December i, 1905.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



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crease. The commerce of the Choci'i is in 

 white race, who live in the principal towns, 

 into rubber planting, and some esteem the 

 than their merchandizing. Among 

 the principal ones are : 



Juan C. Oiler. RioSucio, Atr.ito, Co- 

 lombia. 



( iceron Angel. (Juibdo, Atrato, Co- 

 lombia. 



Carlos Nicolas Ferrer, Quibdo, Atra- 

 to, Colombia. 



C'lonzalo Zunlga, Quibdo, Atrato, Co- 

 lombia. 



Meluk & Co., Quibdo. Atrato, Co- 

 lombia. 



Dellino Diaz, Quibdo, Atrato, Co- 

 lombia. 



Manuel RIos, Rio Sucio, Atrato, Co- 

 lombia. 



I.uis Gonzales, Tuibo, Atrato, Co- 

 lombia. 



Abuchar Ilermanos, Sautata, Atra'o, 

 Colombia. 



Kene Granger, manager, Yanko m- 

 ba, Atrato, Colombia. 



I.uls M. Santamara, manager, La 

 Carolina, Uraba, Colombia. 



Francisco de B. Carrasco, Istmlna 

 Choco, San Juan, Colombia. 



— not to mention the hundreds of 

 small plantations of much larger 

 aggregate than the above, whose 

 planting will amount to probably 

 about 300,000 trees ; all of Casiil 

 loa except at La Carolina, which is 

 trying Manihot Glaziovii with 



the hands of the seeds brought from Don Simon de la Torres's ranch ' La Bar- 

 Many have gone rigona ' on the upper Magdalena, which in turn brought seeds 

 r plantations more from Ceylon. 



" It is found that rubber to thrive 

 in the Choci> must be planted in 

 the sun, and the accepted distance 

 apart is 4 to 5 meters. The con- 

 struction of the Colombia Central 

 railroad from the gulf of Uraba 

 (Darien) to the interior will open 

 up a lot of rubber land in addition 

 to the areas already accessible 

 Banana raising, quartz mining, and 

 gold dredging are industries of 

 great promise here, but none of 

 them will surpass the rubber plant- 

 ing business if the present enthu- 

 siasm continues, and judging from 

 the outlook it will." 



Incidentally other details have 

 come to my notice regarding the 

 interest in rubber planting that is 

 being developed in Colombia, and 

 which will be put in shape for my 

 readers in the near future. This 

 interest really is larger than I had 

 had reason to appreciate, and is 

 likely to become very important. 

 Important concessions for exploit- 

 ing crude rubber are also about to 

 be developed. 



TOR (ON THE RIGHT) AND HIS COMPANIONS DU VOYAGE 

 [The Boy is Julius Ci-s.ir.l 



SUQAR c- 



TYPICAL INDUSTRIES OF COLOMBIA. 



