Show INCONVENIENCE IN RUBBER WORK The lack lacI of ot suitable harbors In Sumatra and ond other far tar eastern countrIes countries countries coun coun- tries whore a large largo part lJ of the crude rubber used In this country Is produced produced produced pro pro- works a n great Inconvenience in inthe tho the transportation of ot this raw mater materi material al 11 overseas At present plantation owners arc are compelled to load their crude rubber on lighters which transport transport trans trans- port It out to the ocean liners that on account of at the lac lack of ol docking fa facilities facilities fa- fa dUties must anchor at off shore This an extra handling of or the shipment Realizing the great Importance of or ofa a 3 deep harbor on the cast Coast of the island to accommodate the ocean steamers that must transport tho the rapidly increasing production of ot crude rubber across acro s tho the Pacific the government of ot the Netherlands I East Kast ast Indies Is about to construct a harbor at B lawan tho the seaport of Me dan which is fifteen tIleen miles In Inland Inland inland In- In land in tho the center of or a large targe rubber producing region It Is planned to dredge a n harbor deep enough h to afford af afford afford af- af ford docking facilities for tor the largest vessels About three years v will ill be bo required to complete the gigantic project The big acre acro plantation plantation plantation planta planta- tion of ot tho Tire Rubber company compan Is IR located near and the establishment of ot this harbor will willI greatly facilitate overseas 0 shipment I of robber from this plantation to the main factory at Akron O. O |