Colonial Office's Warning on Proposed Abstention: Stabilizing Prices Colombo, Dec. 19.
With reference to the motion discussed at the recent meeting of ths Legislative Council that Ceylon [should stand out from rubber restriction, Mr. Amery, Secretary for the Colonies, has telegraphed a. warning concerning the serious effects on the industry if Ceylon Jabandoned the rubber restrictions ficading to an immediate fall lof prices, which would hit Ceylon in the same degree as others, and declaring that the maintenance? of prosperous conditions for rubber producers was a matter of real imyrtauce from the Empire point of view, Henc> our aim, urged by. producers and users alike, is tu stabilize the price of rubber, and stability must be sought at A profitable level in order to encourage cultivation and promote research.
Mr, Amery points out that the new scale precludes any alteration before next November, but before that period is extended' he promis tht full consideration will be given to any proposal advanced by Coyle:
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