巴西橡胶小镇。

巴西橡胶小镇。

巴西仍然保持其作为一个伟大的橡胶生产国的声誉，尽管在某些地方，由于库乔的供应耗尽了，曾经是如此丰富的供应，因此某些地区并没有像以前那样表现出伟大的活动。尤其如此，巴西和秘鲁之间的边界Javary浇水的地区尤其如此。在巴西一侧的这条河的一小部分支流上，位于哈瓦里（Javary）流入亚马逊（Amazon）的位置约30英里处，是Remate de Males的小镇（最糟糕的或最后一个疾病的疾病，所有疟疾 - 所有疟疾类型 - 那里比比皆是）。该镇的人口仅由一条街道组成，只有200个，所有成年人都以一种或另一种方式参与橡胶贸易，这使该镇成为亚马逊上游地区最重要的城镇之一。Here is established a magistrate’s court, and here, also, is a branch of the Brazilian Custom house—the latter, at least, a necessity, as, owing to the fact that rubber smuggling is constantly being carried on between Peru and Brazil — the export duties being higher in the latter republic, a great deal of the product is secretly sent across the river and shipped as the product of Peru. The accompanying view of the town (reproduced through the courtesy of the management of the India Rubber World) shows a portion of the street, which is about one mile in length, with the rubber warehouses of Messrs. Marins & Levy, collectors and exporters, and that of the Comptoir Colonial Francais, which gathers and ships rubber direct to Europe. On the Peruvian side of the river, as well as on the other, many new caucho trees have been planted, w’hich are now almost ready for tapping. The steamers of the Amazon Steam Navigation company and other lines make Remate de Males their final stopping place on the Javary river.

最近崩溃的原油橡胶公司在巴西和秘鲁进行了广泛的交易。该公司成立于1899年。当价格没有高度扩大时；实际上，橡胶市场报价几乎不如今天的报价很高。只有“关于高商业价格的永久性的痴迷”促使橡胶公司承担了更新和更高的负债。一年前，橡胶的售价高达每磅1.15美元：这诱使该公司招致导致其停赛的负债。现在，橡胶市场降至八十五美分。该公司以较高价格购买的大量材料已被清算，这些数字已经消除了公司的资本和利润，并迫使其陷入了破产。