November 1, 1913.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



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quarter. Such an increase would operate in favor of a reduction 

 of import duties, with the result of developing the latter branch 

 of commerce. A further suggestion is made that this rate of 

 10 per cent, be uniformly adopted as a ma.xinuim on rubber 

 exports from Brazil, Peru and Bolivia. 



modification should be effected of existing conditions. He urged 

 the development of the national facilities of transport, with a 

 view to the more efficient distribution of the products of the 

 state. 



In the motion dealing with tlic (Jovcrnor's message, the view 



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A suggestion is made to limit the application of the reduced 

 import duties to commercial houses with a capital exceeding the 

 equivalent of $17,000, and to co-operative associations established 

 for this purpose. 



Various other points of the proposed reforms are emphasized 

 in later sections of this memorial. 



Q07EBN0R OF AMAZONAS ON THE EUBBER ftUESTION. 



At the recent opening of the Amazonas State Legislature, tlie 



was expressed that as Amazonas had for more than half a century 

 supplied the world with rubber, there was cause for disquietude 

 in the present financial and commercial aspects of the situation. 

 The excess of production in the East had not been duplicated in 

 Brazil. Various points merit consideration : the antiquity of the 

 rubber industry, and the superiority of the product, as well as of 

 the smoking and other processes employed. All the correlative 

 factors affecting the cultivation of rubber should be encouraged 

 to liear their respective parts in the contemplated work. 



Institute do Prat.\, 



Governor, Dr. Jonathas Pedrosa, urged that under present cir- 

 cumstances it would not do to remain passive, but that a radical 



The memorial embodying the above recommendation was signed 

 by more than a dozen members of the Amazonas legislature. 



