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Show AMERICANS INVEST IN THE NETHERLANDS BATAVIA, Netherlands. Fast Indies Feb. 2li. There are signs of increasing American investments in this Netherlands colony, investments that are looked on with considerable favor. One of the latest enterprises of American capitalists is a mbber planting concern in the island of Sumatra. It is situated in the province of Acheen, where nearly 50,000 acres have been acquired. A recent arsival is Mr. Mitchell, described de-scribed as controlling tea export of the United States government, who has come over to study the cultivation and manufacture manu-facture of tea. |