620 
THE TROPICAL AGRICULTUlilST. [March 1, 1899. 
JOINT STOCK ENTERPRISE, 189S. 
Total 
Capital. 
1898 
No. of Cora- 
pauies 
regis ered. 
4,05.3 210,853,504 
ENGLISH COMPANIES. 
Ljst 6 
Description of l3t 6 mths. mths. of Total for 
CompauiesRe- of 1898. 1898. 1B98. 
eisteied. 2,514 Cos. 2,109 Cos. 4,C53 Cos. 
£ £■ ^■ 
Cycline and Motor 1,372,500 693,850 2,005,650 
Tea .. 353,000 505,500 1*58,5(0 
Newspaper and 
Printing .. 2,481,857 3,713,910 C,22o,.0< 
Total ..£145,889,428 £91,901,076 £210.853 501 
ENGLISH. 
Description of Total for 
Companies 1S96. 
llegistered. Cos. 4,291. 
Cvclina; and 
Votor .. 24,547,315 
Tea - 
Newspaper and 
Printing . . 3,740,750 
Total for Total (or 
1897. 1898. 
CoK. 4,750. Cos. 4 053. 
14,782,254 
6,027,.5OO 
8,056,440 
2,065,850 
858,500 
6,225.707 
£285,201,077 £209,391,715 £240,853,504 
SCOTCH COMPANIES. . 
Description of lBt 6 n.on.hs Last Cmontl.s Tula, l^r 
Comiianies of 1898. 
Registered, 219 Cos. 1.3 Co.. (os. 
Cycling and , 57 300 
Motor .. ll^tJ'^U 1,250000 1,2.0,000 
Tea •• ' ' 
^pSg 3,250 _J1^W 350,750 
£12,130^00 £8,394,953 £20.525,758 
IRISH COMPANIES. 
Description of 1st 6 months Last 6 months Total for 
,^^ imis of 1898. 1S9». 
Companies 
Registered. 
Cycling and 
Motor 
Tea 
Newspaper and 
Printing 
of 1898. 
77 Cos. 
£ 
7,000 
61 Cos. 
£ 
3,000 
45,000 
138 Cos 
£ 
3.000 
52.000 
£2,141,800 
—Investors' Guardian- 
— 
£1,744,100 £3,885,900 
Tea in Calcutta.— Tea shares are steady, but 
thpre is^no further advance in prices to record 
and transactions during tiie week have been few 
and m.important, says the Pioneer correspondent 
AH lanuarv With stocks of lea in London 
rOOo SoO lb les-I at the dose of 1898 than in.I897. 
and tbe increasing demand from America owing to 
the "rowing fashion among all classes to drink 
tea if they can get it good there ^yould appear 
to be iustification for the faith in improved re- 
sults for 1899. The Singell Tea Company s report 
is among the first of the 1898 reports we have seen 
andTt discloses a profit enough to pay a dividend 
nf 4 ner cent. I understand the Kornafuli lea 
Issociation's position has improved Two non- 
ivini gardens which liitherto formed a drag upon 
llircon,?ai3y have been sold for a figure sutiicient 
So wipe out all losses in the accounts so that this 
ve^- a fair and square start can be made with the 
Sain ns gardens which are likely to yield a proht. 
"THE JNDIARUBBEK WORLD." 
[Weli, d'inf, the Elitor and Publieherg we say. — 
Eu. 7.-4.] 
New YoiiK, Jan. 9th. 
The substance of what follows is this : 
On Friday afterooou, Dcr-ember 30th, the Promo' ers 
of the Bnbber Trust cbai-ged the Publishers of The 
Indian Jtuhhcr Woild with au attempt to extort aione^ 
from tliem — the charge being based on evilence 
secured through a hidden stc-nrgrspher ! But they 
were prudent enough to say ihat tiiey did not btlifve 
we were aware of having coaimitted that crime. No 
arrests ! 
On S iturday raoming, December Slst, at 9-30, there 
came to our offices an iutcrmeniavy whofe avowed 
(^ject was to patch up a pfeMre. He was told that we 
must insist upon the ui!qL.ttlllied withdrawal, in writing, 
of the infamous chaise. N ■ arrests I Sunday and 
Monday, January 1st and 2nd, were holidays. 
On the morning of Tuesday, Jatiuary 3rd, at 9-15 
o'clock, the friendly intermediary »gain appeared at 
our offices, to ssy that ihc charge would not be wuh- 
drawD, but we would certainly never be prosecuted if 
we would publish articles iu 'j lie Indian J'ulher World 
favourable to the Trust To encourage ub to udopt 
that policy, he left an order lor advertising in 7V,« 
Indian Unfile r I) 'o//(i amounting to ^COO. Later in the 
day he left another crder amounting to 81,200; we 
received through the mail a third order iucreasii g a 
half-pag>3 advertisement to a full p»ge ; ho gave a« 
assurance of many more orders of like character and 
kind ; and promised to send us an article which he 
asked that we publish in the interest of the Trust. No 
arrests ! 
On Wednesday, January 4th, the promised article 
came duly lo hand. On Thursday, January 5th, no 
developments. On Friday, January 6th, the orders for 
advertising were declined, becHUse they had been 
given in the hope that our editorial policy would 
be favorable to the Trust. No arrests! 
Saturday, January 7th, The India Jluhlifr World for 
January was published, and it contained all the 
alleged libellous articles upon which the Promoters 
had based their charge of attempted extortion. No 
arrests ! 
tt is a waiting game ! liut the publishers of The 
India liuUer World will wait no longer. We give 
the facts. And we are lull ready for the theatrical 
arrest, the publication of the questionable evidence, 
and the whole parade of wretched pretense. If it 
deceives others, it shall neither frighten nor deceive ua. 
Stand up, Charles R. Flint, and explain yourself ! 
Stand in the open, Mr. Flint, and let us have 
your story in cold print over your own name. The 
commercial honor of New York demands it. The 
moral sense of a great, free people, will have nothing 
less. No r'odging behind a charge of crime de^-ised 
for the plain purpose of suppressing facts. No dodging 
behind anonymous publications and authorized" inter- 
views" in their daily press. No dodging behind a 
pretense that you thought us guilty. For your attorney 
was instructed to say that you believed us innocent 
and now we mean to prove it. 
And, Gentlemen of the Press, see to it that the 
fighting is fair. We ask no favours. We court in- 
vestigation. The methods have been made plain. 
Now search for the motives. " Thrice ishe armed tcho 
hath his quarrel just." 
ARTiFiciAL Rubber.— Just now thi.s article is 
receiving much attention, several jjeisons (says 
the Chemist and Dvungisi) claiming to be able 
to produce a substance closely resembling the 
genuine thing. The P. Carter Bell Company, is 
making a so-called substitute for rubber. The 
process is a secret which is not known to any 
of the employes, the principals keeping it to 
themselves. — The Rubber Trust is inquiring into 
the merits of a process for producing mock rubber, 
invented by a Mr. McCullum. 
