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HOW TO AVOID COLDS.
A FIMPLS REMEDY FOR A PREVALENT CONDITION.
During the wet and gusty weather, which is so common during the first two months of the year, colds and sore throat are always very prevalent.
RUBBER INVESTMENT.
RECENT COMPANY RESULTS.
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[B7 A CORRESPONDENT IN THE “TIMES.**. T.. BunoRncement, published this morning, uf
increased interim dividend on the shares of the Malacca Rubber Plantations, one of the principal companies engaged in the Malayan industry, affords an opportunity for reviewing the position and prospects of rubber as an investment.
Fow people know that soine of the lead ing consulting physicians in London regard ccids and certain forms of sore throat as closely allied to rheumatism, and caused by the same conditions. Everyone, however, knows that these out diseases occur only in those who are of sorts and below par. It is almost im- possible for vigorous, healthy people to Although the price of the commodity catch colds or sore throat. If, therefore, has suffered a substantial decline since people made a point of taking a tonie as Bount as they felt a little "seedy," they the hot panting days of the boom--66 per would never catch either complaint, pro-cent. or more-it is difficult to deny that vided they took just ordinary care so rubber, as a speculative investment; has not to get into draughts when overheated,
still points in its favour not readily and so on.
Rubber is a commodity for equalled. which there is a steadily increasing demand, and the price of it, in spite of
The whole question with regard to tonics, however, resolves itself into select ink the best for the purpose.
WHAT THE LENKDY 18.
Discussing them, a distinguished Lon- large increase in production, shows a don physician, writing in The General TV remunerative margin of profit, Practitioner, says: "Amongst the many Many of the rubber companies produce preparations I have tried, I find Sanat-tea as well as rubber; but ten is not the ogen reaches more nearly the ideal than counterpart of rubber, for there is any other among easily absorbable con- world of difference in the economic posi The price of tea contrated, nutritious food preparations";tions of the two. while The British Medical Journal says: approximates more closely to the cost of Sanatogen is the best of artificial foods, production, but that of rubber is, in the case of well-developed companies, at easily retained and easily assimilated."
People suffering from colds and sors present hundreds per cent. in excess of throat, like those suffering from influenza.it. No doubt the present disproportion This will tend to diminish; but for the present constantly lose their appetito. decreases their strength, so that they fall rubber companies apparently need not into grave danger of growing worse.
fear much reduction in the present range Banatogen's value in overcoming this con- of prices judging from the large number dition cannot be exaggerated. for, of forward contracts which consumers another famous doctor has written have thought fit to make at current feeding and sustaining properties are in-
rahies. The importance of these con- valuable in the complete loss of appetite that often spells influenza.
the patient then becomes a matter of life or death, and, under these circumstances, the supremo importance of a highly nutritive and absorbable food in small bulk cannot be oxaggerated."
To pager in attacks of tracts as an indication to the future lies
HOY THE REMEDY ACİS.
Sanatogen builds up the strength, gives increased health and vitality, and actual ly increases the stock of vigour, so that the individual enjoys a sensation of greater physical fitness than he has ever felt before. For this reason, doctors everywhere are now advising their patients to take this preparation to fortify them against colds and the moro rious conditions which may follow in their wake.
In this connection, that distinguished scientist and popular medical writer, Dr. Andrew Wilson, has written: "I have found the ideal tonic and restorative in Sanatogen. Recovering from influenza and suffering from severe weakness, 1 pare Sanatogen a fair trial, and without the use of any other medicine or prepara- tion I was restored to health."
Many more statements of a similar mature might be quoted of Sanatogen's value in thus rebuilding and re-establish ing the strength. Lack of space, how ever, prevents it.
be bought of all Banatogen may Chemists.
Those who desire to know more of the preparation before ing it should write for a copy of a most interesting little Book The Art of Living" by Dr. Andrew Wilson. It will be sent, free, to all mentioning this paper on application to Messrs. A. WOLFING & Co., & Kiukiang Bond, Shanghai, Sunst- ogen is largely used by the physicians to the crowned heads of Europe, ten of whom, including one of the late King physicians, have expressed Edward's themselves in the most enthusiastic terms of the benefits it confers on their patients.
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SUPPLY AND DEMAND,
At present it is estimated that 'more fhan one-half of the supply of rubber is consumed by the tire-making industry, and consequently in endeavouring to form some idea of the outlook for the com- modity it must be borne in mind that the prospects of the tire-making trade is the chicf determining factor. It is computed that in 1910 33,000 tons of rubber were consumed in the making of tires, that last year the quantity bad increased to about 40,000 tons, and that by the end of this year 54,000 tons will have been required out of a total of about 100,000 tons. The expansion in the tire-making industry has been very marked during the past few years, as these figures, indicate, thanks to the growth of motoring; but the demand for pleasure motor-cars as a luxury must to a certain extent depend
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well maia-distributions of the younger companies compared with 431 per cent, while the
apon the general conditions of trade, is recorded, which seems likely to be the Linggi Company is 33 per cent. as while the quantity required by other carried still further, provided the price rubber-using industries is largely deter of the commodity mined by price. Trade conditions attained:- present are decidedly favourable, but it is equally certain that they will become as decidedly unfavourable in the ordinary course of economic reaction. other hand, it is declared that the con
the
sumption of rubber in industries other than tire-making would increase largely, if manufacturers: could be assured of a low level of prices and absence of much Anctuation.
