June i, 1901.] 



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houses there, besides shipping lines and telegraphic com- 

 munications, our own business men, of all classes, have 

 neglected to do any of these things which lead the way to 

 a growth of commerce. 



Gradually conditions have changed, however, until prac- 

 tically all the various southern countries have been found 

 in a state of readiness to cooperate cordially in the Pan 

 American exhibition now being held here. And the enter- 

 prise at Buffalo means also that our own people have come 

 to a better realization of means calculated to promote that 

 better international understanding which stimulates mu- 

 tual trade relations. We say mutual, for no commerce can 

 long exist which does not benefit both parties to it, whether 

 between individuals or nations. It is to be hoped that the 

 Latin .\mericans who visit us during this season will be 

 both interested and pleased, while it is probable that our 

 own people will have as much to learn — or unlearn — about 

 the other nationalities represented as anybody else who 

 may take part in the exhibition at Buffalo. 



It is proper in these columns to recall that India-rubber 

 long has been one of the most important items in the com- 

 merce between this and several of the neighboring coun- 

 tries to the south, and the continued growth of the rubber 

 interest seems likely to play a large part in inviting invest- 

 ments of capital from the United States in those countries. 

 In fact, probably no other business interest in the United 

 States has more reason to feel a concern in the success 

 of the Buffalo exhibition and the progressive ideas that it 

 stands for. 



RUBBER BAGS FLOAT CABLE. 



A PRESS dispatch from England, dated May 6, said : "A 

 submarine telegraph cable lor the Commercial Cable 

 Co. between Waterville, Ireland, and Weston Super-Mare, 

 where the cable will be directly connected with London, has 

 just been completed. Many persons witnessed the work of 

 landing the shore end from the cable steamer Silveriown. This 

 was accomplished by the new method of floating the cable by 

 means of inflated rubber bags. The completion of this work 

 marks the ending of a long struggle with the British govern- 

 ment to accomplish it." 



GUTTA-PERCHA AS SHE WAS SEEN IN PARIS. 



IN a " Practical Guide to the Universal Exhibition, Paris,'- 

 written last year by a Frenchman in English for the special 

 benefit of English visitors, occurred this reference to a Belgian 

 exhibit: 



" The employment of Gutta-percha in the horseshoe is quite 

 recent. They are the Americans who the first have invented 

 this application. At present, velocipedes, to speak of but of 

 these objects, have their wheel provided with a cushions in 

 Guttapercha, which softens the march, avoids all jolts, to pre- 

 vent the wear and tear all that was is not to be wished for the 

 cavalier as much as for the tricycle? M. Francis Dejean has 

 he inspired him of this aim. We ignore it, and we have not to 

 occupy us with it. We insist only to make observe that the 

 invention of the horseshoes Dejean constitutes an enormous 

 improvement and that it is not astonishing that the public 

 makes them a good reception." 



EXPORTS OF AMERICAN RUBBER GOODS. 



THE total exports from the United States of goods classed 

 as "Manufactures of India-rubber" during the first 

 ten months of the fiscal year beginning July i, 1900, were: 



((z) Not separately reported prior to July i, i8gy. 



The number of pairs of rubber footwear exported was 1,316,- 

 380, against 572,952 pairs for the same period last year, and 

 379,1 19 pairs in ten months of 1898-99. 



Exports of reclaimed rubber during the same months were: 



1898-99. 1899-igoo. igoo-oi. 



$244,129 $367,497 $322,791 



DISTRIBUTION OF RUBBER EXPORTS. 

 The manufactures of India-rubber exported from the port of 

 New York during the four weeks ended April 30, 1901, 

 amounted in value and were destined as follows: 



Great Britain. .$36,065 Newfoundland. 435 



Germany 8,543 Nova Scotia. . . 131 



France 2,192 Mexico 4,782 



Belgium 1,278 Central Araer. 422 



Holland. 

 Aus. -Hungary. 

 Switzerland. . . 



Italy 



Turkey 



Russia 



Denmark 



Nor'y-Sweden. 



Ecuador 15 



Peru 380 



Venezuela .... 305 



Australia 7, 194 



1,476 Cuba 4,913 New Zealand.. 175 



471 China 200 



30 Japan 2,587 



84 Philippines ... 68 



1,387 British E. Ind. 121 



778 British Africa. 3,194 



262 



646 Total . . . $86,060 



1,693 British W. Ind 



62 Haiti 



232 San Domingo. 



172 Argentina . . . . 



475 Brazil 



578 Chile 



4,114 Colombia 



Some other exports during the same month were : 



Dress Shields. — To Southampton $4540; Liverpool $3179; Havre 

 1517 ; Hamburg $4366; Antwerp $5396; Vienna $1435; Australia 

 total $20,861. 



Clothes Wringers. — To Belgium $1777; Germany $1437; Great 

 Britain $5390 ; France $335 ; Oceanica $1001 ; Other countries $1015 ; 

 total $10,955. 



India-rubber Thread. — To Hamburg $9685 ; Rotterdam $9175 ; 

 Havre $1843; Genoa $4716; Antwerp $450; St. Petersburg $200; 

 total $26,069. 



Reclaimed Rubber. — To Liverpool .$7240 ; Glasgow $3421; Man- 

 chester $1200 ; Havre $4339 ; Bordeaux $900 ; Genoa $2881 ; Hanover 

 $1000 ; total $20,981. 



BRITISH EXPORTS OF RUBBER GOODS. 



Official statement for three months ending March 31 : 



1S99. 



1900. 



;f372,884 

 $1,664,420 



1901. 



;i;298,872 



$1,594,360 



Value — English money ^^320, 298 



Value — American money $1,601,490 



The figures for January-March, 1901, include ^35,365 

 (=$176,825) worth of rubber boots and shoes— an item not re- 

 ported separately hitherto. The number of pairs exported 

 during the three months was 307,452. 



COMPARATIVE EXPORTS OF RUBBER FOOTWEAR. 

 The latest return from the German imperial statistical office 

 gives the value of the exports of rubber boots and shoes from 

 that country during January-March, 1901, at 604,000 marks, 

 compared with 357,000 marks value for the same months of last 

 year. The values of such exports for the three countries named 

 below, for the first three months of the year were as follows: 



American Engli.^h German 



money. money. money. 



United States $149,039 ^29,808 596,156 marks 



Great Britain 176,825 35.365 707.300 " 



Germany 151,000 30,200 604,000 " 



