Copyright, 1924, by All rights reserved EUROPEAN AGENTS ENGLAND: P. S. King & Son, Ltd., 2 Great Smith Street, Westminster, London, S. W. RAW MATERIALS AND FOODSTUFFS IN THE COMMERCIAL PAGE HAPTER THE BASIS OF NATIONAL POWER. II-IMPORT DUTIES ON RAW MATERIALS. III-EXPORT TAXES ON RAW MATERIALS. IV-GOVERNMENT PROHIBITIONS, EMBARGOES AND LICENSING V-PREFERENTIAL IMPORT AND EXPORT DUTIES ON RAW MA- TERIALS AND PREFERENTIAL PROHIBITIONS AND EM- VI-GOVERNMENT AID TO PRODUCERS AFFECTING INTERNA- VIII-FINANCIAL CONTROL OF RAW MATERIALS BY PRODUCERS 75 IX-FINANCIAL CONTROL OF RAW MATERIALS BY BUYERS AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF NEW SOURCES OF SUPPLY....... 87 X-CONCESSIONS TO FOREIGN CAPITALISTS FOR THE EXPLOI- XI-POPULATION, MIGRATIONS AND RACE RIVALRY. XII—THE LIMITS OF NATIONALISM.. SUPPLEMENT THE PAPERS PRESENTED AT THE ROUND TABLE CONFERENCE ON RAW MA- TERIALS AND FOODSTUFFS IN THE COMMERCIAL POLICIES OF NATIONS Held at Williamstown, Massachusetts, July and August, 1923 Chairman to the Conference: William S. Culbertson, Vice-Chairman, United States Tariff Commission Secretary to the Conference: Benjamin B. Wallace, United States Tariff Commission PART E-RAW MATERIALS IN THE COMMERCIAL POLICIES OF NATIONS THE CRUDE RUBBER SITUATION... 149 H. N. Whitford, U. S. Department of Commerce OPERATIONS OF AN AMERICAN RUBBER COMPANY IN SUMATRA AND THE MALAY PENINSULA. 154 H. Stuart Hotchkiss, United States Rubber Company THE STRUGGLE FOR PETROLEUM... 162 Stanley K. Hornbeck, U. S. Department of State DISCUSSION.. 171 Sir Edward Grigg, M.P. OUR NITROGEN PROBLEM.. 173 Harry A. Curtis, U. S. Department of Commerce DISCUSSION 180 Charles M. Pepper, Director, Chile-American Association THE IMPORTANCE OF THE NEAR EAST IN PROBLEMS OF RAW MATERIALS AND FOODSTUFFS... 183 Edward Mead Earle, Ph.D., Columbia University THE CHESTER CONCESSION.. 186 Colonel Lawrence Martin, Geographer of the Harbord Mission FINANCIAL CONTROL OF RAW MATERIALS BY BUYERS... 188 Eugene Meyer, Jr., Managing Director of the War Finance Corporation THE PRACTICAL NEED FOR INTERNATIONAL CONSERVATION OF MINERALS 189 C. E. Julihn, Bureau of Mines, U. S. Department of the Interior |