TOO MUCH RUBBER.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVII, Issue 98, 27 December 1913, Page 7

TOO MUCH RUBBER.

From the cradle to the grave man ies rubber for the .smooth running f his * chariots, but what the public re most particularly concernedabout ; the science of economical producon of those most indispensable artics, “Tyres,” cycle and motor cycle >r preference. t , Plantation 1 ry,bbet lids been a falhg madket throughout the year, rom over 4s Bd. per, pound in Janury, the price has persistently dwind■d ,to its present quotation of 2s, nd it is by no means certani that ths ill 'exiehtof the decline! ha's''yet been 'ached. ' ' • ’ : What' th e fall has meant 4o”fhe SpVd-' ucing combines has 11 til Wady' been* een in the many drastih dividend re*-' .uetjons,,; and in, one cpmi>iinjr T ’s |last two- WWiun ends were* only' lo per cent each as jmparod with a,. distribution of 3 i_3 per cent tor each pi the cor,ispondin£._.ceriodsl_cf l_h£_ aide of the .ghfreg have been more Han halved. Earlier in the year they food, at .they ,f’re Quoted ■t; 13sn i/idn fl s '/on idn'.'O i ijjivnl , Tim ..wufsfi ,of. ,rices before and since the boom ..per-, rd has b.ecu...as follows:

A further fall is possible,, but it .•mild be'a.serious happening for the iroducing ’ companies. The “slump” 1 ias been attributed to various causes, but the fact in a nutshell is, that there is too much rubber in sight. ‘lt is an ill wind” etc., and in this nstance the public stand to reap the benefit in reduced prices of tyres of ill descriptions and ruTfter goods in general.

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