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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[April I, 1910. 



the Amazon, for each of these product? have absolutely distinct applica- 

 tions. 



Nature has endowed the wild product w ith physical properties that cul- 

 tivated rubber does not possess, so say the highest scientific authorities on 

 the subject, and so leading manufacturers affirm. This being so we have 

 every reason to look forward to the future of wild rubber with every con- 

 fidence, and we have no doubt that the government of Brazil will event- 

 ually face the problem of cultivating rubber and solve it satisfactorily. 



If the historical precedents of nations can count for anything, in estimat- 

 ing their future capabilities, then we are justified in hoping that the great 

 problem of intensive agriculture will be masterfully and thoroughly solved 

 in Brazil. 



The history of the evolution of the Brazilian nation differs in many 

 respects from that of most of her contemporaries. The severance of the 

 then colony of Brazil from Portugal, and the founding of the Brazilian 

 nation was done amidst the most friendly accord on both sides of the 

 Atlantic. 



The freedom from slavery was carried out by a stroke of the imperial pen, 

 under showers of palms and flowers. The fall of the empire and the 

 proclamation of the republic was done without any bloodshed. The coffee 

 valorization scheme is an accomplished fact. We anticipate the payment 

 of the first installment of our funding loan, whilst government measures 

 were effective in giving the country a stable rate of exchange for the 

 past few years. 



When a nation can show the world such achievements, it may be de- 

 pended upon to cope with any such problems as rubber planting, 



Mr. Pearson, in the name of the committee appointed to offer you this 

 banquet, and for myself, I beg to propose your health, and to wish you 

 not only every prosperity you deserve, but also that the impressions you 

 take from our shores will be pleasant and lasting. Your health! 



Mr. Pearson's Response. 



Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen: Visiting Para for the second time is 

 very much like a pleasant home coming. Indeed, as I contemplate those 

 gathered at this board, the British consul at one end, the Yankee consul 

 at the other, and between the many old and new friends here gathered, 

 I find myself regretting the necessary brevity of this stay, and am begin- 

 ning to plan a third visit and that in the near future. 



Para is certainly a beautiful city; not only that, it is an exceedingly 

 comfortable one. I have suffered more from the heat of July in New 

 York city than here. I have seen more mosquitoes in many places in the 

 States than here, and in many American cities there are more flies, and 

 infinitely more dirt. In appearance this is not an American city, except 

 perhap-s in two particulars. Your rapidly running trolley cars remind me 

 of home. Then, too, the black cloud that so often hangs over your city 

 is suggestive of Pittsburg, except that your cloud discharges rain, cleaning 

 the city daily, while ours, being a smoke cloud, has the opposite effect. 

 Para is not like New York, Chicago, or any other North American city. 

 It is like a miniature Paris set in the midst of a tropical Eden. 



But it is not alone of the beauties of your city I would speak. Placed 

 at the entrance of the greatest waterway in the world, a river that no 

 engineering skill could dam or bridge, a river which with its affluents 

 drains thousands of square miles of the most fertile portion of the earth, 

 it has a vast possible commercial significance and importance. This is 

 particularly true today, for this country stands upon the threshold of an 

 enormous industrial development. Whether or not those present live up 

 to their opportunity will make little difference. The world demands rubber 

 and scores of other staples that this country can produce better than any 

 other, and what the world wants it gets. 



The United States of America and the United States of Brazil are twin 

 republics joined by a broad elastic band that cannot be severed. The more 

 you produce the greater grow our industries; the more we manufacture 

 the richer you become. I am looking forward to the day when from Matto 

 Grosso to the Guianas, from Santarem to Salinas, the state of Para will 

 be one great plantation, much of it in rubber. I give you as a toast, "The 

 Crude Rubber Industry of Para, and Its Representatives Here and Else- 

 where." 



PEARSON A BANQUET. 



COMMITTEE APPOINTED TO OFFER MR. 



Antonio Jose de Pinho, President. 



Gustavo Gruner, Vice President. 



Antonio Rodrigues Alves, Treasurer. 



Joaquim G. Goncalves Vianna. 



Luiz Danin Lobo. 



Arthur Pires Teixeira. 



Jose Simao da Costa, Secretary. 



PROMOTERS OF THE FEAST. 



Gruner & Co. Leite & Co 



Alves Braga Rub. Estates and Trad. Co. 

 Adelbert H. Alden, Ltd. 

 Mello & Co. 

 Gordon & Co. 



Inc. 

 Velhote Silva & Co. 

 Braga Sobrinho 

 Souza Guimaraes & Co. 

 Barbosa & Tocamins 



R. Suarez & Co. 



E. Pint.. Alves & Co. 



Pires Teixeira & Co. 



Booth & Co. 



B. A. Antunes & Co. 



Mello Frotas & Co. 



Thome de Vilhena & Co. 



Isaac J. Roffe & Co. 



Freire Castro & Co. 

 A. F. de Souza & Co. 

 Bensimon & Coriat 



Souza Filho & Co. 

 Ismael Hall & Co. 

 Silva Cunha & Co. 

 Rocha Silva & Co. 

 G. A. Miranda Filho 



OTHER PERSONS INVITED AND WHO ATTENDED. 



Dr. Lucio de Freitas Amaral, director Banco do Para. 



Dr. Fabiana Alves, director Banco do Brazil. 



Mr. George H. Pickerell, American consul. 



Mr. Ambrose Pogson, British consul. 



Major Raymundo Moraes, A Provincia do Paid. 



Miguel P. Shelley, O Journal, 



Vins : 

 Madere Potage creme de Vollaille 



Hors d'Oeuvres varies 

 Piesporier 



Merlan a la Fecampoise 

 Filet a la Rossini 

 Chateaux Margaux 



Dindonneau a la Bresilienne 



Pommard 



Arperges sauce Mousseline 

 Glace Creme Panache 



Champagne 



Puding Diplomate 

 Fruits Divers, Confiture 



Cafe Liqueurs 



It will be evident from this summary of the recent proceed- 

 ings on the Amazon that much of interest to the rubber trade 

 as a whole was said, and it is certain that the leaders in Brazilian 

 trade will follow their congress with definite action in the 

 matter of improving conditions, and bringing the production and 

 shipment of rubber to a basis conforming more to modern 

 conditions. Enterprise is not lacking in the Amazon valley ; 

 vast natural wealth exists there, and many individual fortunes 

 have been made by the trade methods which in some other parts 

 of the world have been regarded as unprogressive. One reason 

 why so little change has been made in that region was that until 

 recently Amazon rubber was without competition. 



The Avenida Republica, Para. 



[At the rig lit is shown the Hotel da Paz, at which was given the dinner 

 to Mr. Pearson.] 