The world's production of rubber is at present composed of rather more than une-fourth of plantation and nearly three-fourths of wild rubber, but next year the supply of the plantation variety is expected to increase by some 15,000 tons, or between 50 and 60 per cont. Tho prospect of this formidable increase, however, does not dismay those acquaint- ed with the position. It is freely pre- dicted that l the price of plantation sank to the comparatively low level of 25. Od. per lb. the demand for it would increase very considerably. It was stated a few days ago that at least one largo firm in the City would be quite prepared to put rubber paving on the market if they could get the raw material for 2s. per lb. Yet, if the general cost of production was 1s. per lb., and rubber realized s. per lb., a clear profit of 100 per cent. would remain, so that the price of rubber has still to fall a good deal more before such a thing as a crisis could occur, unless demand shrivelled up on trade reaction. It is estimated that consumption is at present. more than equal to the demand, a view which is supported by the fact that on November 1st this year the visible supply was only 8,818 tons, a decrease on the year of 2,286 tone.
BRAZILIAN PRODUCTION AND EXCHANGE.
26,466
United
Sumatra
103.630
Tebrau
Company.
Brich
Castlefield... Carey United... Bakit-Kajan...
Anglo-Sumatra...
Not Profita.
Melacca Kuala Lumpur....
Bumetra Para Singapore Pars North Hummook.
Kamuuing...... Fad. Malay Staten Fr.
United Berdang...
26,281 +
9,601
24.727
20,204
22,984
2,470.09
31,837
131,990
159,966
19.948
32 349
12, 58
53.414
0 291 -
+
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Per cent.
Per cent.
22
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Company.
Rriel
Malacca Kuala Lumpur........
Fod. Malay
Bukit Kajang Carey United...
Anglo-Sumatra...
Kamaning......
Castlefield Stutes
859,660
223,426
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192,222
Crop fox
Ine, or Dec.
for current
Fast year.
+
68,801
26,200
194.177
105.82%
140,574
19.426
154,666
? 49.265
55, 34
"2962.037
710,853
04.800
$16,000
92,574
103.012
1,030 000
170.340
1,074,906
* 687.211
2,000,000
925,094
North Hammock,
130,106
160.000
29.84
$10.000
Singapore Para.
117,698
53,541
Samaira Para...
303.410
89,689
Tebrau
116.612
83.810
Tremolbya
-232,456
131,266
United Serdang..
·434.979
316.449
72,271
100007
210,000
1000.000
101.190
35.887
97,445
95,000
300,000
162.000
300,000
Lito.
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Year.
Estimated Crop
show an appreciable increase. The Pataling has now declared interim dividends amounting to 175 per cent, as compared with 150 per cent. at this date last year; while the Selangor Rubber Company, another very successful con- cern, has announced interim distributions amounting to no less than 167 per cent. jon account of the current year.
With regard to the companies mention-, ed in the table, it should be noted that the Kamuning Company this year paid on a larger capital, and that the profits. from tin declined by £2,049, while those The dis- from rubber rose by £17,045. tribution made by the Brich Company signalizes its entry into the select category of dividend-paying companies. The United Serdang Company expects to obtain a profit of £97,000 this year and of £157,000 in the following 12 months.
Unlike the case of other speculative industries, such as mining, the production of a rubber company is more or less a determinable quantity; a rubber tree of a certain age will produce a certain roughly known quantity of latex. Yet the rate of dividend yield or Rubber shares compares favourably with that obtainable on the shares of companies engaged in other forms of enterprise. In conclusion, reference, perhaps, should be made to the question of synthetic rubber, which was the subject of un interesting lecture recently by Dr. Mollwo Perkin. Apparently there are still im- portant difficulties yet to be overcome before the production of pure synthetic rubber can offer any serious menace to the natural article, but Dr. Perkin emphasized the amount of energy and money which is being expended on rubber research in the laboratory, and advised planters to endeavour to improve the methods of collecting and treating rubber order to be prepared for every eventuality.
in
WEATHER REPORT.
On the 28th at 10:55 am.--The anti-cyclone
| covers the whole of Jupan and Korea,
has weakened and spread eastward. It now
Pressure has decreased moderat ly over China, and increased moderately over central and N.E. Japan. It is inclined to give way slightly over the southern districts.
which those interested in plantation com- In this connection there is a point upon
panies are for ever laying stress upon, namely, the relative positions and merite of the wild and cultivated varieties. It is widely accepted belief that if the price of rubber fell to, say, Zs. per lb., the collection of indigenous rubber in Brazil would be rendered to a large extent unprofitable, owing to the high cost involved in gathering the latex over a large scattered area and the cost of transport. An interesting contribution to this controversy was made by Mr. Arthur Lampard at the United Serdang meeting recently, at which he said that his view that South America could not compete with plantation rubber if the price of rubber should fall to an un- isually low level was based largely on the question of exchange. Between 1899 and 1903, he said, the value of the milreis rose from 7. 15-32d. to 12 1-16d., an ad- vance of about 50 per cent.; between 1901 and 1008 there was a further rise to over! 15d.; and from 1909 to 1912 the value of SIX the milreis was over 10d. This had caused an increase of over 100 per cent. in the cost of production. In other words, a price of per lb in 1899 would have brought 642 milrois per lb. as declaring dividends. In the case of so ne against only 2.96 milreis per lb. at 48. of those properties in an advanced stag per lb., now-a' condition of affairs which, of development these dividends r he pointed out, would prevent any great smaller than at the corresponding period increase in the Brazilian output.
owing to the lower price of the com- South coast of China between ƒ The same as
Hongkong and Lamooks.). No. 1. tion of plantation company results, as panics, which are increasing their produc Banth coast of Chine between The
Subjoined are two tables giving a selec-modity, while in other cases those com- shown in reports which have recently tion at a higher proportionate rate, are For made their appearance. It will be seen increasing their distributions. that in most cases a substantial adva a instance, the third interim dividend of
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