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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[March 1, 19i: 



materially to his comfort and possibly decrease, his expenditure 

 in the future. 



This third exhibition was held at the Agricultural Hall in 

 London, from June 24 to July 14, and was again a brilliant 

 success. There was a considerable increase in the number of 

 British and foreign manufacturers, and new sources of supply 

 were shown. Brazil retained her pre-eminence, not alone as a 

 source of supply, but as furnishing a standard of perfection. 

 Great advances have been made in the details connected with the 

 production of plantation rubber, and improved machinery was 

 much in evidence. There was also a demonstration of a new 

 process for the production of synthetic rubber, that may yet 

 find a place in the rubber market. 



Once more the salutary principle was adopted of making the 

 exhibition the opportunity for holding an international confer- 

 ence, the outcome of which may be seen in the admirable sou- 

 venir of the proceedings since published. Prizes were given 

 by The Indi.v Ri'bber World, of New York, for the best sys- 

 tem of extracting latex from the Castilloa Elastica; by the "India 

 Rubber Journal" of London, for the best sample of planta- 

 tion rubber ; by "Grenier's Rubber News," Federated Malay 

 States, for the best sample from Malay States ; by the "Asso- 

 ciation des Planteurs de Caoutchouc," for best sample from 

 Dutch East Indies, and by the West India Committee for best 

 samples of rubber, and balata from the West Indies. 



During the exhibition it became known that an international 

 exhibition on somewhat similar lines was projected for New- 

 York, and now that the project has materialized, further progress 

 will doubtless be made in the solution of many problems with 

 which rubber planters and manufacturers have still to deal. 

 Great as is the production in sight, the horizon of demand is ' 

 ever widening. One hundred and forty years ago. its only 

 known practical use was as an eraser of pencil marks. Today 

 it ministers to the wants of the infant in his cradle as well as to 

 the comfort of the aged, while in one form or another it enters 

 with frequency into the countless demands of civilization. 



Among the exhibits at the Agricultural Hall, there was one 

 that promised important developments. This was a section of 

 rubber prepared for road work, but not yet fulfilling all the 

 necessary conditions that would enable it to compete with the 

 quarry and the forest for the preparation of road surfaces for 

 heavy traffic. That this difficulty will be overcome, there can 

 be no doubt, and when it has been, any possible doubt of a 

 limitless demand will vanish like a moving mist. Silent streets 

 with the cessation of the turmoil and roar of traffic, would in 

 relief of brain fag to the busy worker, be the most potent factor 

 for health and strength ever ofifered to the business men and 

 women of great cities, while iniperviousness to water would 

 obliterate dust and mud, carry off equally heavy rains or melt- 

 ing snows, and save the endless labor on frost upheavals every 

 spring that try the equanimity of dwellers in New York. 



There is a giant in the path whose name is "skid," but Jack 

 the Giant Killer will emerge from some busy inventive brain, 

 and demolish the skid by a non-slip grip surface that will with- 

 stand wear and tear and secure safety in all weathers for horse 

 or motor. From which side of the Atlantic will he emerge? 



There's the rub ! 



authorities for any rights or controlling interest in the invention. 

 The prizes will be awarded free of any restriction. Thus while 

 the inventors receive the awards, their patents or inventions will 

 be their own property. 



THE NEW YORK RUBBER EXPOSITION. 



SEVENTY-FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS FOR RUBBER INVENTORS. 



At the New York Rubber Exposition, which will open in Sep- 

 tember next, the conditions will be published in reference to 

 prizes to the value of £1,500 to be ofifered by the London 1914 

 Rubber Exposition. This amount is to be divided into three 

 prizes and is to go to the inventors who can suggest a method of 

 making rubber non-slipping for outside use. as pavement, road- 

 way, and wherever rubber is exposed to all atmospheres and to 

 heavy traffic. 



No claim will be made on the inventors by the exposition 



A. Staines Manders. the organizing manager, has returned to 

 New York after his tour of many countries in the interest of 

 the rubber exposition to be held in New York next September. 

 An interview which a representative of The India Rubber 

 World had with Mr. Manders shows that very rapid progress 

 has been made in the organization, and that success is already 

 assured. In answer to questions as to the support that has 

 been given to the exposition in the various branches of the 

 industry, he said : 



"I may say that Brazil, Peru, Mexico. Trinidad, British 

 Guiana, Jamaica, the Hawaiian Islands, Cochin-China, Equatorial 

 Africa, Occidental Africa, Madagascar, Lower Burmah, Belgium 

 and the Congo, Ceylon, British Malaya, the Republic of Hon- 

 duras, Manila and Portugal will exhibit, and many other coun- 

 tries are now negotiating for space. 



"You are also aware that the Rubber Growers' Association, at 

 the general meeting held at the London Chamber of Commerce 

 this month, decided to give a series of gold medals for the 

 best samples of plantation rubber produced in any of the rubber- 

 growing countries of the world. The general support and 

 promises have been beyond my expectations. I have been 

 meeting with the most spontaneous support from rubber manu- 

 facturers and allied trades of America as well as the allied trade 

 firms of England' and the Continent. 



"Here I have hundreds of letters to reply to that have been 

 waiting my return from manufacturers of this country. It may 

 interest you to know an important announcement will be made 

 which will be of interest to manufacturers. il,500 is to be 

 ofifered to the inventor or inventors who can suggest the best 

 method of making rubber non-slipping for roads or for any 

 use to which it may be put in all atmospheres and for all kinds 

 of traffic. The idea is to divide the sum into three prizes. An 

 important point is that the inventor or" inventors will have 

 absolute right to the invention, the patent being conveyed free 

 to the successful competitor or competitors." 



Mr. Manders expressed the belief that the outcome of the 

 exhibition would be a general expansion of the rubber industry, 

 due specially to the coming together of the leading producers 

 of rubber and the greatest rubber consumers of the world. 

 Mr. Manders maintains that there is no more efifective form 

 of advertising than that to be obtained by an exhibitor at an 

 exhibition, in which the formulated character of the exhibits 

 is strictly adhered to, and to which nothing is admitted out of 

 harmony with the industry to which the exhibition is devoted. 



Mr. Manders went on to say: "I wish to tender my thanks to 

 the gentlemen who so kindly came forward to support the 

 undertaking by joining the Honorary Advisory Committee— 

 which, I may state, does not entail any liability or respon- 

 sibility. 



"To The India Rubber World, the press of America and 

 throughout the world, I am most grateful for the support they 

 have been giving this undertaking, and you may assure the 

 readers of The Indl\ Rubber ^^'oRLD that the exposition will be 

 equal, if not superior, to the one held in London last year, and 

 will be conducted in the same high class manner. If you peruse 

 the list of gentlemen on the committee who are associated 

 with it, not only in America but throughout the world, it will 

 give you some idea of the interest that has been taken in the 

 first rubber exposition to be held in America." 



Mr. Manders' address is the New Grand Central Palace. 46th 

 to 47th street and Lexington avenue. New York City. 



