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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[November 1, 1912. 



RUBBER TRADING CO. 

 The samples exhibited by this company incUided a general line 

 of Paras, plantations, African and Centrals, in which a satis- 

 factory business had been done in the course of the exposition. 

 Mr. Robert B. Baird was in charge of the exhibit. 



OHIO GROWN RUniiER. 

 An excellently arranged show case was displayed by Mr. 

 Charles P. Fox, of Akron, containing samples, representing 

 Ohio-grown rubber in various forms. These had been re- 

 spectively derived from .Ipocynuin or Indian hemp and Asclefiias 

 or milkweed and represented the latex, as well as the resin, 

 coagulum and rubber. 



THE GEXER.\L RUBBER CO. 

 This company had an attractive pavilion, showing the names 

 of its subsidiaries : General Rubber Co., of Brazil, Para and 

 Manaos : General Rubber Co., of Singapore; Wm. Symington & 

 Co., Limited, London and Liverpool ; Holland-American Planta- 

 tions Co., Kisaran, Ashan. Sumatra; Netherlands Langkat Rub- 

 ber Co., Tandjong Poera, Langkat, Sumatra. 



A CENTRIFUGAL RUBBER COAGULATOR. 



At the booth of the Empire Cream Separator Co., Bloomfield, New 



Jersey, Mr. G. M. Lescher. inventor of the process, was in charge 



and explained the advantages of the Empire Centrifugal Rubber 



Coagulator. This machine has met with much success in Mexico. 



THE RAW PRODUCTS CO. 

 Mr. Samuel Kubie. president and treasurer, and Mr. F. H. 

 Peaty, secretary and manager, represented this company. They 

 received the visits of many friends during the exhibition, 



OSTERRIETH & CO., ANTWERP. 

 This firm of prominent Antwerp importers showed a small 

 but interesting exhibit of standard qualities of crepe plantation 

 rubber. It included thin pale, grade I; thin, grades II and IV; 

 thick pale, grade I ; tliick. grades II and IV. 



THE FOREIGN PRESS. 

 The "Gummi-Zeitung" of Berlin, "Grenier's Rubber News" 

 of Kuala Lumpur, and the "Rubber World" of London, were 

 represented in the crude rubber section. 



RUBBER FERTILIZERS. 

 The German Kali Works, 42 Broadway, New York, represent- 

 ing the Kalisyndikat of Berlin, distributed copies of literature 

 descriptive of their fertilizing products, including a pamphlet on 

 the ".Manuring of Rubber," by .•\rthur Stephen, an English expert 

 on the subject. 



THE MANHATTAN COMPANY IN JAVA. 

 The Manhattan Rubber Manufacturing Co., Passaic, N. J., has 

 found it desirable to add the cultivation of rubber to its manu- 

 facture, by means of its own plantation in Java. Increased 

 importance is anticipated for this branch of its business. 



SALE OF SAMPLES BY INSCRIPTION. 



The large quantity of samples sent to the Exposition for dis- 

 play or competition (and which had not been sold privately, or 

 otherwise cleared) was disposed of by "inscription," on the 

 plan customary in various continental markets. Bids were re- 

 ceived by the New York Commercial Co. until 4 p. m. on Octo- 

 ber 3, the last day of the exposition. Following are the prices 

 obtained, which turned out to be exceptionally good, as the 

 market has since been a declining one : 



Brazil Rubber — 



Amazon Fine Para $1.15 per lb. 



Da Costa Process Hcvea, smoked 1.64 per lb. 



" " " unsmoked 1.64 per lb. 



Rubber from Federated Malay States, 

 " " Ceylon, and 



" " the Rubber Growers' .Association — 



Block Rubber $1.19^ 



Smoked Sheets 1.13— $1.18M 



Unsmoked Sheets 1.10 



Crepe Ill- 1.17^ 



First Latex Crepe 1.11 — 1.12 



Scrap Crepe 1.03^ 



In this distribution of the samples exhibited, throughout the 

 .American industry, the main object of the Exposition has been 

 attained, through the more intimate knowledge consumers have 

 thus gained of the rubber supplies at their disposal, both in wild 

 and plantation varieties. The weights of the samples have 

 ranged in most cases from SO to 112 pounds. There was in all 

 instances enough for a practical test. 



AN INTERESTING CHECK. 



Here is a rubber check of more than passing interest — not 

 because of the size of the amount — for that is not so particularly 

 large. The interest in the check shown below lies in the fact 

 that this represents the first payment made for plantation rubber 

 ever sold at a public sale in New York. This sale took place 

 on the last day of the Third International Rubber E.xposition, 

 recentlv iicld at the Grand Central Palace. 



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