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THE INDIA RUBBER ^VORLD 



[July 



1901. 



ner until 1870, then sold his interest to C. B. Dickinson : in 1874 

 Mr. Holton also sold his interest to Dickinson, the factory be- 

 ing then operated as the Brooklyn Rubber Works. Later Mr. 

 Holton started a factory in Gold street, New York, and built 

 up a fine business in druggists' and stationers' sundries. It 

 was while in this factory that he met the late Dr. B. F. Good- 

 rich, who induced him to leave New York and go to Akron to 

 take charge of the specialty department of The B. F. Goodrich 

 Co. Mr. Holton remained with the Goodrich company for 

 thirteen years, ten of these years being actively employed ; the 

 last three he was practically retired, and s^ent much time in 

 traveling and recreation. Being in excellent health, however, 

 and always interested in the rubber business, he is again at 

 work, at present being the general superintendent of The Rub- 

 ber Specialty Co., of Akron, Ohio, where he is bringing out a 

 fine line of sundries, together with a number of valuable speci- 

 alties. 



A CARD. 



TO THE Editor of The India Ruhber World: Refer- 

 ring to a publication in your journal of June i, I find that 

 a concern in New York who call themselves the United Secur- 

 ities Co. are issuing a prospectus to obtain subscriptions to a 

 corporation called the Pacific Rubber Co., which they claim is 

 organized under the laws of Maryland, and are using my name 

 and a report I made on the property. These people represented 

 to me they had a corporation with a capital surplus of §1,012,- 

 000, and offered to purchase my property for $120,000, cash. I 

 found these people were not responsible, and are not reg- 

 istered as a company, and refused to convey the property to 

 them, or any one connected with them. Their statement that 

 the property is owned by them is false. Their statement that 

 the Pacific Rubber Co. pays 20 per cent, annually is false. I 

 have learned that Henry B. Wall's and Senor Luiz Velez- 

 Arriaga's names have been used without authority. The so- 

 called Pacific Rubber Co. do not own any property obtained 

 from me, and have at the present time no authority from me to 

 use my name or that of Sefior Luiz Velez-Arriaga, and I wish 

 to positively disclaim any connection of any kind with the 

 United Securities Co., and Mr. Raymond Surbridge or George 

 Surbrug, who at times sign themselves as secretary and treas- 

 urer. By publishing this card, you may save some innocent 

 purchaser of this stock from loss. Truly yours, 



CHAS. G. GANG. 

 New York, Jurie 26. 1901. 



RUBBER FROM A MEXICAN PLANTATION. 



THE San Francisco News Letter, in its issue of June 15, 

 1901, said : 

 " La Zacualpa Rubber Plantation Co., on June i, brought to 

 this city 1050 pounds of clean, crude rubber. This is the first 

 shipment of this year's crop, the largest single shipment re- 

 ceived at this port, and the first from a cultivated plantation. 

 The shipment is on exhibition this week at the plantation's 

 general offices, Nos. 703-4 Claus Spreckels building. This 

 exhibit is of interest, as it enables the Zacualpa company to 

 declare itself the only company in the United States which has 

 produced rubber to show to its investors. The Zacualpa 

 company is shipping to London 30,000 pounds of rubber yearly, 

 but the Bowers Rubber Co., which bought up the present ship- 

 ment, is competing strongly with other local firms for more. 

 This rubber is so pure as to delight the hearts of dealers. The 

 Zacualpa company now has a plantation of 73j,ooo rubber 



trees. Their plantation is situated on the Pacific coast within 

 the department of Soconusco, Mexico. Mr. J. W. Butler is 

 president and managing director, and Mr. E. Noel, secretary. 

 The economical management of the company, together with 

 its superior product, makes it a gilt-edged proposition for in- 

 vestors." 



A NEW FIRM IN SUBSTITUTES. 



' I "HE Rubber Chemical Co., Limited, an English firm whose 

 *■ advertisement appears on another page of this paper, 

 was first mentioned in our columns in July, 1900, in a record of 

 the formation of the company, to make supplies for the use of 

 rubber manufacturers. They appear to have met with success, 

 and are now prepared to oflfer their substitutes and other 

 chemicals to the trade on both sides of the ocean. 



THE RUBBER TRUST AND ITS WORK. 



Ly NDER the heading " Facts About Trusts " the New York 

 ' World some time ago, in its editorial columns, con- 

 tained this : 



Dun's Review for Jan. 13, 1900, gives the following increase of prices 

 in some of the lines controlled by the trusts: - - - . The rubber 

 trust increased the price of rubber from 94 cents on Jan. 4, 18S9 to %i 45 

 on Jan. 3, 1900. 



This being information that previously had been denied to 

 the rubber trade, the issue of Dun's Review quoted was re- 

 ferred to, with this result: In 

 a table of " Prices of Mate- 

 rials," without a word about 

 trusts. India-rubber and a 

 whole lot of other commodi- 

 ties were mentioned, shewing 

 fluctuations in the price of 

 crude rubber, between the 

 dates mentioned, from 94 

 cents to $i.o4>^ — not §1.45, 

 as the World read it. All of 

 this is not of startling impor- 

 tance, but the World's article has been copied very widely, 

 and probably still is going the rounds, showing what careless 

 leaders of public opinion some newspapers can be. We re- 

 gard as of much more importance the educational work of the 

 New York Journal, whose cartoonist, Mr. F. Opper, has ser- 

 iously undertaken to show just what the trusts look like. Here 

 is a picture, cut out from one of his characteristic cartoons, 

 showing the appearance of the Rubber Trust. It will be noticed 

 that the monster is tpgged with its name, in order that no 

 mistake may be made about its identity. 



Rubber Bands. — The Washington Star quotes " a whole- 

 sale dealer in rubber bands in New York " as estimating the 

 annual production of these articles in the United States at 

 about 400,000 gross, or 57,600,000 single bands. At least 60 per 

 cent, of the goods, he said, are made in New York. The an- 

 nual production will have to be increased 50 per cent, before it 

 is large enough to give each inhabitant one band per year. 



Mention is made in a late publication by the Mexican Mut- 

 ual Planters' Co. (Chicago) of seventy acres planted in rubber 

 near their estate, the plants four years old from the seed, the 

 owner of which expects to collect 4000 pounds of seed this 

 year. The Mexican Mutual company have contracted to take 

 2500 pound*, at $1250, 



