July 1, 1912.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



479 



The New York Rubber Exposition. 



PRESIDENT TAFT TO ACT AS PATRON. 



WILLIAM H. TAFT, President of the United States, has 

 consented to be the ■"Patron" of the International Rubber 

 Exposition to be held in New York in September of this 

 year. It is more than probable also that he will be present to 

 open the e.xercises on September 23. Mr. A. Staines Manders 

 has received the following letter from him : 



The White House, W.\shixgton. 



18th June, 1912. 

 My Dear Sir : 



I have your letter of the 7th June and shall be glad to 

 accept your invitation to act as Patron of the third Inter- 

 national Rubber Exposition to be held in New York next 

 September. 



With thanks for the compliment implied in the request, 

 I am. 



Sincerely yours, 



(Signed) Wm. H. Taft. 



The Exposition will be divided into three sections — first floor, 

 manufacturers of rubber goods and machinery; second floor, the 

 allied trades and sundries; and the third floor, crude rubber (in 

 which section over twenty governments will exhibit as well as 

 many of the plantation companies), and crude rubber importers 

 and dealers of this country. The Manufacturers' Section has the 

 largest area of space. 



An idea of the magnitude of some of the exhibits may be gained 

 from the fact that one single space occupies over 5,000 square feet 

 of space; another 3,500; another nearly 3,000, and many over 

 1.000 square feet. Only three spaces of the minimum size, viz., 

 10 X 10 have been taken ; all the others are much larger. 



No small retail selling stands — which are so often seen at ex- 

 hibitions — will be permitted ; as Mr. Manders states that the 

 Exhibition will be a high-class trade display, to bring together 

 all who are connected with the industry as buyers or sellers, or 

 as manufacturers and producers. 



An "Exhibition Rubber Club" will be fitted up, but not open 

 to the public. It is being arranged for the use of exhibitors who 

 wish to conduct their correspondence or talk business with cus- 

 tomers away from their booths ; it will also be available for mem- 

 bers of the committee and delegates from other countries. A rest 

 room for ladies will also be provided. There will be a small 

 cafe on each of the first two floors, and a restaurant in the build- 

 ing ; also telephone, telegraph and postal facilities. 



Rubber flooring and tiling will be important features of the 

 Exhibition and several manufacturers are making special mats 

 to lay down in the front main entrance and avenues of the 

 Exhibition. The Mechanical Rubber manufacturers are taking a 

 prominent part; about seven of the leading firms have booked 

 space, one for the purpose of arranging a specially large working 

 exhibit. Exhibits of general rubber lines and sundries will be 

 well to the fore. 



Rubber menus and other novelties are being prepared by 

 manufacturers for use at the Press Dinner and at several govern- 

 ment functions that are to be held during the Exhibition. 



One of the leading rubber concerns will show by a series of 

 moving pictures, the process of manufacture of rubber goods, and 

 the government of the Federated Malay States will take the 

 visitors for a tour through a rubber plantation, showing the whole 

 course of the production and preparation of the rubber for 

 shipment. 



The delegates to the conference of manufacturers, chemists, 

 producers, and those interested in the industry generally, will 

 meet on Tuesday, September 24, and continue these meetings 



for one week. Important papers will be read by visitors from 

 the various countries of the world. Mr. Henry C. Pearson will 

 preside. 



The Government of Ceylon has appointed Mr. F. Crosbie Roles, 

 Managing Editor of the "Times of Ceylon," to be its commissioner 

 in New York; the Government of the Federated Malay States is 

 sending Mr. Leonard Wray I. S. O. ; Dr. Dahne will come on 

 behalf of the Government of Brazil. The Planters' Association 

 of British Malaya has arranged with Mr. Cyril E. S. Baxendale 

 to be present as its representative. Mr. W. Shakespeare, a well- 

 known merchant of Ceylon who is interested in rubber plantations, 

 will also visit the Exhibition. 



Numerous makers of machinery have secured large spaces and 

 will all show machinery in motion to illustrate the treatment of 

 the rubber by different machines. 



Seventy Estates will exhibit rubber in the Federated Malay 

 States Government Section, to the total weight of about twelve 

 tons. The erection of some of the large government stands is 

 already being proceeded with, and the designs that have been 

 executed show that they will be of a most elaborate character. 

 The reclaimed rubber and kindred concerns will make a fine 

 display. Some of the firms have booked large spaces; one par- 

 ticularly, which intends to arrange a working exhibit. 



This is not to be an annual exhibition. It will doubtless be 

 four years at least before a similar one is held in this country. 



The Motor and Accessory Manufacturers' Association has sent 

 tlie follow^ing letter to the management : 



The Motor and Accessory Manufacturers, 

 17 West 42nd street. 



New York, N. Y., June 11, 1912. 

 Office of Manager, 

 William M. Sweet. ; 



Mr. a. Staines Manders. Organizing Manager, ' 



New Grand Central Palace, 

 New York, N. Y. 



Dear Sir : 



Your favors of June 4th and 10th, respectively, request- 

 ing further decision on the subject of application of this 

 association's rules and regulations to your proposed Ex- 

 position, were duly received. Replying would advise, that 

 inasmuch as this association has not exercised jurisdiction, 

 any exhibit by a member of this association necessarily 

 would be violating no rules or regulations of this associa- 

 tion. This decision is rendered on the understanding that 

 automobiles will not be exhibited. 

 Respectfully yours. 

 The Motor and Accessory Manufacturers, 



(Signed) William M. Sweet, 



The National Association of Automobile Manufacturers also 

 state that it would not be against their "rules for members" to 

 exhibit if they wished. 



Exhibitors have the right to print and issue their own invitation 

 tickets to their friends and customers, and a specially low ad- 

 mission has been arranged for bova fide employes, or work hands 

 in rubber mills and factories of tlie allied trades. 



The following notice will be printed on all tickets so that com- 

 petitors of exhibitors, who are not represented, will not secure 

 an unfair advantage : 



"No person other than an Exhibitor, or an Exhibitor's 

 Representative is allowed to canvass visitors or exhibitors 

 for orders, or for any purpose whatsoever, or to take 

 sketches or photographs of the exhibits. Any transgression 

 of this rule renders such person liable to immediate ex- 

 pulsion from the building, and this ticket is issued and 

 accepted on this condition." 



The manufacturers of chemicals, and the allied trades generally 

 are already well represented, having booked up space early. 



