Samoan Produce Prices

Rise

From Our Own Correspondent

Apia, May 11.

FOLLOWING the increase in prices on the European and American mar kets, local copra buyers have raised the Samoan price from 2 6 to 4/per 100 lbs. With dry weather ruling, it is expected that native and European producers will begin cutting large quan tities of copra and that trade generally, especially in Savaii and the outlying dis tricts, will greatly improve.

There is also reported an improvement in the cocoa price. A consignment was sold in America a few days ago at 81 cents c.i.f. San Francisco—the highest price obtained for Samoan cocoabeans for a considerable time.