November i, 1901.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER ^A^ORLD 



49 



MR. CANO AND THE "PACIFIC RUBBER CO." 



NEW TRADE PUBLICATIONS. 



TO THE Editor of The India Rubber World: Having 

 read under the head of " Pacific Rubber Co." in your 

 issue of October i an anonymous card from some Brooklyn 

 investors in said company's stock, with a very poor attempt at 

 reply to the statements I made in my card and published in 

 your issue of July i, and to the subsequent confirmations and 

 explanatory comments published in your issues of August i 

 and September i, I cannot see that they seriously traverse the 

 several points stated by me — as matter of fact — in denouncing 

 the falsehood of the so called United Securities Co.'s repre- 

 sentations, the non-legal existence of the so called Pacific 

 Rubber Co., and the unlawful use of my name and of a report 

 I made on the property. As I informed you in June, the said 

 property is still in my hands for sale. 



As a general rule mere statements, even from the most reli- 

 able people, are not accepted, and intending investors of com- 

 mon sense and experience, first of all, must investigate on the 

 plan, character, responsibility, financial standing of the com- 

 pany, and its ability to carry out contracts, and by no rea- 

 sons depend solely upon the so called directors of a fictitious 

 corporation, such as the " Pacific Rubber Co.," simply because 

 they promise a profit unusually great. 



To any one fully acquainted with rubber cultivation said 

 profit is extravagantly absurd, and if the so called Pacific Rub- 

 ber Co. has paid two dividends — July 5 and August 5 — those 

 dividends have come out of the money paid by the investors, 

 and not from any income of wild rubber groves. 



The Pacific Rubber Co. never has had such a thing as a 

 charter, and are unlawfully using a corporate seal on their 

 shares. The United Securities Co. with " Capital and surplus 

 $1,012,000," and the" Independent Match Co." of which George 

 Surbrug appears as president and treasurer, are not registered 

 at New York, or mentioned in the City Directory. 



Furthermore, under the New York corporation law, directors 

 of a corporation make themselves liable : By making any re- 

 port, certificate, or public notice that is false in any material 

 feature ; the officers and directors signing the same shall, if any 

 loss or damage ensue therefrom, be personally liable to any 

 person who becomes a creditor or stockholder upon the faith 

 thereof. By declaring dividends, ^.r^^// /rt);« surplus profits : 

 or dividing, withdrawing, or paying out any part of the capital 

 to any of the stockholders. 



The " Pacific Rubber Co." since June last, have been unable 

 to give full details regarding the location of the 30,000 acres of 

 the vast, wild groves with rubber trees yielding from 20 to 30 

 pounds of rubber gum each ; have been unable to snow the 

 title free of all encumbrance by which they really own said 

 property ; have been unable to give the names of the parties in 

 Mexico or elsewhere stated to be or to have control of the plan- 

 tation, and to show even the smallest importation of rubber gum 

 out of the 60,000 pounds they so boastingly pretend to get. So, 

 still to-day there is absolutely nothing to show their legal stand- 

 ing, character, and financial responsibility, and the whole 

 business is nothing but a fraud. 



Besides, the said Pacific Rubber Co., by itself and not by 

 means of anonymous investors, is the one to protest against my 

 statements, and by proper procedure to show themselve blame- 

 less ; but they are unable to do it so, for, not having complied 

 with the law, they cannot maintain any action in the state 

 courts. My representative is now in New York, and will take 

 such steps as may be required by law to sue and stop those 

 people from the further use of my name. chas. g. Cano. 



East Oakland, Cal., October lo, 1901. 



"T^HE Combination Rubber and Belting Co. (Bloom- 

 A field. New Jersey), successors to the Combination Roll 

 and Rubber Co., have issued an extensive catalogue of " Vul- 

 canized Rubber Goods," including especially those adapted to 

 mechanical purposes. The company control various special 

 processes, particularly that for making their " Indestructene " 

 rubber belting. The book contains considerable information 

 of value in regard to rubber belting and hose, together with a 

 catalogue of mechanical rubber goods in general, molded 

 specialties, etc., including illustrations and prices. [5"X7/4". 

 84 pages.] 



B. F. Sturtevant Co.'s (Boston) Catalogue No. 117 relates 

 to " The Sturtevant Electric Motors, Generators, and Generat- 

 ing Sets." Having first gained a worldwide reputation as 

 blower manufacturers, they have found some special effort 

 necessary to impress the public with the corresponding mag- 

 nitude of their business in the electric field. The catalogue re- 

 ferred to here, however, should be sufficient evidence that the 

 Sturtevant company are fully equipped to meet any require- 

 ments in the way ofjmoderate sized motors, generators and 

 generating sets. Catalogue No. 117 is even handsomer than 

 the Sturtevant standard. It is illustrated effectively, contains 

 advice of value to intending buyers of motors, and gives prices. 

 [9"x6>^". 49 pages.] 



Wellman Sole Cutting Machine Co. (Medford, Massa- 

 chusetts) issue a new publication — "C 1901 " — relative to their 

 machines, of which one is for cutting taps and the other for 

 cutting all kinds of soles, whether plain or embossed, large or 

 small. There are eleven pages of plates, illustrating all the 

 various parts of these machines, followed by descriptive matter 

 and directions for ordering, the object of the whole being to 

 make it easy for the company's customers to order whole ma- 

 chines, or parts, as desired. A price list is included. [9"Xi'M^." 

 20 pages.] 



The B. F. Goodrich Co. (Akron, Ohio) issue a brochure en- 

 titled " The Pickett All Rubber Valve," pointing out its adapt- 

 ability for pneumatic tires, air cushions, pillows, punching bags, 

 and football bladders, with illustrations of the form and method 

 of attaching this valve — details which have appeared already in 

 The India Rubber World. [3^" x 6'. 6 pages.] 



The Victor Rubber Co. (Springfield, Ohio) issue an illus- 

 trated catalogue of " Mats, Matting, and Specialties for the 

 Carriage Trade," showing a wide variety of designs, and giving 

 prices. [3>^"x6X". 12 pages.] 



Boston Woven Hose and Rubber Co. issue a " Garden 

 Hose Catalogue" for 1902, embracing ten brands in rubber and 

 four in cotton hose, together with a varied line of hose appli- 

 ances, the booklet being suitably illustrated. [8"x5f^'. 20 

 pages.] 



ALSO RECEIVED. 



Pneumatic Mattress and Cushion Co., New York. = Pneumatic 

 Mattresses, Pillows, Cushions, etc. 16 pp. 



Morse, Williams &Co., Philadelphia=Belt Power Elevators, 24 pp. 



P. Goldsmith's Sons, Cincinnati, Ohio=Sporting Goods [including 

 striking bags and footballs with new patented rubber bladders]. Cata- 

 logue No. 38 — Fall of 1901. 28 pp. 



The La Favorite Rubber Manufacturing Co., Paterson, New Jersey 

 =Brown Packings. 4 pp. 



Quaker City Rubber Co., No. 409 Market street, Philadelphia=Gar- 

 den Hose. Daniels' P. P. P. Patented Rod Packing. Lawn Hose 

 Reels. [Series of folders.] 



