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Show Diminishing Rubber Supply. Unltod States Consul Kenncday of Para, Brazil, reports great falling off in rubbor oxporta. Ho says: "Tho ono feature of tho situation which is really worrying tho rubbor mon Is tho rapid destruction of tho rubbor forosts in tho very region whero tho best rubber rub-ber is found. Tho number of mon who havo gono into tho rubbor bolts this yoar pnssos nil records and all expectations, ex-pectations, and thoy nro still going in great numbers, Theso mon havo heard of tho high prices rubbor is now commanding. com-manding. Thoy aro oagor for gain, and many of thorn, as well as the owners of estates, nro anxious to retrieve re-trieve tho Iokbos of last season, It is thoroforo to bo oxpectcd that tho destruction of tho rubbor forests this yoar will bo boyond nil proccdont onormous and irreparable." |