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...comes from arms and munitions manufacturers, who had influenced Mr. Burnham, head of an advisory committee to the Government, to object to reduction of the bag limit and the length of the open season. He declared that he (Hornaday) and other members of the advisory committee were but "distinguished rubber stamps," while Burnham maneuvered the Department of Agriculture as he saw fit. "I regard Mr. Burnham's influence over Dr. E. W. Nelson and other high officers of the Biological Survey on game-shooting privileges as completely paramount. I believe that that association's influence is to blame...
Among the numerous brokers in Manhattan, the rubber brokers must not be forgotten. These functionaries handle sales for future delivery in crude rubber much in the same way that grain or cotton brokers sell or buy futures in their respective commodities...
Before crude rubber soared* in price recently, a number of speculators sold rubber for delivery July 31. They had no rubber, but they "figured" that by that date they could buy it for delivery from incoming steamers. Meantime the ships-the Kansas, the Siberian Prince and the Menelaus- were crowding on steam to reach New York on the closing July date with their cargo of 6,500 tons of crude rubber. They had come from Singapore via the Suez Canal and the Mediterranean, and during the closing days of July were racing across the Atlantic while the impatient brokers...
...three boats contained more rubber than the entire port stocks in London, which amounted to only 3,987 tons. For June, imports of rubber into the U. S. amounted altogether to 31,175 tons of crude...
...juicy as buttered asparagus with a recent rainfall, a circumstance which boded ill for Miss Wills. Both players wore spiked shoes, but before the first set was six games old, Miss Ryan was taking off her shoes. The gallery giggled. She tried on a pair with soles of crape rubber. They skidded. She tried on a pair borrowed from William M. Johnston. The gallery tittered again. Miss Ryan removed her footwear altogether, began to scuttle about the court in stocking feet. The score at that point was 4-2 in her favor in the first set, and Miss Wills...