NOVEMEEK-I, I9IO.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



53 



OUR "CASTILLOA" TROPHY. 



■ I 'HE India Rli!I!ek World trophy, offered to stdmilnte ;ui in- 

 ■^ terest in imijrovcd methods dealing with the latex of the 

 Castilloa rubber, and to be awarded at the International Rubber 

 Exhibition in London next year, is a silver cup of artistic de- 

 sign and workmanship, 50 inches in height. The stem of the 

 cup, of whicli an illustration appears on the opposite page, rep- 

 resents a trunk of the Castilloa elaslica tree, beside which stands 

 a rubber tapper, machete in one hand and a calabash in the 

 otlier, tapping the tree in the destructive manner coninion to 

 wild-rubber gatherers. The upper part of the tree trunk termi- 

 nates in a cluster of Castilloa leaves, which bold a vase, grace- 

 ful in form, the center panel bearing the inscription "The Indi.\ 

 Rlbber World Trophy for the Best System of Extracting Latex 

 from the Castilloa etastica. International Rubber Exhibition, 

 London, 1911." The middle of the border at the top shows a 

 raised hemisphere of the countries in which the Castilloa thrives. 

 On each side is a frieze of planted Castilloa. The trophy, in 

 .American butler and French gray style, represents a value of 

 $1,000. The well-known silversmiths, Dieges & Clust (New 

 York), are the makers. 



CONDITIONS. 



1. The cup will be awarded for the best process, method, tool or ap 

 pliance for extracting the ma.xiinum amount of latex from tlie Castilloa 

 elastica. 



2. Entries may be tools or appliances, accompanied by full dt-bcription 

 or drawings, accomp.Tnied by descriptions. 



3. There will be no entrance fee. 



4. Tools, appliances, or drawings submitted for competition will be as- 

 sembled as one exhibit, known as "The India Rubber World Competi- 

 tion." 



5. The cup will be the absolute property of the successful contestant. 

 It will b^ presented to the winner or his accredited representative at tlie 

 International Rubber Exhibition Dinner, to be held in London while the 

 Exhibition is in progress. 



6. The judges have the right to test every tool or appliance. 



7. Tools, appliances, and drawings will be returned to the owners or 

 representatives at the close of the Exhibition. 



8. While the management of the Exhibition will scrupulously protect 

 the exhibits, they will not be responsible for loss or damage from any 

 cause. 



9. The judges' decision shall be final, and entries will be accepted only 

 on this understanding. 



10. All entries must be made to the Award Committee, Interntional 

 Rubber and .Allied Trades Exhibition, Limited, 75, Chancery lane, W. C, 

 London, by Monday night, May 1, igii. Letters bearing the postmark 

 May I will be accepted as entered at the offices on that date. Entries 

 should be sent by registered post, or delivered by hand, that a receipt may 

 be given for them. Exhibits for competition must be sent direct to the 

 .\ward Conmiittee, Royal Agricultural Hall, Islington, N., London, but 

 should not reach that building before June 15 and not later than June 20. 

 Transportation must be paid on all exhibits. 



The Exhibition opens June 24 and closes July 11. 



LARGER KASAI RUBBER PROFITS. 



'T'HE trading profits for 1909 of the Compagnie du Kasai — the 

 *■ rubber monopoly in the Kasai region of the Belgian Congo, 

 — though showing an important improvement over 1908, fell con- 

 siderably short of the results for some preceding years. The 

 gross return for 1909 was 13,055,293 francs [^$2,519,671.55]. 

 The net profit, after providing for the cost of planting rubber 

 as required by law, interest on bonds, etc., was 6,324,927 francs 

 [=: $1,220,710.91]. 



-•Kfter paying 6 per cent, on the capital shares, directors' fees, 

 agents' commissions, and adding to the reserves, there remained 

 for the holders of the beneficiary shares (common stock) 5,226,000 

 francs [=$1,008,618], or 1,300 francs per share, against 800 francs 

 in the preceding year. 



