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vary greatly in rubber content, in coagulating facility, in 

 color, smell and value. If it is worth while to collect LIBRAl 

 worn-out hose and reclaim it, why is it not equally worth ^^^ YC 

 while to redeem these gums ? The story of the new chicle 

 discovered in forests that have long been worked for Cas- 

 tilloa emphasizes the fact that new sources are present 

 even in old fields. That the new gum will prove of value 

 to rubber manufacturers, rather than to chewing-gum 

 masticators, is our fervent hope. 



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NEW SOURCES OF CRUDE RUBBER. 



]\ /f ANY years ago, when the Beverly Rubber Co. began 

 ^ '-^ to collect waste rubber, and in a crude way reclaim 

 it, rubber manufacturers who used only Para wore the 

 slow, tolerant smile that betokened scorn of such a puerile 

 proceeding. No look into the future gave them a glimpse 

 of the great business in rubber reclaiming that was fore- 

 shadowed by the crude operations at the little red mill. 

 Very similar has been the history of the reclaiming of the 

 modicum of caoutchouc that is contained in some of the 

 lesser crude rubber producers. The first guayule experi- 

 ments were laughed at. Pontianak for a long time was 

 used simply as a filler. The two above mentioned have, 

 in spite of the prejudices of the conservative, come into 

 their own. And that should awaken the most skeptical 

 observer of matters elastic to a suspicion that there might 

 today be others equally available and valuable. As a 

 matter of fact, there are in the tropical jungles more dif- 

 ferent kinds of gum-producing trees and vines than there 

 are varieties of rubber scrap in any reclaiming mill. They 



SUCCESSFUL INTERNATIONAL RUBBER EXPO- 

 SITIONS. 



¥ T has been remarked by a number of close observers 

 that the best way to judge of the future is by the 

 past, and certainly that is a very rational way in which 

 to view prospectively the International Rubber Exhibi- 

 tion, which is to be held in New York in September, 

 1912. 



Probably eyery rubber man would admit that 

 such an exposition would be exceedingly interesting, 

 highly educational and of a character to attract a great 

 deal of public attention; but as this is the first attempt 

 of its kind in this country a number of people may be 

 inclined to ask the question, "Will it be a success?" 

 The best reply to this question is to ask another : "If Eng- 

 land has had two successful rubber expositions, why 

 shouldn't America have one?" We use much more 

 rubber here than they do in England; in fact, we use 

 as much in this country as all the rest of the world 

 beside. There certainly should be as wide an interest 

 here in this industry, which historically is an Ameri- 

 can industry, as there is across the water, and surely 

 New York is as promising a place for a great exposi- 

 tion as London. It affords one great advantage in the 

 building selected for the exposition as the new Grand 

 Central Palace, some interior views of which will be 

 found on another page, is an improvement in every 

 way over the building in which the London exhibition 

 was held, and is decidedly more convenient of access, 

 being in the heart of the city and within short walking 

 distance of most of the large hotels. 



The first International Rubber Exhibition was held 

 in London in September, 1908. There had been, to 

 be sure, a rubber exhibit two years earlier in the 

 Middle East, but that was practically a local affair, 

 while the London enterprise was, as it was called, 

 "international." That proved a great success. The 

 whole English press treated it as a matter of unique 



