. India rubber world. essor. Dr. E. de Queiroz, willask for more or less is a question. The gossip on theAmazon, however, is that no more money will be forth-■coming. THE .iliRINGUr-IRO THE LAST HOPE. The failure of the great rubber factories and the continuedlow prices for rubber are bringing to the front theScringueiros, particularly those that live on the lower reachesof the Amazon. When supplies are cut oflf at the fountainhead in Para they will not starve. On the contrary, theycan get an excellent living from the land. They are plantingcorn, cassava and beans, catching fish, and are just
. India rubber world. essor. Dr. E. de Queiroz, willask for more or less is a question. The gossip on theAmazon, however, is that no more money will be forth-■coming. THE .iliRINGUr-IRO THE LAST HOPE. The failure of the great rubber factories and the continuedlow prices for rubber are bringing to the front theScringueiros, particularly those that live on the lower reachesof the Amazon. When supplies are cut oflf at the fountainhead in Para they will not starve. On the contrary, theycan get an excellent living from the land. They are plantingcorn, cassava and beans, catching fish, and are just as con-tent as when they purchased their supplies at exorbitantprices. They will continue to gather rubber, the wholefamily assisting, and if they receive only ten cents a poundwill consider it all profit. When this thrifty, mosquito-proofindividual awakens to the fact that it is profitable to plant a few Hcvca trees, and to turn in only clean rubber, that iswhat he will do. Until that time he will gather and market. One Who Will .\LW.^YS Rubber. a certain amount each year, and the price will not troublehim in the least. PARA AND MANAOS HUBBES STATISTICS FOR 1913. According to the figures of Zarges, Berringer & Para,the 1913 exports from Para and Manaos represented a total ofal>out 40,000 tons, while the Para stock on December 31 tons, thus liringing the years production up to about41,000 tons. Of the 40,000 tons exported, Europe took about22,000 tons, and the United States about 18,000 tons. Compari-son with the figures of recent years shows the exports to havebeen approximately: 1903, 31,000 tons: 1904. tons; 1905,34,000 tons: 1906, 35,000 tons; 1907, 36,000 tons: 1908, 38,000tons; 1909, 40,000 tons: 1910, 38,000 tons; 1911. . tons; 1912,43,000 tons; 1913, 40,000 tons. Exports of rubber from the State of Sao Paulo for 1912 and1913 were valued at $54,479 and $29,627, respectively. BRITISH INDIAN COTTON PLANTING. According to an In
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