The capital of the company is in 4,020 shares of 250 francs 

 each, totaling 1,005,000 francs [=^$193,965], and an equal number 

 of beneficiary shares "without designation of value." It is the 

 latter which participate in the large profits above referred to. 

 One-half of the beneficiary shares are held by the 14 companies 



|);irticipating in the Kasai .syndicate, one-half by the State. [See 

 The In'dl\ Ruhder World, November i, 1907 — page 54.] If the 

 beneficiary shares be given the same par value as the capital 

 stock (250 francs), as is the custom in issuing "common stock" 

 in .\merica, the Kasai dividend of 1,300 francs per share would 

 work out at 520 per cent, for the year. 



A recent Brussels bourse quotation for these shares "without 

 designation cf value"' was 14,575 francs [=$2,812.98]. The quo- 

 tation a year before was 13,675 francs. 



The net profits of the Kasai syndicate since the beginning, 

 derived chiefly from its rubber trading — they also have ivory con- 

 cessions, but this branch of the business is not important — have 

 been : 



In 1902 1,210,706.23 francs [= $233,666.26] 



In 1903 3.497.393-01 francs [= 677,996.85") 



In 1904 5,334,797.06 francs [^1,029,615.82] 



In 1905 7,543,084.98 francs [^1,455,885.40] 



In 1906 8,033,657.22 francs [=1,550,495-85] 



In 1907 2,018,979.93 francs [= 389,663.13] 



I" 1908 4,337.428.70 francs [= 837,123.74] 



In 1909 6,324.927.00 francs [^1,220,710.91] 



The details for the calendar year 1909, presented here, were 

 reported at the general meeting of the company held in Brussels 

 on October 4. 



NEW YORK ELECTRICAL SHOW. 



TPHE fourth annual New York Electrical Show, held in Madi- 

 ■'■ son Square Garden. October 10-20, was even more success- 

 ful than its three predecessors, the exhibits being more numerous 

 and more varied, and the attendance larger. The spectacular 

 feature was the magnificent electrical illumination of the vast 

 building, at once illustrating utility, taste, and skill. There were 

 many other elements of the exhibition representative of electrical 

 engineering progress, together with an extensive display of elec- 

 trical vehicles, and particularly of household equipment, in t'ne 

 waj' of heating, cooking, and laundry apparatus, and so on. The 

 latter class of articles is becoming important in the trade, and 

 figures largely in the inanufacture of electrical devices. It may 

 be added that every one of them calls for the use of rubber for 

 insulation. 



The idea of electrical shows is becoming very popular as a 

 means of educating the public in new uses of electricity, and 

 giving manufacturers an opportunity to display their products. 

 The first annual electrical show of the Colorado Electric Club 

 was opened at Denver on October 10, and continued during the 

 week. 



CABLES AT THE ELECTRICAL SHOW. 



The Safety Insulated Wire and Cable Co. (New York) ex- 

 hibited at the recent New York Electrical Show, in Madison 

 Square Garden, a service box about 3x4 feet and 4 feet high, 

 built of brick, showing a 16 duct run such as is installed by the 

 company's underground construction department connected to 

 the box. The idea was to illustrate the method of underground 

 electrical connections. The exhibit included also boards with 

 samples of submarine, underground, and other cables insulated 

 with india-rubber, paper, and so on. 



MADEIRA-MAMORE RAILWAY. 



THE Madeira-Mamore Railway Co., whose work in opening 

 an outlet for the important rubber fields of Bolivia have 

 been reported on in recent issues of The India Rubber World, 

 have marketed recently in Europe a bond issue of £450,000 at 

 6 per cent., at 60 years. 



The Beacon Falls Rubber Shoe Company (Beacon Falls, Con- 

 necticut) have issued their list of "Marathon" tennis shoes and 

 regular lines of yachting shoes and basket ball shoes. The yacht- 

 ing shoe prices are the same as those given for other companies 

 in the last India Rubber World (page 32). 



