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will place the wooden sliip on a more nearly competitive basis with the 

 standard steel cargo carrier. 



B. L. G. 



The Ideal Wooden Ship for Inland Waterway and Coastal Service. Pacific 

 Shipping, IV, February, 1918, pp. 5-6. 



Whether the wooden ship-building industry on 

 Stability the Pacific coast is to persist for some years after 



of i)eace has been declared is a question of moment 



Wooden to the Northwest. Joseph R. Bowles, a promi- 



Ship-bnildiiig nent shipbuilder of Portland, Oreg., predicts that 

 Industry this industry will be non-existent one year after 



the war is over. Steel ship-building will, however, 

 survive, due to the lower labor costs in this region, as outdoor indus- 

 tries are little hampered by severe weather conditions at any season of 

 the year. An instance is cited of the building of two boats by the Gov- 

 ernment — one on Delaware River and one at Bremerton, Wash. The 

 labor cost on the Bremerton boat is stated to have been lower by more 

 than 12 per cent, despite the 5 per cent higher wage scale. Mr. Bowles 

 pleads for the establishment of factories utilizing wood and turning 

 out more finished products than rough lumber to make use of the labor 

 that will become idle with the cessation of the wooden ship-building 

 industry. He also asserts that the Northwest is a logical place for the 

 rubber-goods industry. 



B. L. G. 



Hoiv Long Will the Ship-building Payrolls Last? Business . Chronicle, IV 

 February 16, 1918. 



The prodiiction of plantation rubber in Cochin 

 Rubber China showed a marked increase during 1916. 



in due to the maturing of many plantations estab- 



Indo-China lished some years ago. Wild rubber is also pro- 



duced in this region. Several species of lianas are 

 tapped by the natives. Spots of bark are shaved from the vines, and 

 as the latex exudes from the wounded cambium layer the native gatliers 

 it on his finger and wipes it into a small receptacle made of a hollow 

 bamboo stick. The latex is allowed to dry in this receptacle and is then 

 smoked and rolled into a ball. ( )ne native usually collects one kilogram 

 of crude rublx-r in four to five days, for which he receives about $2.^0. 



