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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[November 1, 1913. 



THE OOVEENOR OF PARA COMPLIMENTS DH. HTTBEH. 



Closely upon the Rubber Congress followed the opening of the 

 Para State Legislature. In his inaugfural address, Governor Mar- 

 tins referred to the cordial appreciation by the Congress of the 

 eflorts made by the State of Amazonas in behalf of rubber; ex- 

 pressing the unity of idea which allies these states — Para and 

 Amazonas — for their common welfare. The address included the 

 following reference to Dr. Lluber and his work : — 



"The 'Museu Goeldi' is one of the State establishments carried 

 on along the lines of its original purpose. In the meanwhile, 

 through the inestimable services rendered by Dr. Huber, the 

 museum has been remodeled in accordance with his ideas. 

 Ground has been secured, contiguous to the museum, suitable for 

 its agricultural work, from which good results are anticipated." 



one of a new tapping method of his own invention. 



Appreciation was expressed of the system of Senhor Vianna 

 Coutinho, illustrated by him. 



Senhor Conrado Bastos presented results of his tapping in- 

 vention. 



A number of the rubber experts attending the Congress 

 availed themselves of this opportunity of witnessing the results 

 obtained by tapping processes new to Brazilian planters. 



EXPERIMENTS AT MUSEU GOELDI. 



In connection with the Para Congress, an interesting series of 

 experiments was held at the Museu Goeldi (briefly referred to 

 in the foregoing account of the congress), illustrating various 



systems of rubber extraction, tapping and smoking, as well as 



PERMANENT AMAZONIAN RUBBER COMMISSION. 



Among the practical results of the Congress has been 

 the establishment of a permanent sub-commission, which is now 

 studying the following questions submitted to it September 5. 



(1) What is the true situation of the national rubber industry, 

 in view of foreign competition? (Referred to Dr. J. Huber, 

 Amando Mendes and Leopoldo Teixeira.) 



(2) What is the importance of the industry in the economic 

 life of the country, and what is its proportion as a revenue pro- 

 ducer? (Referred to Drs. Barroso Rebello, Francisco Coutinho, 

 Jr., and Pedro Boulhosa.) 



Group of Assist.\nts Smoking Latex at Museu Goeldi, P.\r.^. 



other points relating to the rubber industry. Among those 

 present were Governor Martins and his wife, as well as the 

 Governor's aide, Captain Pedro Nelasco. 



These experiments included tests of smoking latex with 

 urukuri, according to the system of Jo»e Aaiando Mendes, the 

 quantity of latex used representing about ten quarts. 



Dr. Jacques Huber, director of the establishment, then con- 

 ducted trials of tapping, upon trees on the spot, more than IS 

 years old ; not according to the Brazilian method, but by that 

 used in the East Two instruments were employed for the 

 respecth'e processes, regarding which Dr. Huber gave detailed 

 explanations to the visitors, coniluding his demonstrations with 



(3) Does the plan of Economic Rubber Defense, decreed 

 January 5, 1912, correspond with the necessities of the situation? 

 (Referred to Dr. Ferreira Teixeira, Dr. Bento Miranda and 

 Antonino de Sousa Castro.) 



(4) Are the measures put in execution by the government in 

 consequence of this decree producing satisfactory results? (Re- 

 ferred to Dr. Barroso Rebello, Amando Mendes, Pedro Boul- 

 hosa, Adolphe (joncalves and Francisco (3outinho, Jr. The 

 replies were to be presented within thirty days.) 



(5) Should the commission find that these measures are not 

 the most efficacious for attaining the end in view, it should sug- 

 gest others of a more eflfective character to safeguard the in- 



