Piute Chieftain | 1918-08-29 | Page 6 | Rubber in Japan

rubber in japin the rubber manufacturing industry in japan has developed greatly within the past year in the scope and variety of its anro ducts in the export trade too I 1 importance Is increasing the growth of the industry may be seen from tho steady increase in the import of crude rubber the official trade returns state that the import la in 1917 totaled yen over the figure figura for 1015 1915 formerly most af pf of the automobile mobile tires used in japan were imported into that country but now the tha greater part of japans needs are arc sup I 1 plied piled by domestic manufacturers the export of automobile tires has also begun with the development of rubber I 1 plants in jj japan apan I 1 I 1 1