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to  protect  them.  Brazil  and  Peru  in  particular  would  alone  be  able 
to  satisfy  the  consumption  of  the  entire  world  in  rubber.  The  time 
is  not  come  for  the  exhaustion  of  these  immense  treasures.  Al- 
though we  penetrate  now  to  the  very  sources  of  the  large  rivers, 
only  the  great  arteries  easily  accessible  have  been  explored  ; the 
small  affluents,  which,  in  my  opinion,  are  even  richer  in  rubber, 
are  yet  unknown.  Yet  it  must  be  acknowleilged  that  Brazil  is  less 
known  in  France  today  than  Central  Africa.  The  whole  world  has  had 
its  eyes  turned  toward  the  Dark  Continent.  The  boundless  forests 
on  tlie  other  side  of  the  Atlantic  contain  forests  accessible  to  any- 
one desiring  to  go  there.  Marseilles  is  the  port  plainly  indicated 
to  become  the  headquarters  of  this  trade  and  an  important  market 
for  rubber. 
Why  should  we  not  go  to  Brazil,  to  Peru,  and  bring  gums  of  the 
first  quality,  so  necessary  for  our  new  industry — motocycles  and 
automobiles?  The  English  and  the  Germans  do  this  and  are  mak- 
ing fortunes.  I know  of  one  German  house  in  Manaos  which  has 
realised  from  commission  alone  more  than  §20,000  profit.  There 
is  also  an  opening  for  a French  line  of  navigation.  One  English 
house — Singlehurst  Broklurst,  of  Liverpool — had,  twenty-five  years 
ago,  a few  sailing  ve.ssels  coasting  along  the  eastern  shore  of  South 
America,  which  touched  at  Para.  Today,  under  the  name  of  the 
Red  Cross  Line,  this  house  has  made  a fortune.  Within  the  year, 
the  Germans  of  Hamburg  have  successfully  established  a line 
touching  at  Havre ; the  Italians  have  inaugurated  a line  from 
Genoa,  touching  at  Marseilles.  The  French  should  learn  the 
lesson. — India  Rubber  Trades  'Journal,  Nov.  10. 
MATALE  PARA  RUBBER  SELLING  HIGH. 
Kepitigalla,  Matale,  Dec,  5. 
, Dear  Sir, — As  promised  in  my  letter  of  October  ist  last,  which 
appeared  in  your  daily  issue,  to  let  you  know  the  results  of  the 
sale  of  the  13  cases  Para  Rubber  dispatched.  I now  have  the 
pleasure  in  stating  that  the  13  cases  sold  for  the  handsome  average 
price§  of  3/11^.  per  lb. — an  average  price  second  to  none  in  the 
world,  as  very  best  Paras  were  selling  at  same  sale  at  3/5i<^. 
Valuation  and  sales  of  13  cases,  Kepitigalla, . Matale,  Ceylon, 
Para  Rubber : — 
London,  Nov.  14. 
To  4 cases  200  B.  Ai.  valued  at  s/iid.  sold  at  4/. 
To  8 cases  400  B.  A.  valued  at  3/11^.  sold  at  4/. 
To  I case  42  B.  rough  scrap  valued  at  z/Sd.  sold  at  ijiod. 
I enclose  London  Agent’s  sales  memo  to  verify  above  figures. 
I am.  Sir,  yours  faithfully, 
Francis  J.  Holloway. 
