May 1. 1914.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



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With Dr. Oswaldo G. Cruz, for plan to make the valley 

 of the Amazon sanitary, $210,000 and traveling expenses. 



With Engineer M. Mallard, plans for betterment of naviga- 

 tion of Amazon, $60,000. 



With the Port of Para Co., two expeditions up the .\mazon, 

 $650,000. 



With J. P. Wileman, publishing Bulletin, $15,000. 



For washing plant at Manaos, $120,000. 



For washing plant at Minas Geraes, $30,000. 



With Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. of South .America. 

 $150,000. 



With Labroy for Para experiment station, $14,400. 



Thus, in salaries and contracts there was a grand total of 

 $1,768,400. 



Then there were the rubber exhibitinns at Rio Janeiro and 

 at Para, together with conferences, committees, etc., etc. 



Beyond this there were the premiums calling for additions 

 to the foregoing. They were: 



Premiums amounting to $450,000 for nine plants for v,ash- 

 ing rubber at Para, Manaos, Bahia and other points. 



Premiums amounting to $450,000 for five factories for the 

 manufacture of rubber goods. 



For establishing a fishery industry, $.3,000 a year for five 

 years. 



For creating pasture lands. $9,(K)0 for each 2.500 acres. 



For rice, corn or beans planted, $.30,000 for each 2,500 acres. 



For beef products, tinned, $.30,000 for each 500 tons. 



The rubber premiums for new planting were: 



$800 for each 30 acres of Hcrca. 

 $480 for each 30 acres of Manihot. 

 $480 for each 30 acres of Castilloa Ulei. 

 $300 for each 30 acres of Hancornia. 



I'or replanting wild rubber the premiums for each 62.5 acres 

 were : 



$600 for Hcvca. ' 



$300 for Manihot. 

 $300 for Castilloa Ulei. 

 $250 for Hancornia. 



There was also monetary provision for hospitals in the 

 interior, equipped with modern laboratories and instruments. 

 and for hotels for emigrants at Para. Manaos and other 

 points, etc., etc. 



It will thus be seen that $2,500,000 would only go a short 

 way in carrying out these far-reaching plans. The Minister 

 of Agriculture saw this, and in his budget called for 5,000 

 contos ($1,500,000) for 1913 and 10,000 contos ($3,000,000) for 

 1914. This minister. Dr. Pedro de Toledo, has gone out of 

 office, and whether his successor. Dr. E. de Queiroz, will 

 ask for more or less is a question. The gossip on the 

 Amazon, 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 continued 

 low prices for rubber are bringing to the front the 

 Scringueiros, particularly those that live on the lower reaches 

 of the Amazon. When supplies are cut oflf at the fountain 

 head in Para they will not starve. On the contrary, they 

 can get an excellent living from the land. They are planting 

 corn, cassava and beans, catching fish, and are just as con- 

 tent as when they purchased their supplies at exorbitant 

 prices. They will continue to gather rubber, the whole 

 family assisting, and if they receive only ten cents a pound 

 will consider it all profit. When this thrifty, mosquito-proof 

 individual awakens to the fact that it is profitable to plant a 



few Hcvca trees, and to turn in only clean rubber, that is 

 what he will do. Until that time he will gather and market 



One Who Will .\LW.^YS G.ather Rubber. 



a certain amount each year, and the price will not trouble 

 him in the least. 



PARA AND MANAOS HUBBES STATISTICS FOR 1913. 



According to the figures of Zarges, Berringer & Co.. Para, 

 the 1913 exports from Para and Manaos represented a total of 

 al>out 40,000 tons, while the Para stock on December 31 was 

 ab.iin l.OOO tons, thus liringing the year's production up to about 

 41,000 tons. Of the 40,000 tons exported, Europe took about 

 22,000 tons, and the United States about 18,000 tons. Compari- 

 son with the figures of recent years shows the exports to have 

 been approximately: 1903, 31,000 tons: 1904. 31.000 tons; 1905, 

 34,000 tons: 1906, 35,000 tons; 1907, 36,000 tons: 1908, 38,000 

 tons; 1909, 40,000 tons: 1910, 38,000 tons; 1911. .36.000 tons; 1912, 

 43,000 tons; 1913, 40,000 tons. 



Exports of rubber from the State of Sao Paulo for 1912 and 

 1913 were valued at $54,479 and $29,627, respectively. 



BRITISH INDIAN COTTON PLANTING. 



According to an Indian official report, the cotton crop of 1913- 

 14 was in general successful, with the exception of some portions 

 of the presidency of Bombay and of the Central and United 

 Provinces, which have more or less suffered from drought. 



The total area under cotton is stated to be 23,900.000 acres, as 

 compared with 20,900,000 in the previous season, the increase 

 being about 14 per cent. By the latest reports the total produc- 

 tion showed a gain of about 15 per cent., from 4.300.000 bales in 

 1912 to 4.928.000 in 1913. 



