6 MAY 1938, Page 61

RIKAM RUBBER ESTATE

Mr. H. Eric Miller also takes a hopeful long-term view of the rubber outlook. He told the shareholders of Bikam Rubber Estate on Wednesday that by gradual means supply was being adjusted to demand. A fair reading of the American situation, in his view, is that American industry was too optimistic a year ago and is too pessimistic now, because the actual using up of tyres and other rubber products is pro- ceeding on a much steadier scale than is the American off-take of rubber. The longer American industry remains unduly depressed the more certain is a sharp revival to come.