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Show Government on Rubber. WASHINGTON, December 30. Tho United States will havo Imported an aggregate of nearly flftv million dollars' worth of crude India rubber at the close of the present year, according ac-cording to a statement made public today by the bureau of statistics of the Department of Commerce and Labor. . If to this Is added the value of old and scrap rubber Intended for remanu-, fdcture, the total will considerably exceed ex-ceed that amount. The value of India rubber Importations Importa-tions has Increased more than 200 per cent In a decade. The United States consumes more than one-half of tie world's production and the enormous growth in the importations is attributed attrib-uted to the popularity of the blcyclo and automobile, coupled with the Increased In-creased use of electricity. The statement says Indications seem to justify the belief that tho Philippine Philip-pine and Hawaiian Islands are capable; capa-ble; of producing large quantities of this article as a result of this government govern-ment nurseries in those possessions for the distribution of rubber plants for use of rubber plantations. |
