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Show I Our Rubber Dill. I Tho total amount spent by tho United Stntca In 1900 for rubber la about $50,000,000, whllo ten years ago tin expenditure was $1G,G00,000. Part of this Increase Is represented by (inniittty nnd pnit by price. Tlfo cost of this commodity n deendo ago was nbout -U cents n pound, as compared with an nvuruso of nbout 77 cents for tho cnr l'JOC. Measured In quantity tho Imrrnso hi Importation Is about CO per ci if , tho receipts for this past year being about 05,000,000 pounds. |