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Authoritative Wall Street comment, last week, envisioned future rubber trends as follows...
...Amalgamation of British plantations to meet the world competition which must now be squarely faced; 2) Continued low prices of crude rubber; 3) Development of the system of co-operative buying among U. S. consumers which has proved effective in battering down rubber prices...
Commented President Francis R. Henderson of the New York Rubber Exchange: "Baldwin has made a bold move. But in my opinion he has made a move that will, in the long run, be a good thing for the industry as a whole. Lower prices for rubber will encourage its increased use, and increasing consumption will take care of the entire output of the Far East...
...tire] manufacturers of the United States unfortunately cannot pass on the economies which may be effected in the future through the cheaper raw material, until the stocks purchased at higher prices have been converted into goods and marketed. If there is no upswing in rubber prices by the middle of the summer, tire prices should be cheaper by that time...
...tire tycoons the most vigorous in fighting Britain's price raising scheme has been famed Harvey S. Firestone, who has established his own rubber plantations in Liberia (TIME, Dec. 20, 1926). Said he, last week: "Britain no longer controls the world rubber supply. . . . This means that the motorists will eventually save millions...