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the importance of the rubber confer- 

 ence. 



WHEX the a\-erage layman attends an industrial 

 exposition he does so usually for the purpose 

 of getting as much information regarding that in- 

 dustry as possible in the briefest time. He goes from 

 booth to booth and looks at the articles displayed, 

 possibly asks a few questions, puts a little literature 

 in his pocket, and after an hour's peregrination among 

 the exhibitors, with perhaps a few minutes spent later 

 in looking over the booklets he has put in his pocket, 

 he gets a surface idea at least of the achievements of 

 that particular industry. His knowledge does not go 

 very deep, but it may suffice for the average man who 

 is interested in that special industry, only as it is one 

 of many that go to make up our industrial structure. 

 Very likely, his hour spent among the exhibitors has 

 increased his knowledge of that particular line of ac- 

 tivity 500 per. cent. It is education on the run, but 

 it is much better than none at all. 



But, in an exposition that is seriously conceived. 



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that is promoted with the intention, not only of show- 

 ing to the casual visitor the jiroduct of that particular 

 department of manufacture, but with the idea of mak- 

 ing the exposition count for the general advancement 

 of the industry, there must be something that will be 

 new, interesting and informing to those whose work NEW yo 

 is ^•itally connected with that branch of endeavor. BQTanic 



That is precisely what was done in the case of the ^'■^KOiar 

 two London rubber expositions, held in 1908 and 1911. 

 These expositions aiiforded a valuable fund of informa- 

 tion on rubber matters to the general Londoner who 

 attended, but they went far beyond that ; they afforded 

 an opportunity to the rubber man himself to add 

 greatly to his knowledge of the subject. This was 

 done by means of a series of conferences held during 

 the progress of the exposition. 



These conferences, presided over by Sir Henry 

 Blake, were attended by hundreds of rubber men, and 

 carefully prepared papers were read by those who 

 were in a position to speak authoritatively on the 

 topics discussed. Every phase of the varied rubber 

 industry was taken up. Planters gave the result of 

 the years of experience which they had had in plant- 

 ing rubber. All sides of the plantation problem were 

 exploited ; the best preparation of the soil, the best 

 system of collecting and coagulating latex, the best 

 method of taking care of labor, and many other in- 

 teresting subjects were gone into in detail. Chemists 

 of prominence and recognized authority discussed 

 rubber from the standpoint of its chemistry and de- 

 scribed the best tests — physical and chemical — to 

 prove its quality. Men who had spent years in the 

 research laboratories told of their work and of their 

 discoveries. Financial experts talked about the fac- 

 tors that made for value in the rubber shares sold in 

 the London market. 



The carefully prepared papers were followed by 



general discussion that often widened out into chan- 

 nels that the author of the paper had not touched. 

 To show how extensive was the work done at these 

 conferences, it is only necessary to say that the book 

 published after the last London exposition containing 

 the various papers read, addresses made, and discus- 

 sions that ensued, contained almost 500 pages — of 

 most valuable matter. 



At the first American Rubber Exposition, to be held 

 at the Grand Central Palace, in New York, next Sep- 

 tember, the conferences, it can confidently be stated, will 

 play a most important part. A number of those who 



