November 1, 1911.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



73 



The Third International Rubber Exhibition. 



THE announcement that the third International Rubber Ex- 

 position is to be held in New York instead of London will 

 not be in the nature of a surprise to those who know the 

 organizing manager, Mr. A. Staines Manders. An Australian by 

 birth, he was a resident of the United States some years ago and 

 has ever had a sincere admiration for American enterprise. For 

 some weeks past he has been in New York looking over the 

 ground, and now announces that the exhibition is arranged for 

 the last week in September, 1912, the place being the magnificent 

 new Grand Central Palace. 



In an interview given The India Rubber World, Mr. Manders 

 defined the scope and arrangement of the exhibition very clearly. 

 H e emphasized 

 the feature that 

 there would be 

 no selling of 

 minor objects 

 which is so apt to 

 accompany great 

 shows; that 

 there would be 

 n o side-shows ; 

 that a flat price 

 would be charged 

 for space, and 

 that it would 

 not be followed 

 up by the pro- 

 voking accessory 

 charges that so 

 often annoy ex- 

 hibitors. The 

 usual catalogue 

 with its mass of 

 advertising will 

 be supplanted by 

 a dignified direc- 

 tory of exhibits, 

 for which no ad- 

 vertising will be 

 solicited. The 

 conference book 

 will not be an 

 advertising ex- 

 cuse — in other 

 words, American 

 exhibitors are 

 not to be harried 

 to the limit of 

 their patience by 

 advertising books 

 and circulars. 



Steps have already been taken to secure exhibits of crude 

 rubber from every rubber producing country in the world. 



There is also in process of formation, an advisory committee, 

 made up of the most influential manufacturers, chemists, im- 

 porters, and scientists in any way connected with the trade. 



There will be notable loan exhibits, European and American ; 

 exhibits of laboratory and factory appliances, etc., etc. 



There will be a series of conferences at which essays on 

 various subjects of interest to the trade will be read. 



When one considers that the United States not only usues one- 

 half of the world's crude rubber, but manufactures much more 

 than one-half of the world's rubber goods; when one further 



considers the very general interest that the press and the people 

 of the country are today evincing in rubber, it would appear that 

 the exhibition was timely. That it can be made broadly inform- 

 ing to every trade and profession, to business organizations and 

 to schools, goes without saying, and Mr. Manders' past record 

 furnishes no reason to doubt his complete grasp of the possi- 

 bilities as well as his ability to carry his plans through to a 

 successful finish. 



The exposition is financed by an American company, the Inter- 

 national Exposition Company, Inc., with offices at the new 

 Grand Central Palace. New York. Mr. A. Staines Manders, the 

 organizing manager, has his headquarters there when in the 



United States, 

 and when in 

 England leaves a 

 secretary in 

 charge. The 

 directors of the 

 Exposition com- 

 pany are men 

 well versed and 

 successful in ex- 

 hibition work. 

 They are: Sam- 

 uel A. Miles, 

 manager Na- 

 tional Associa- 

 tion Automobile 

 M a n u f a c- 

 turers ; Richard 

 G. H o 1 1 a m a n, 

 president Eden 

 Musee, American 

 Company ; James 

 C. Young, secre- 

 tary and treas- 

 ure r, Madison 

 Square Garden ; 

 Edward P. V. 

 Ritter, president 

 Merchants and 

 M a n u f a c- 

 turers Exchange 

 of New York; 

 Charles E. 

 Spratt, vice-pres- 

 ident Merchants 

 and Manufac- 

 turers Exchange 

 of New York; J. 

 A. H. Dressel, 

 Madison Square 

 Garden, managing director — a board that is certainly equipped 

 to handle expositions successfully. 



The Advisory Committee, to which reference has already been 

 made, will be made up of the leaders in rubber thought and ac- 

 complishment, chiefly American, and will be similar to the board 

 that had charge of the interesting meetings and conferences held 

 in London. This Advisory Committee is in no way connected with 

 the financial end of the enterprise ; nor are the members asked 

 for contributions to any fund. It is purely honorary and ad- 

 visory, and designed to bring the leaders in the rubber trade 

 together for the purpose of making the exposition complete and 

 thoroughly representative. 



The Gr.-^nd Central Palace, New York. 



