September i, 1903.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



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quiry made o( the Nov York houses who handle y ;ill 



the cruderubber imported into the United States, and who are 

 careful to keep informed in regard to the rubber movement 

 throughout the world, brought out the statement in every case 

 that they had never heard of any rubber being shipped by the 

 Para Rubber Plantation Co. 



The India Rubber \A ^ devoted spac. , the 



operations of other rubber exploitation c will 



welcome for publication any evidence that the :bber 



Plantation Co. has marketed one ton of rubber, or that it has 

 equipped one trading post, or that it is represented by a re- 

 sponsible agent anywhere near the Cas ; quiare. 

 '■ DOCUMENTARY 



Extract from a circular entitled "Documentary Proofs," 

 distributed by the Para Rubber Plantation Co. in Julj 



" Elaborate plans have been made by which the work of the 

 company is now carried on, on a truly magnificent scale in 

 every detail. The company, without doubt, now owns the 

 richest rubber producing country in the world, the country 

 whose product commands the highest price. A line of steam- 

 ships has been established which ply on the Orinoco and Casi- 

 quiare rivers, between the stations established all along the 

 line, making the trip from the property to New York in six- 

 teen days." 



k from an important shipping company, with interests 

 on the Orinoco : 



nil: DUINOCO STEAMSH1 \NY. 



Port of Spain, Trinidad. 



' 



17 Buttery Place, New : 



New York*, X. V., A .. 



To the Editor of The India Rubber World: In reply 

 to your letter of the 5th inst., we beg to say that according to 

 our last advices, all steam communication between the upper 

 and lower Orinoco has been suspended, and traffic between 

 Ciidad Bolivar and the seaboard has not yet been resumed 

 since the cap'.ure of that port by the government forces. Yours 

 very truly, the ori ••■ rEAMSHiP 



A . D . 1 y . 



NO NEWS IN CHICAGO. 



The published list of officers of the Para Rubber Plantation 

 Co. is headed "John Cudahy, president." In the list of direc- 

 tors he is described as "John Cudahy, packer, Chicago." This 

 gentleman is connected with the Cudahy Packing Co., engaged 

 on so important a scale in the meat trade in the West. Another 

 Chicago man is treasurer, and two more are named as directors. 

 It has not been possible, however, to derive any information 

 from that quarter. A telegram from the Chicago correspond- 

 ent of The India Rubber WORLD on August 26 stated that 

 Mr. Cudahy was ill, and could not be seen, and that the other 

 Chicago officers were away on vacations. 



Sponge waste, imported into the United States from Nassau, 

 consists of small fragments of sponges, which have been clipped 

 from the ragged edges of merchantable sponges, in the process 

 of preparing them for the market, and are raked up and put in- 

 to bales usually of 500 pounds each. It is chiefly employed in 

 the manufacture of paper known as asbestos sponge paper, used 

 for insulating purposes and composed of about So per cent, 

 of asbestos and 20 per cent, of sponge waste. It is also put 

 up in the form as asbestos sponge filling and used for lining 

 refrigerators, for deadening walls, and for lining horse collars 

 and saddles. It is imported by manufacturers of asbestos 

 goods, who have claimed it to be entitled to entry free of 

 duty, but in a recent decision on a protest of the H. W. 

 Johns-Manville Co. (New York), this waste is held to be 

 dutiable as sponges, at 20 per cent, ad valorem. 



THE CUP OF MELTED 



THIS being a progressive world, it 1 the ad- 



vance of time should constantly briiit 1 i c; h t , 



including facts explaining the discovery of ti .n of 



rubber. In this connection the able Waterbury icut) 



Republican is the first authority, to our knowh .0 intro- 



duce the incident of the cup of melted rubber. Its statement 

 of how Goodyear was surprised is given herewith : 



One day, while standing idly by a stove upon which a cup of melted 

 rubber stood, he threw in a handful of melted sulphur and wa< 

 prised to find that the combination solidified. - - - Krom this acci- 

 dental discovery we derive the thousand and one articles that vulcaniza- 

 tion of rubber makes possible. 



THE RUBBER TRUST NOT ALARMED BY THE TOCSIN. 

 IMPORTERS and manufacturers of rubber in New York and 

 Boston are not worrying about the tocsin sounded in England 

 and Belgium over the discovery of an African rubber plant 

 that, it is alleged, is going to revolutionize the market, and 

 break up the trust that has for so many years controlled the 

 rubber supply from the Orinoco. — New York Times, June ji , 



ROOT RUBBER AND POLICE IN BRAZIL. 

 In their greed for gain the first native gatherers destroyed 

 thousands of trees by extracting the sap, even from the roots. 

 • rubber, as it is called, brings a low price compared with 

 other rubber; still it is remarkable, and the Indians were out 

 for all that they could get. Under proper supervision the root 

 rubber trade has been stopped and the trees saved. The po- 

 licing of the rubber district is almost as severe as the protec- 

 tion of the diamond mines in South Africa. The root rubber 

 iniquity almost devastated the Brazilian forests near the water- 

 ways as well as the Amazon and the lower Negro. — New York 

 Times. June 2r, rpoj. 



WHERE CRUDE RUBBER IS MADE. 



A LTHOUGH Pittsburgh is one of the largest consumers of rub- 

 ber, extensive manufacturers of the crude product are located 

 principally in New England and New Jersey, millionsof dollars 

 being invested in the plants. — Pittsburg Leader. April 12, 



DOES RUBBER GROW IN MAINE? 



There are innumerable sorts of gum trees and so-called rub- 

 ber plants and trees which exude a milky, sticky substance re- 

 sembling genuine rubber milk. Even the milk weed of our 

 roadside and the chicla or chewing gum of the Maine woods 

 may be called rubber plants, of which there are 53 botanical 

 varieties of the general species or family. — Pittsburg Leader, 

 April /J, 1 



INDIA RUBBER IN THE COUNTRY EDITOR. 



In looking over one issue of an exchange we find that the 

 editor hopes, is glad, is pained, is pleased, is delighted, has re- 

 gret, and has heartfelt sorrow. No one could stand such a 

 combination but the country editor, who generally has an elas- 

 tic conscience and an India-rubber stomach. — Centralia {Kan- 

 sas) Journal. 



1H ABOUT LOT'S WIFE. 



The fate of Lot's wife 



Was all her own fault ; 

 She first turned to " rubber," 



And then turned to salt. 



— New York American and Journal. 



POLITENESS AND RUBBER TIRES. 

 POLITENESS is like a rubber tire; it may not be very solid, 

 but it eases the jolts wonderfully. — Philadelphia Inquirer. 



