Proposed Government Aid: Great Possibilities 1 Manila, Aug. 29.
The question of rubber growing in the Philippine Islands is just now occupying much space in the press and a number of measures have been proposed in the Legislature which would encourage corporations and individuals to engage in that industry. In addition to recommending the amendment of the land laws which would allow the leasing of larger tracts to corporations "and individuals, Governor-General Wood has expressed Approval of a bill providing for the free distribution of rubber seeds to small farmers to encourage rubber He is of the opinion that rubber can be produced profitably on small Plantations and that the country can become a great source of rubber supply. He asserts that the rubber possibilities of the islands fare so great that they hold out a hope of helping in the building wp of the economic structure of the Philippines.
Mr. Arthur F, Fischer, director of the Bureau of Forestry, asserts that the Philippines contain more than 7,000,000 acres of potential rubber lands and that these lands are as good as the best rubber lands in the Malay States—Reuter's Pacific Service.
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