THE RUBBER INDUSTRY 



neglected in every way. It is only in the last four 

 years that proper attention has been given to the 

 rubber, and the coffee cleared away to allow an oppor- 

 tunity for recovery from past ill-treatment. Large 

 numbers of trees that should yield 3 pounds of rubber 

 each at six and seven years of age are giving little 

 more than one-half of that amount. That these trees 

 have survived at all is a matter for surprise, and that 

 they are regaining normal conditions tends to show 

 their amazing vitality. After most careful investi- 

 gation of past details and existing circumstances, the 

 following results were reached in regard to the future 

 production over the area planted at the end of 1912 : 



ACTUAL PRODUCTION, 1906 TO 1913 



ESTIMATED FUTURE PRODUCTION, 1914 TO 1919 



