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three decades if put into ruljber plantations, on die basis 

 of Eastern estimates — viz., that an acre of rubber trees 

 can be brou.s^ht into bearing for $150 — would have given 

 Brazil plantations aggregating two and a third million 

 acres, or nearly twice the acreage of the East. Ihit to 

 contemplate where Brazil would stand today if $.550,- 

 000,000 had gone into rubber plantations instead of into 

 government coffers is, of course, pure s])eculation, inter- 

 esting but not practically profitable. 



HENRY C. PEARSON, Editor 



GEORGE P. WHITMORE— AN APPRECIATION. 



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THE TREMENDOUS TOLL THAT RUBBER HAS 



PAID. 



I N the first chapter of "The Rul)ber Crisis in Brazil," 

 * which appeared in our April issue, the opinions — ■ 

 gi\cn during long and familiar interviews — of several 

 prnminciu farazilians were quoted. These men, who 

 speak of Amazon ruhljcr matters with the authoritv 

 of intimate per>on;d knowledge extending over nianv 

 years, ileny th;il Brazil's present imhappy condition 

 is due to any failure nn llie part of its citizens to 

 foresee the coming crisis, for it has been freeh' 

 prophesied and openly discussed for several vears. 

 The fault has not been one of blindness but of the failure 

 to ado])! an\ adequate remedy. They attribute their 

 present troubles partly to the tremendous disadvantages 

 in the lack of capital and labor against which this region 

 has always struggled, partly to the indiscretions of offi- 

 cials who have spent their appropriations for spectacular 

 latlier than for substantial results, and partly to the 

 great l)urilen of federal taxation, which one of the men 

 quoted in the letter places, for the last thirty years, at 

 $.350,000,000. 



This vast amount of money which it is stated nortliern 

 Brazil has contributed to .southern Brazil during the past 



I 'I I !■- leaders of men, the rich, the successful, never 

 lack biographers and eulogists, and this is as it 

 sliduld be. (Jne lives occasional!}-, Imwever, not a 

 leader, nnt wealthy, and in whom the aliility to create 

 great enterprises is absent, who is yet possessed of 

 sucli qualities of mind and heart that appreciation is 

 spciutaneiius. and all who knew him are eulogists. 

 .Sucii a man was George Whitmore. I-'n mi the begimiing 

 of his business career his vocation was to serve rather 

 than to be served. For years the burden of endless 

 and intricate detail rested upon his broad shoulders. 

 W ith infinite care, without hurry, he conscientionsi\- 

 and thoroughly discharged every duty, mastered each 

 detail. His friendliness, unaffected interest and hon- 

 esty of purpose w^ere never questioned. In business, 

 home and social life he was ever thoughtful, painstak- 

 ing, steadfast. Without imijatience he linished the 

 lialf-done tasks of others, corrected their mistakes, 

 remembered when they forgot. He tempered the 

 rashness of the strong by calm counsel, and strength- 

 ened the weak with no hurt to their sensitive self-re- 

 spect. An everyday, matter-of-fact soul, he was a very 

 genius of kindness, courtesy, charity — a humanitarian 

 in every fibre of his being. His one dream of wealth, 

 known to but a few, vanished and left no trace of bitter- 

 ness, no shade of repining. The warm hand clasp, the 

 slow smile, the gratification over the success of others, 

 were just as hearty and genuine as ever. He was a 

 leader in the honest di.scharge of duty, rich in friends, 

 and successful in that he possessed a manliness, truth 

 aii<l integrity tiiat few of the world's great attain to. 



THE GREAT INCREASE IN FOREIGN COTTON. 



D UBBER and cotton are such constant companions 



— each finding the other so essential for its own 



etticiency in a great many lines of manufacture — that 



an}- pronounced development in the cotton world must 



