"Only a little rubber has as yet been planted in the Philippines. Enough, however, has been planted during the last 20 years to prove} that rubber can be successfully produced. Production compares favourably with Malaya and Sumatra. The trees are of large and] are exceptionally free from disease. The only essential to large scale production of rubber is that the Philippines question be taken out]
ities and the future status of will be invested in the Phi and with American capital and American methods, the islands can produce Fbher in sufficient quantity to free te Unital States from the necessity for dependence on foreign sources for the raw material."
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