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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD. 



RunBEK Tapper's Hut, Fku.m the i'UKUS, Upper Amazon. 



[London Rubber Kxhibition, 1908.] 



Exhibit of the State of Amazon as, Brazil. 

 [London Rubber Exhibition, 1908. J 



read)', awake to the dignity of labor, a greater wealtli tliaii that 

 possessed by the Incas will lie produced by them. 



the acre rubber field. 

 Perhaps the most interesting of all rubber producing terri- 

 tories in South America is O Acre, or The Acre — not a state but 

 a federal territory. It lies in the upper .\mazon valley, close 

 to Peru and Bolivia, and is watered by a labyrinth of rivers 

 great and small. Of these rivers the Amazon, the Javary, the 

 L'cayali, and the Madre de Dios, with others, either form 

 boundaries for the territory nr make the forests of easy access. 

 It is probable that no other part of the world is richer in rub- 

 ber than is The Acre. Most of the rivers are navigable, some 

 <if them for hundreds of miles, and the territory is easier to 

 reach from Para and Manaos than any other large Brazilian 

 rubber producing territory. The country is healthful and the 

 Hond seasons Iirief. The climate is not as humid as in the lower 



Amazon valley, and the heat is not so unbearable as in the latter 

 region. 



In the upper valleys the rainy season begins in September 

 and ends in December, while in the middle and lower valleys it is 

 months longer, beginning in November and terminating in March, 

 lir the southern regions the rains begin in June and end in 

 October. It will thus be seen that the Acre territory offers a 

 much longer working season that the others. The fine grade 

 of rubber known as "Purus"' comes from The Acre. 



The Amazon for more than 600 miles forms a boundary be- 

 tween Brazil and Colombia. There is a vast territory north of 

 the river that is watered by the Putumayo, the Napo, the Ca- 

 queta and their tributaries, forming a wonderful system of water- 

 ways into a country rich in Hevea rubber, in caucho and balata. 

 Very considerable quantities of rubber come to Manaos from 

 this section. 



This territory has been more or less worked for many years. 



l^l'UAI. KlIIDICK ri.\UR-\tKS ON THE RUER .lURUA, IN nRAZIL, 



