Of the many hundreds' of people in Shanghai who.for several years Ihave been interested as investors rubber companies or speculators in their shares, it is highly probable that not more than one-tenth, if s0 many as that even, ever have seer! a rubber plant, and certainly not the various stages through which the product goes before it has a dividend attached to it. Perhaps! many will suggest that such an intimate knowledge is of little con cern to the investor, but if they! spent five minutes in conversation with Mr. H, C. Pinching, they would Jcome away with changed ideas.
Mr, Pinching is one of the best known men in the rubber world, where he is regarded as.an author. ity, and by name at least he must! be' familiar to most Shanghai investors, for he is the visiting Jagent for the numerous estates Jeontrolied by Messrs. A. R, Burkill Sons and Messrs. J. A. Wattle In conversation with a representative of the News" Bir,
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