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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[August 1, 1913. 



over his treatment at American hands in an official letter which 

 he sent to Secrctarj' Bryan on the day of his departure. 



It miglit be added that the "Minas Geraes," the latest addition 

 to the Brazilian navy, is a first-class battleship of 21,000 tons. 

 with a speed of over twenty-one knots. It has 100 officers and 

 900 men and marines. It carries twelve 12-inch guns and twenty- 

 two 4.7-inch guns, and is altogetlier a sliip of which any navy 

 nn'ght well be proud. 



Group E includes plans and photographs relating to the agri- 

 cultural phase of the subject. 



Such are the principal features of the proposed congress and 

 of tlie exhibition in connection with same. 



THE PARA RUBBER CONGRESS AND EXHIBITION 



""Pill'; program drawn up by the organizing conniiittcc enunicr- 

 ates the following subjects for discussion at the Rulil]cr 

 Congress to meet at Para, August IS, on the invitation of tlie 

 Commission of Economical Defence of .\mazonia : 



SUBJECTS FOR DISCUSSION AT CONGRESS. 



I. Old and new metluxls of extracting and preparing rubber. 



II. Measures against a<lulteration and abuses. 



III. .Measures for improving tlie situation of the Serin giicros. 



IV. Reorganization of the commerce in rubber. 



\'. Organization of the agricultural industry of rublier. 



VI. The cultivation of cacao. 



VII. Other cultures to be recoiiinn-ndcd. 

 \lll. Stock-raising industry. 



l.\. Instruction in agriculture and stock-raising. 



X. Colonization. 



X I. F.conomical and commercial defence. 



XII. Manufacturing industries. Do our economical and so- 

 cial conditions allow of their advantageous organization and 

 maintenance? Development of indigenous raw materials. 



RUBBER EXHIBITION. 



The exhibition to be held at the same time will be divided into 

 the following groups: A — Botanical; B — Technical; C — Connner- 

 cial ; D — I'^onomical and Social ; E — Agricultural. 



Group B is divided into four sections and nine classes, as 

 follows : 



SI-XTION I. E.\TK.\CT10N OF LATEX, 



Class 1. Processes now in use. Implements. Trunks of rub- 

 ber trees cut with the uuicliadinlio. Drawings and photographs. 



Class 2. Improved instruments invented in Brazil. Trunks 

 or photographs showing their operation. 



Class 3. Instruments used in the East and their application. 



Class 4. Tigelliuhas and other vessels for collecting and hold- 

 ing latex. Ingredients for the preservation of latex in a liquid 

 state. 



SECTION II. METIIOn-S OF I'REP.\RING HEVE.\ RUBBER. 

 Class 5. Smoking and its adjuncts, old and new. 

 Class 6. Appliances for smoking in sheets. 

 Class 7. Other methods of preparation. 



SKCTIO.V in. C.MTJIO. 

 Class 8. Methods of extracting and preparing caucho. 



SECTION IV. M^IRl•l•IT.^ 

 Class 9. Methods of extracting and preparing the latex of 

 "Muruiiita." 



Group C has the following sub-divisions: 



Class 1. Types of rubber now on the market. 



Class 2. Present mode of treatment and samples of rubber 

 prepared by any process. 



Class 3. New types of rubber to lie introduced in commerce. 



Class 4. Preparation and packing of rubljcr for export; types 

 of cases, bales, etc. 



Class 5. Diagrams and statistical tables. 



Group I) includes maps and plans illustrative of the rubber in- 

 dustry from an economical standpoint. 



OFFICIAL PROGRAM. 



According to the official program, just to hand, the congress 

 will be formally opened on August IS, and closed on .-Xugust 24 ; 

 this arrangement leaving eight days clear for discussing the sub- 

 jects to be presented. 



The officials of the Congress will be formally elected at the 

 preparatory session of August IS; while the E.xhibition will 

 be open from the 15th to the 24th. During the time of the 

 E.xhibition and the Congress, papers of an economic or scien- 

 tific character will be read by experts on the subjects named 

 in the above schedule. 



On certain days, excursions will take place to various points 

 of interest; such as: Mojii Rubber Plantation and Improve- 

 ment Co., Ltd. ; Museu Goeldi ; the Para Experimental Station, 

 and the Agricultural Institute of Santo Antonio. 



Meetings of the Congress will be held from 7 :30 to 10 p. m. 

 Each speaker will be entitled to 20 minutes for his address, 

 with privilege of the same length of time for his reply to any 

 criticisms. 



In the July issue of Thk Indi.v Rubhf.r Wori.ii. on page 514, 

 particulars were given as to the composition of the Organizing 

 Committee and other points of interest regarding the Con- 

 gress and E.xhibition. 



A BRAZILIAN CONSUL GIVES ADVICE ON GETTING TRADE. 



Consul General Julius G. Lay, stationed at Rio de Janeiro, 

 contributed to the June 26 number of the "Daily Consular and 

 Trade Reports" a valuable article entitled "Imports into Brazil 

 for Last Year." It will be well worth the while of any manu- 

 facturer wishing to establish trade connections with Brazil to 

 get this number and read the consul's report. There is one 

 particularly interesting paragraph, witli the caption "How to 

 increase American trade," and which reads as follows: 



"The only way to get business in this country is to get after 

 it. and when it pays, establish a branch and not depend on 

 European commission houses here just because they are willing 

 to pay cash in advance. These houses have already more lines 

 of goods than they can handle properly, and in the majority of 

 cases cannot possibly secure the amount of business that this 

 important field offers. The trade in very few articles justifies 

 the large expenditure of sending a capable representative to 

 Brazil and Argentina even to remain long enough to establish 

 selling connections, and in still fewer articles will it justify 

 establishing branches in these expensive countries, but often 

 concerns making non-competitive but allied lines can jointly af- 

 ford the expense of a traveler. If it can be avoided, agency 

 arrangements should not be brought about by correspondence." 



PLANTATION REftUIREMENTS. 



Lender Number 11,111 the Bureau of Eorcign and Domestic 

 Commerce, Washington, reports an inquiry received by an Amer- 

 ican consulate from a foreign business firm for plantation require- 

 ments. This firm wishes to deal with American manufacturers, 

 if their prices and goods compare favorably with those of 

 European makers. The principal articles required are machinery 

 for dessicating factories, rubber machinery, pumps, steel wire 

 rope, lubricating oil, motor cars and appliances, steel plates and 

 sheets, pig iron, etc. Prices to include cost, with freight and 

 insurance to foreign port. 



Should be on every rubber man's desk — The Rubber Trade 

 Directory of the World, 1912. 



