Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-02

and material belonging to the COM
pany intended for the installation of
its establishment; for the colonists
that the company may wish to locate
upon Its property, as we'll as for seeds,
plants, animals, etc.
Advances in the way Of a guaranty
of per cent interest upon all bonds
issued by such company up to a half
of the company's capital stock; provid-
ed that this guaranty, whatever may
be the capital stock Of the company,
shall not be paid upon anything ex-
ceeding 100000 sterling, and also only
when such capital shall amount to the
lent in paper money. The guaranty
of interest thus conceded shall cease
when the profits of the company shall
reach 6 per cent, and when the profits
exceed z per cent the concessionary
company shall commence to indemnify
the state for the sums advanced at the
rate of 5 per cent of the sum total Of
all the advances made. The conces-
sion of disposable lands shall be for
ninety-nine years. The government
reserves to itself the right of approval
of the by laws of the company of the
nomination of one of its directors and
of the retention of certain guarantees
for the execution Of the contract.
TERMS OF CONCESSIONS
In return for such favors the COM
pany on its part shall agree:
To never plant less than twenty plan
tations (seringueiros) per annum.
To follow in its cultivation the in
structions of the agricultural depart
ment of the state.
To maintain an elementary agricul-
tural school, with accommodations to
care for at least twenty adolescent
abandoned boys and to organize and
establish a field for the practical in
struction of such boys in mechanical
agriculture, in the experimental cul-
ture of tropical plants, experiments in
fertilization, etc.
To cultivate as an accessory of its
business rice, corn, and beans, culti-
waiting them mechanically.
To furnish exact annual statistics of
the number Of plants set, the state
of cultivation, and the general produc-
tion of rubber and other products.
To use upon it's sacks, cases, and
other receptacles in its business, to
contain articles of its production,
trademark duly registered with the
Junta Commercial according to law.
To permit inspection by the govern
ment of all It's activities in the manner
and form the government may deter
mine.
So far it does not appear that there
has been any movement among inVeS- |
tors, either abroad or in Brazil, to take
up the matter Of cultivating rubber in
these states under the terms offered
That there is an abundance of land |
suitable for the cultivation of rubber in |
the country in which the plant origi- |
mated goes without saying. There are |
said to be many difficulties in the way, |
among the principal ones being the |
lack of labor to carry on the work. and |
the nature of the climate into which
undertaking the work would |
Of necessity take any colOnists 1t
might be able to secure.
IT is noteworthy that while the states
which originally produced all The rub
ber exported by Brazil are thus at
tempting to save the industry to them
selves, the Acre territory, which was
unknown to the rubber
world at the time it was transferred
from Bolivia TO Brazil by the Treaty
Of Petropolis, has brought to the gov
arrment Of Brazil a large revenue.
Counting the tax as an average of 20
per cent Of the value, the total output
Of the Acre territory to date has been
worth about $9O,OO0,0OO. The value of