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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



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nURMA. 

 The Government of Liurma. India, is represented by samples 

 of plantation rubber from some half dozen leading estates. An 

 illustrated booklet is also being distributed free with a full de- 

 scription of Burma. 



Till': II.WVAII.W ISLANDS. 

 .\n interesting exhibit 'S that of the Hawaiian Rubber (irowers' 

 -Association of Honolulu. It includes photographs and literature 



WllF.RK THE [T.\W..\n.\N ExHIBIT WiLL Be. 



illustrative of rubber cultivation and preparation, as well as 

 samples of rubber in bulk, as shipped to market. There is 

 further shown an assortment of intercrtjps, which illustrate the 

 fertilitv of the islands. 



The Ceylon Section. 



the ceylon' exhibit. 



The Hon. F. Crosbie Roles, editor of the "Times" of Ceylon. 

 w^as appointed by the Governor of Ceylon to be commissioner 

 for Ceylon at the Exhibition. Mr. Roles is well known in the 

 United States, having been interested in the Ceylon exhibition 

 at the Chicago World's Fair, and later occupied an official po- 

 sition at the St. Louis Exposition, 1904. He participated in the 

 first World's Rubber Show at Peradeniya in 1906. and was a 

 member of the local and London committees at the International 

 Rubber Exhibition of 1911. 



Ceylon's Rubljer exhibit will be set in the center of a plan- 

 tation crowded with spice trees. The commissioner has brought 



a score or more of picturesquely garbed Singhalese rubber work- 

 ers to New York, for the show, and with them a few Tamils 

 from Southern India, who work on the Ceylonese rubber farms 

 as indentured laborers. 



Ceylon has gone to great expense to show New York how its 

 rubber industry is conducted. In the center of the Imperial 

 Ceylonese rubber exhibit, stands an ancient Singhalese temple, 

 such as the tourist sees at Kandy. .Ml the details of growing, 

 gathering and preparing rubber are shown. The Singhalese 

 growers are rivals of the Malay rubber workers from the 

 Straits Settlements, and the two exhibits, both under British 

 royal patronage, are being made as attractive as possible. 



THE BRAZILIAN EXHIBIT. 

 Perhaps the most imposing exhibit in the International Expo- 

 sition, now being held at the Grand Central Palace, is that of 

 r.razil, which covers approximately 15,000 square feet. In the 

 enter of this exhibit is a pavilion of Portuguese architecture 

 surrounded by a terrace, on the river side of which is a panorama 

 'iver200 feet long, showing the Amazon from Para to its termina- 

 tion in the Jungle, illustrating the cultivation and handling of 

 rubber — from the plantation to the market. At the south 

 of the pavilion is a colossal figure, the conception, by the way, 

 of Admiral Carvalho, who, in conjunction with Dr. Dahne 

 has been mainly instrumental in promoting the success of the 

 Brazilian exhibit. This gigantic figure symbolizes the wonderful 

 rubber-growing capacity of Brazil. 



This figure is a recumbent giant. It is about 35 feet long, and 

 where the bead is raised on the elbow the figure stands about 

 seven feet high. The figure reclines very comfortably, looking 

 over the valley of the Amazon, which lies stretched out green 

 before it, showing the great river and its tributaries and the 

 green rubber jungles. This figure, by the way, is covered with 

 rubber, and is called "The Genius of the Amazon." 



There is a deal of information to be obtained in this Brazilian 

 section. It has been planned with much care and every evidence 

 of thought. There are a number of charts hung in conspicuous 

 places giving the visitor a great many interesting facts about 

 Brazil. From one chart, for instance, it will be learned that the 

 exports of Brazil in the last 20 years have increased 251 per 

 cent., while the exports of the United States in the same time 

 have increased only 141 per cent. Rubber stands second in point 

 of importance among the Brazilian exports — coffee ranking first, 

 with exports amounting in 1911 to over 12,000.000 sacks (132 

 pounds to the sack). 



Another interesting export from Brazil — of which we know 

 little in the United States — is mate, their native tea. In 1910 

 over 6,000 tons of this product were shipped out of Brazil, 

 going chiefly to Germany, Chile and Argentine Republic. An- 

 other product of great value consists of hides — the exports for 

 the last year to the United States alone, amounting to 31,000.000 

 kilos — or being interpreted, about 68.000.000 pounds. 



There are five very life-like figures in this exhibit, illustrating 

 five great industries of the republic. One shows the rubber 

 gatherer; another, the coffee grower; a third, the cowboy; a 

 fourth, the miner; and a fifth, the agriculturist. 



Numberless photographs add a great deal to the interest of 

 this exhibit. There are many handsome views, for instance, of 

 the harbor of Rio de Janeiro, the finest harbor in the world, 

 40 X 60 miles in size, and large enough for the combined fleets 

 of the world. 



The north side of the pavilion is devoted to Manaos and its 

 product, and is ornamented by a large painting showing rubber 

 production and transportation. .-V pyramid of Para rubber, 

 weighing 30 tons, surmounted by a large sphere of the same 

 material, over 1.400 pounds in weight, is a unique and interesting 

 feature of the exhibit. ' 



DR. PINTO'S CORNER. 

 Dr. Carlos de Cerqueira Pinto, who has a patented process 



