January i, 1910.] 



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GO., 



HENRY C. PEARSON, 



EDITOR. 



HAWTHORNE HILL, 



ASSOCIATE. 



Vol. 41. 



JANUARY I, 1910. 



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OUR FIRST SCORE OF YEARS. 



IN appealing again to the trade for support The India 

 Rubber World would not imply any particular merit 

 in the fact that twenty years of continuous publication 

 have been completed, and still less from the control of the 

 paper having remained constant during the same period, 

 and its actual making in the hands of a staff so little 

 changed. 



And yet a period of twenty years counts in the career 

 of any business undertaking; it counts in the life of the 

 greater and the lesser journals ; twenty years are an 

 item in estimating the good will of an institution. Stand- 

 ing in the trade for so long a time gives the management 

 an acquaintance with its interests not to be gained in a 

 day, and affords an opportunity for usefulness which, if 

 taken advantage of, is widened with the completion of 

 every year. 



Not the least element of such success as The India 

 Rubber World may have attained is credited in this of- 

 fice to the fact of the management having been able 

 «-?o carry out the declaration of principles laid down in 

 *~the first number, the chief item of which was independ- 

 ence from control by any business house or organization 

 "x>r combination. This declaration is renewed, and the 

 ~5naintenance of the principles of ownership by the man- 



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agement alone will be the first aim of The India Rubber 

 World in future as in the past. 



The continued cooperation of the trade is solicited, 

 since this is the basis of what merit The India Rubber 

 World may have as the rubber man's newspaper and a 

 record of its technical progress. With renewed assur- 

 ances of distinguished appreciation of the Patrons of this 

 paper, the Editor hopes to continue to command their 

 esteem by making of it an institution of practical value 

 to the trade. 



WHAT WE HAVE RECORDED. 



DEVELOPMENT on a commercial scale of rubber 

 culture, based upon scientific study of planting, 

 latex extraction, and treatment of latex. Large com- 

 panies organized for carrying on such work, and syste- 

 matic management. Local and international rubber ex- 

 hibitions for the promotion of the cultural interest. In- 

 troduction of mechanical devices and apparatus for deal- 

 ing with latex. Rubber planting shares on the leading 

 bourses in Europe. 



Interest created in the Amazon region in more syste- 

 matic dealing with rubber production. Large corpora- 

 tions succeeding the haphazard work of individual and ir- 

 responsible seringueiros. The Amazon taking a stand to 

 withstand the competition of the planting interest in Brit- 

 ish Asia and in the colonies of continental powers. 

 Movement to improve transportation facilities in the 

 Amazon region. 



Rubber discovered in the Congo region and elsewhere 

 in Africa, with the rise and decline of production in the 

 different colonies; creation of new rubber markets in 

 Antwerp and other European capitals; the Congo "red 

 rubber" scandals, calling attention to the hardships at- 

 tending the collection of forest rubber in any country, 

 with the probable result that civilized people will insist 

 upon their amelioration, whether in Africa or America. 



Scientific rubber production introduced into Africa in 

 the colonies of all the Powers, particularly cultural schools 

 by the French and planting in the German possessions. 



The utilization of rubber yielding species not before of 

 recognized value, including the guayule shrub in Mexico, 

 the product of which now amounts to millions of pounds 

 yearly. 



The coming of the pneumatic tire, first for bicycles 

 and later for the automobile, creating the largest single 

 feature of rubber goods production. The consequent 

 development of means of travel, forming a basis for 

 important new industries, the whole affecting social life 

 in civilized countries and promoting travel in hitherto 



