June 1, 1912.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



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New Brazilian Legislation. 



AN examination of the text of the new Brazilian law as ap- "The Executive Authority is empowered to enter into agree- 



proved on January 5 by the President, shows it to be a ment with the States of Para. Amazonas and Matto Grosso, with' 



carefully formulated measure, covering rubber in all stages the object of attaining a yearly reduction of 10 per cent, up' 



of importance from the soil to the outgoing steamer. These to the maximum limit of SO per cent, of the present amount of 



provisions may be considered under the heads of those directly export duties collected by the States upon the Hevea rubber 



referring to rubber and those bearing upon conditions more or produced in its territories, and exemption from all export duty 



less accessory to its cultivation, by their influence upon the cost for the term of twenty-five years, counting from the date of this 



of production. law, of rubber of the same quality and origin collected from cul- 



A— CULTIVATION. tivated plantations." 



That the high cost of producing rubber in Brazil is due to the ""'^^ '°°" ^^ *'''^ agreement has been made, the Executive Au- 



excessive cost of living and transportation, has been pointed out *''°"^y *'" '"'"« ^ ''^""' ^PP'>""& ^^ reduction made by said 



by various leading authorities, and it is to these points, as well as States to the export duty collected on rubber from the Fed- 



to the direct promotion of rubber cultivation that the new leg- "^^ Territory of Acre, and concedmg like exemption as to cul- 



islation is directed. One of the principal objects in view being t'^'^ted rubber. 



economy in cultivation, the exemptions provided by the f^rst C-RUBBER REFINING AND MANUFACTURE, 

 article of the bill (summarized in the March issue of The India '^^' ^''^^^ °^"''^' ^''^ provided for in new Article 4 under 

 Rubber World, page 266) form an appropriate introduction to ^'^P^^^'^ h^^ds. A premium up to milre.s 400:000 ($130,000) 

 its subsequent provisions. This clause provides for the free ad- ^"" ^« =i«'"ded to the first Hez'ca refining plant which shall re- 

 mission of all utensils and materials intended for the cultivation "l"" "^<^ different qualities to a uniform and superior export 

 of Hcvca, Caucho, Manitoba and Mangabeira, as well as for the »>•?«• ""'"^ "'^''^l^ shall be established in each of the cities of 

 collection and preparation of rubber extracted from those trees. ^alem (Para) and Manaos. A premium equalhng $33,000 gold 

 Rapiditv of customs procedure is enjoined by the bill. ^'" ^^ awarded the first plant for refining both Manitoba and 

 Another feature of the encouragement of rubber cultivation, ^^""S"be,ra rubber, to be established m each of the States of 

 under the new legislation, is the establishment, by Article 2, of P'*"h>'' ^^ara, R.o Grande do Norte, Pernambuco, Bahia, Minas 

 prizes for successful planters, in two broad divisions — newly eracs an au o. 

 cultivated and replanted lands. Encouragement is afforded for rubber manufacturing by a 



T ti,„ f _ „i„ ti „ „ 1.1 i 11 provision for a premium up to milreis S0O:(XK) ($160,000 gold) 



In the former class thev are graduated as follows, per group v-k • & y 



„f t „i !,„.-»„-„„ c-jn „„-„..\ . to the first plant for manufactures of rubber to be established in 



of twelve hectares (30 acres): ,, . „ , /x, .^ -r t. i • . t,- i t • 



». Manaos, Belem (Para), Recife, Bahia and Rio de Janeiro. In 



' » . Milreis. order to be entitled to the favor specified in this article, it is 



I Hevea 2:500 = $833 gold necessary for the factory to have paid-up capital equalling four 



Caucho or Mam(oba 1:500 = $500 gold t'™es the value of the premium. 



Mangabcira 900 = $300 gold D-TRANSPORT. 



The above are the provisions directly bearing on the rubber 



In the latter class they are graduated as follows, per group of industry. There are accessory conditions, which are dealt with 



twenty-five hectares (621^ acres) : -^ ^jj^^j. articles providing for the new railways and improved 



Milreis. river navigation necessary to facilitate and cheapen transport. 



Hevea 2 :000 = $667 gold ' Under Article 6 it is provided that :— 



Caucho or Maiii(oba 1:000 = $333 gold "I" O'^^er to facilitate transports and to diminish cost of 



Mangabeira 720 = $240 gold ^^™^ '" ^^^ Amazon Valley, the government will get exe- 

 cuted within the shortest time possible the following ini- 

 These prizes may be claimed one year before the first crop, provements and supplementary measures: 

 upon verification of the ground having been fully improved and j Construction of narrow gauge railways along the Rivers 

 the trees properly treated. A yearly increase of 5 per cent., since ^ingu, Tapajos and others, in Para and Matto Grosso, and 

 period of planting, is added to in the value of the prizes where ^^^^ ^-^^^^ Negro, Branco and others in Amazonas, and pen- 

 the planters can prove the parallel cultivation throughout their etrating into the valleys washed by them ; bv public com- 

 property, of plants of industrial or alimentary utility. ^^^-^-^^ -^ accordance with the law of December 13, 1903, 

 Recognizing the importance of the framing and instruction of ^^ ^^ ^ ^^^^ p^^ kilometer, according to the judgment of 

 planters, provision is made upon that subject in Article 3. j,,^ Government and the difficulties presented bv the region. 

 The government is to establish at a point selected for the pur- j^ ^^^^ ^f ^^^ g^^^^^ ^j p^^.^ ^^^ Amazonas having con- 

 pose, an experimental station, or camp of demonstration, for ^^^^^^^ f^^ jj^^ construction of any of these lines. The Gov- 

 the cultivation of Hez'ea m the Territory of Acre, and in each ernraent, for the more rapid completion of the work, will 

 of the States of Matto Grosso, Amazonas, Para, Maranhao, ^^^^^ ^^^^^^ ^^ increase of 15 contos per kilometer ($8,000 

 Piauhy and Bahia; as well as for the cultivation of Manitoba, mile") 



in conjunction with that of Mangabeira, in each of the States of 3, Construction of a railway starting from a convenient 



Piauhy. Ceara, Rio Grande do Norte or Pernambuco, Bahia, p^j^j ^„ ^^^ Madeira and Mamore line, near the mouth of 



Minas Geraes, S. Paulo, Goyaz, Parana and Matto Grosso. jj^^ rj^^^. Abrina, passing through Villa Rio Branco, and 



These stations will furnish gratuitously to all interested per- through a point between Senna Madureira and Caty; 



sons asking for them, selected seeds, with instruction as to the ^^^-^^ ^^ Villa Thamaturgo, with a branch to the Peruvian 



most practical and economical method of cultivation. frontier, through the valley of the River Purus. 



B— EXPORT DUTIES. ' ' The construction of this line will be in accordance with 



Relegated from its original position in the bill under old Ar- the regulations of the law No. 1,126 of December 13, 1903. 



tide 4, the question of the modification of export duties is As soon as the first section of the trunk line is completed 



treated in a new article— 12— in the following terms: as far as Villa Rio Braneo the Government will establish 



