the rubber. August are almost identical with thore market generally, it is difficult to see for the corresponding period of 1915. In how the price of this or, indeed of any the circumstances it would appear natural product can fall during the con- Funlikely that 1918, will witness a productintance of the war. Further than that. tion of less than 195,000 tons, and in all we are faced with the fact that a higher probability it will be nearer 200,000 tons.price is offered for plantation rubber for MANILA: Mesara Macondray &
Turning now to the stacks of the com- delivery next year than is paid for spot modity, we find that on September 1st, supplies. Finally, there is the assurance the accumulation of plantation rubber to the Kingdom amounted to 7,000 con comparing with 5,100 tons on the first of the month last year. Although fairy substantial increas is shown, the margin is in reality very amnil for an industry of such magnituda. Assuming that the total supply of the plantation product this year will be 180,000 boca 1 will be seen that the stock held is less than two-thirds of the monthly outpak The deliveries made during the year have, for various, censors connected with the war, Eecu less than those of 1915, but
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surrender of But, some of the members of Calcatta, September 27: After the the Bengal Ambulance Corps were cap tured by the Turks and conveyed to Baghdad. Of the men so c
captured sever were recently exchanged by the Tarks for & corresponding number of Turkish yesterday.
The
RECORDS.y two months deliveries. There is stated that after the fall of Kat they
and
were
Soldiers of The King (New versim kinda has increased, that of wild rubber pital The food Baghdad, where i
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moderate consumption.
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But by
when allowance is made for this to prisoners, and they arrived in Calcutta porary factor, the present stock representa
spokesman of the men
Another point, too, that must not be over.
were made prisoners by the Torks Looked. While the stock of plantation they
conveyed t they
in the hos was poor in quality (Brazilian) has decreased from 600 tons and quantity. There were three mes a year ago to 181 tons on September 1st, day, namely, Turkish bread and so that the total advance in stooke of vegetable soup and rice at mid-day, and biscuits with ten in the morning all kinds in the United Kingdom a little vegetables and rice oure than 2.200 tons What the stock ten was very bad, and contained neither the evening.The
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is in the United States it is impossible milk nor sugar, while there was no salt of Central Market) Telephone No. 616..... to way, although we may be fairly certain in the cooked food "Baghdad, he stated, was full of Turkish troops There are that under the close restriction cf exportno prisoners now at Baghdad, Al permite which has been in fores for the Indian prisoners have been sent to All the Jingo-laut two years, it has been scarcely and all the British officers to Stamboul Mosul, all the British soldiers to sleppo, possible for the American consumer to
As regarda the Tarks, he remaked that
Fall in and Follow Me (New version) depart from the band to mouth policy the Turks trested all the prisoners very
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well, but the men complained bitterly acturing Industry in that country about the Arabs who never lost an we put American stocks at about the opportunity of robbing them same as our ownly world stonks would then bo only 18,000 tons equal to about one month's production. In a time of war 16,000 tons of the raw material scaras dangerously small margin in relation to the world's manufactured rubber requirement
When conundering the trend of com modity prices, it must be confessed that the outlook is somewhat opaque, and one can only proceed on trosd and general lines. The facta as they stand are that, while plantation rubber in January last, stood at de Ed., Para was priced at 42 Today the position is reversed, for plantation has receded to 20
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