Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1920-02-20 | Page 12 | American Rubber Merchants Grow Rich in Singapore

AMERICAN RUBBER I MERCHANTS GROW RICH IN SINGAPORE Americans are experiencing unprecedented unprecedented dented de prosperity In the tho rubber business bust busi bustnes ne ness nes 1 In III Sin Singapore 0 re Straits Settlement and man Chin Chinese so merchants there have o been bean made millionaires through the war said A A. C C. last night int the thC Hotel Utah Mr lr has retired from business and Is en route t t to- to England with Mrs In the hope ot or recuperating his health The rhe war provided great reat for tor money making principally through the tho dealing In cloth goods declared the I visitor Cloth was bought ht from the Manchester mark markets ts and held for the period of ot the war Tho Importe imported Imported Im Im- im- im ported porte products increased sed per cent in valuation and thus made many merchants merchants mer- mer chants millionaires Indeed the richest richest rich rich- est cst arc are the Chinese several of whom are multimillionaires as a result of business done through the war 9 Mr said Singapore was buying buying- flour Jour provisions hardware aJ and other products front from North orth America Since the tho nf or tho nar r