Show MONEY FROM FROM AMERICANS With raw rubber extremely high the department of cOD merce commerce of ot the theT States SLates has condemned the restrictions which have u e brought about bout the Inflation In puree Ices Ii h lii a 01 pamphlet Issued by the de- de de department It Is shown that that the he avo av- crege av-crege cr ge cost oraw rubber delIvered in New York Is not more than 17 cents which does not include us prot to IS On 17 11 cents rubber some of the large plantations could make a profit of I j 4 a cents a 10 pound To an average profit prot of o 1 IS per percent percent percent cent prices o ot of rubber In tn New York should range from to 3 33 cents a pound of 2 24 to 36 cents rubber In New Kew York Imported froID from the British possessions has ranged in from sa 81 S cents to the lat few months There was a crisis on In ill u the o ot of rubber In tho the British possession and so a restriction act was Wall passed In November 1922 and it Is s that law which 1 has caused much International discussion disc ulon I According to the explanation given by the dep department of ot com com- commerce merce merco of ot the United States the tha law provided for tor a standard rd production tion for tor each rubber estate based on n actual output ot of C that estate for the year ear ending October October- r- r 31 1 1920 plus an allowance for tor production ton eon from roni new areas areu A certaIn percentage of ot thi tb total standard production was Wall allocated lor ex ex I In each u 9 quarter rt r year de pending de pending on the average price of rubber during durine the pre preceding For the first three months duing during which the act was was was-la as In force exportation was wu set at 60 per cent o ot of the total stand tand I r ard production An average priceL price L was 30 O to 56 36 cents durin during 1st a 1 st stated ted quarter Would ll about the ree re leaf re-leaf lease of an additional 5 per cent of the standard production an av- av average erge price pr of about 1 u t to cents 42 t would i In itt th r release ot or o io 10 per cent Inversely It If the prIce average lees kill than 25 5 5 cents a pound during a a three mouth th pee pe rlou pe-rlou nod Ii a reduction or of the percentage of release by 5 per ier cent WitS 1111 WB pro pro- provided provided vided Jor tor the following quarter A was wall appointed by bytha bythe bythe the tha colonial secretary and headed by Sir James Stevenson recommended that a sliding scale of export restrictions should be in the various British po pos possessions sessions based upon a eliding scale of o a prices Since the the standard production was WIK established upon the tho Lasts basis of l O the tM potential production n had Increased by the maturity of which 1 taken young oung trees has hu been care of only In part by revised liS us 8 The assessed Jon prod c Uon at present Is Ii about tons per annum The potential production today it H restriction restriction wore We taken taen ta en off ocr Is fa estimated at about tona tone or say Bar per percent percent cent of the s andard Sume Seme persons sous estimated the P po pu potential production to be as much muchas much much-is as 20 0 O per per cent cent In excess of th A At the tha present time therefore the restriction amounts to a little less ban han 2 28 per cent cent- Since the scheme was establish t l iI the until the last lastel el months averaged 40 10 to o FO 0 per percent percent percent cent if It we a take into account the productivity At the pres present c tnt ent at time the restriction I to o 15 If per cent of the standard I productIon or approximately 8 S Ser J per er cent of the real productive o pos pos- pos possibilities |