The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-04-06
RUBBER IS MAKING
MANY MILLIONS
FOR MALAY STATES
Small Spot On Earth's Surface
Now Responsible For Produc-
ton Of More Than Fifty Per
Cent Of the Worlds Supply

The cultivation of rubber in the Fed.
Grated Malay States is going ahead by
leaps and bounds, and at the present
time that small tract of territory is re-
sponsible for fifty per cent Of tie
worlds rubber production.
In confirmation of this be il known
that the world = outcu: of rubber dur
ing the year 1916 was pol sos tons, and
Of this quantity III 900 tons came from
the Malay Peninsula. This latter hg.
uFe represents an average value of
Sl50,O00 600, which compares more than
fsvorably with the sugpr production
from the Hawaiian Islands, which Is
only between $50 900 900 and $40, O0O,.
600 year. .t8
About ten years ago the Pahang
Rubber Company and the Tanjong Olak
Rubber Plantation, Federated Malay
Statee), were Incorporated, with head
quarters at the Waterhouse Company,
Ltd, Honolulu, the stocks being sub
scribed by residents of Hawaii. n
Periodical inspections were made TO
the plantations by an officer from Ho-
nolulu, but eventually it was found nee.
cssary TO have local agents in Singa-
pore, and the Warehouse Company de-
cided TO establish branch Office in that
city.
AT this time 81 900 acres Of land be-
came available at Endau, and another
company, styling itself the Endau De-
velopiDg Company, was foated in jHol
nolulu. |."
The opportunities in the Malay
a.. 4
and rs business increased beyond all
expectations, the Waterhouse Com
pany, Ltd, sent Mr.. j. o. Young,
4-~rsnrar OF the company, TO Singapore
TO reorganize the branch and develop
- Das.ness IN general way. He ar
rived there in January, 1916, and find.
ing the Office accommodation too small
transferred the premises TO a larger
building.
Business continued on the ascend,
and by the middle of the year q further
move was found necessary. This time
Offices were secured in a new building
in the most prominent part of Singa-
pore, which had Just been erected for
the Chartered Bank of India, Australia
and China. The basement of this
structure was also secured for ware
house, and the staff, which had been
five in January, was increased TO TWEEN
ty-four in June of the same year.
The Waterhouse Company, Ltd, were
especially interested in the develop.
ment Of rubber, but they also acted as
selling agents for other planters in the
auction rooms of Singapore. N
They also acquired the agency for
the Firestone Tire Rubber Company,
Akron, Ohio, for the sale of their tires
and auto accessories This agency COW
cred Pahang, Selangor, Negri Sembilan,
Malacca and the Muar districts Other
agencies secured were. National Cash
Register Company, Western Assurance
Company (marinel, and Phoenix As
surance Company (fre). The business
Of the Supgei Bilut Rubber Estate was
also administered from the Watcrhouse
Company's Offices. s'~ I
Towards the latter part of 1916
branch Offices were established at Kuala
Lumpur, Malacea and Muar, and in
each of those branches an additional
tf~"r 'Nen were "~nloyea.
In January, 1916, the Waterhouse
Company, LTu., handleu JS,Uvv ,V-n =.
of rubber. This quantity gradually in.
creased until in October of the same
year, when 100000 pounds passed
through their hands. The months Of
November and December showed
slight decrease, due to the difficulty ex,
perieneed in securing permits from the
! British government.
The total quantity sold by this com,
pany in the Singapore rubber auction
during f9l6 was 1909, 900, and for the
same period the value Of rubber ship
ped to American manufacturers reached
a., lis, 7O8. "a. \. y
Albert Waterhouse is managing the.
Endau, Development Company, and he
will remain there for five years organ.
izing the business, BY the Tenyo Maru
leaving three weeks hence Fred p.
Watcrhotsc will visit Singapore with
the intention of looking over operations
generally. He expects to be away for
at least two years.
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