October 1, 1913.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



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the neighboring colony of Dutch Guiana it shows no improve- 

 ment. It is reported that the men arc leaving the expeditions 

 and crossing over to the British side of the Corontyne River, 

 carrying with them the balata brought from the interior. The 

 Government has been petitioned to seriously consider the adoption 

 of stringent measures in order to remedy the existing state of af- 

 fairs. For sonic time past the necessity for amending the or- 

 dinance regulating the balata industry of Dutch Guiana has been 

 recognized by the Government, and a decision lias been arrived 

 at to submit the whole question in tlie Government in Holland, 

 with a view to getting the amendments effected. 



THE RUBBER CONGRESS IN PARA. 



AVERY interesting congress was held in Para in the latter 

 part of August, in which a variety of topics relating to 

 the commercial and agricultural development of that section 

 was discussed. Some twelve different subjects were taken up 

 during the session of the congress, five of these relating to 

 rubber. These five topics are as follows : 



Old and modern methods of extracting and coagulating rub- 

 ber latex. 



Practical means of avoiding adulteration. 



Re-organization of the rubber commerce. 



Organization of tlie cultivation of rubber trees. 



The manufacture of rubber as an industry to be exploited 

 by Brazil. 



A comprehensive account of the proceedings of the conference, 

 together with a large number of photographs taken at the time, 

 has been sent us by one of the delegates. Unfortunately, how- 

 ever, owing to delay in the mills, it reached us too late to 

 be used satisfactorily in this issue ; but it will appear in our next 

 number. 



THE CONGRESS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE 

 AMAZON COUNTRY. 



THERE have been received from Ur. Jaiiues Huber of the 

 Goeldi Museum of Para. Brazil, the following publications 

 and papers (which will receive more adequate attention in a later 

 issue) presented at the Congress for the "Economical Protection 

 of Amazonia," held in that city on the 15th of August last: 



1. "Revista Commercial e Industrial do Para." — A monthly 

 publication issued by the Commercial Association of Para, which 

 makes the announcement of the purpose of the congress, and 

 the papers to be read at its meetings ; the program of the 

 Rubber Exposition to be held in connection with the congress : 

 an article on "The Rubber Crisis," and one on a new process 

 for the treatment, washing and refining of rubber, by Mr. 

 Alfredo Ferreira dos Santos, and the project of a new law to 

 regulate tlie work in the rubber districts, by Leopoldo Penna 

 Teixeira. 



2. "The Cutting of the Seringueira" ; by Dr. Jaques Huber, 

 Director of the Museum Goeldi in Para. — Comparing the process 

 in use on the Amazon with that of the Orient. 



3. "The Organization of the Agricultural Industry of the 

 Seringueira." — Why the Seringueira should be cultivated in 

 preference in Amazonia, and what process should be observed. 



4. "The Culture of Cocoa." — Showing the necessity of re- 

 organizing cocoa culture throughout the state. 



5. "Considerations on the Manufacturing Industry in the 

 Amazon District" ; by Dr. Manoel Lobato. 



6. "Reorganization of the Rubber Commerce" ; by Jose 

 Amando Mendes. — Considering the relation existing between 

 the rubber owners and the exporters ; Transportation and its 

 cost, in the Amazon District; Freight, Taxes, Export Duties, 

 and possible reduction of import duties. 



7. "Instructions for the Smoking of the I-atex of the 

 Seringueira" ; by Dr. Barroso Rebello. 



8. "Economical and Commercial Protection of Amazonia" ; by 

 J. Barbosa Rodrigues, Jr. 



9. "Old and New Methods of the Extraction and Preparation 

 of Rubber in the Amazon District"; by Dr. Jose Ferreira 

 Teixeira. 



10. "Various Theses and Projects for Improving the Econom- 

 ical Situation of Amazonia." 



11. "On the Creation of Rural Associations." 



12. "Agricultural Instructions"; by Leopoldo Penna Teixeira. 

 l.V "Measures Against Adulterations and Abuses." 



14. "Project of a New Law Regulating Rubber Extraction 

 ni the Amazon"; by Joaquin Caribe da Rocha. 



15. "The Culture of Tobacco." 



THE RIO RUBBER SHOW TO OPEN OCTOBER 12. 



The Exposition of 1 ropical Products, including rubber, which 

 was to have been held in Rio de Janeiro last spring and which 

 was postponed until this fall, is now scheduled to open on the 

 twelfth of the present month. It is expected that a very good 

 display of all varieties of South American rubber will be made 

 on this occasion, and particularly of the varieties of rubber 

 produced in the State of Minas Geraes, as this exhibit will be 

 under the supervision of Mr. J. C. Cardwell-Quinn. 



ENGLISH EXHIBITORS AT THE RIO EXHIBITION. 



Some of the English manufacturers of rubber machinery have 

 shown most praiseworthy enterprise in the exhibits which they 

 have sent to the exposition to open at Rio de Janeiro on October 

 12. David Bridge & Co., Ltd., of Castleton, Manchester, will not 

 only make a fine display of their machinery at that time but 

 they have prepared a remarkable souvenir catalog for the occa- 

 sion — a book of 136 pages and handsome cover, illustrated by 

 hundreds of fine half tone cuts, giving a great many scenes of 

 rubber gathering along the Amazon, with an equal number of 

 plantation scenes from the Middle East, together, of course, 

 with many views of their machinery in operation. It is a book 

 that will be eagerly sought after and permanently preserved. 



Francis Shaw & Co., Ltd., of London, have also installed 

 three of their machines— a large Universal Washer, a heavy 

 Washing Machine and a heavy Crepeing Machine — which will 

 l)e under the constant supervision of one of their own experts. 



These displays of rubber machinery, being absolutely new to 

 the large part of those who will attend this exhibition, will 

 undoubtedly attract a great deal of attention. 



THE LABOR PROBLEM IN EAST AFRICA. 



The labor question in German East-Africa is causing con- 

 siderable trouble to the planters in the Tanga hinterland, 

 where most of the European enterprises are conducted. The 

 natives are distinctly disinclined to relinquish work on their 

 little holdings in order to take up employment on a distant 

 plantation, or are too much addicted to warlike or predatory 

 pursuits to settle down to steady labor. As a remedy for the 

 scarcity of plantation help, the importation of Chinese coolies 

 or the introduction of natives from Portuguese East-Africa has; 

 been suggested. Others incline to the opinion that a head ta.v 

 should be collected from the natives, who would have to worb 

 to raise means to pay it. 



RUBBER FROM FRENCH EaUATOEIAL AFRICA. 



A United States Havre consular report states that ahho 

 only about 300 tons of rubber figure annually as coming directly 

 to France from French Equatorial Africa, an equal quantity 

 from the same source is also received through the Belgian Congo. 

 When the French colony has its own railroads its rubber ex- 

 ports will be properly credited. 



Replete with information for rubber manufacturers — Mr. 

 Pearson's "Crude Rubber and Compounding Ingredients." 



