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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD. 



[July 1, 1912 



PRIZES TO BE AWARDED AT THE EXPOSITION. 

 The Rubber Growers' Association, London, offer their gold, 

 silver and bronze medals (each with diploma) for the three 

 samples of Plantation Rubber (irrespective of the method of 

 preparation or country of origin), specially entered for the com- 

 petition, that may be placed highest by the jury. 

 The conditions are as follows : 



1. — The Competition is open without entrance fee to anyone en- 

 gaged in any part of the world in the growth of rubber upon 

 plantations, and entries may be made either by the owners 

 of any such plantation, whether individuals or companies, 

 or by the executive superintendent or manager. 

 2. — Competitors may send in more than one sample, but must 



forward a separate entry form for each exhibit. 

 3. — No sample will be accepted for the Competition unless it has 



a minimum net weight of 112 lb. packed into one case. 

 4.— No brand or identifying mark of any kind must appear on 

 the actual rubber, but the duplicate entry form (see Rule 

 I 10), fully tilled up as prescribed, must be enclosed in the 



I case. Competitors may attach to this cards giving supple- 



mentary information as to the place and method of produc- 

 tion, the postal address of the estate, the office of the 

 owners, etc., for the benefit of manufacturers or possible 

 buyers. Portions of each sample received within the 

 prescribed time will be placed on show in the Raw Rubber 

 Section of the Exhibition, adjoining the general exhibits 

 of producing countries, and all the foregoing information 

 will be attached to the samples by the Exhibition staff after 

 the awards have been made. 

 5. — Competitors will be required to certify on the Form of Entry 

 accompanying the exhibit the genuineness of any sample 

 sent in for competition and to have their forms counter- 

 signed by an official of their local association, but in the 

 case of estates unconnected with any association, the 

 signature of the nearest British Consul or other recognized 

 local ofiicial will be accepted. 

 6._The awards will be made immediately on the opening of the 

 Exposition, without scientific or chemical tests and merely 

 on the basis of commercial vakie, by a jury consisting of 

 ' not fewer than seven members selected from the raw 



rubber experts of New York. 

 7. — The decision of the Jury shall be final in all matters con- 

 nected with the competition. 

 8. — At the close of the Exposition all samples sent in will be sold 

 by the Exposition authorities, if possible by auction, to the 

 regular consumers of such rubber, and the net proceeds 

 remitted to the competitors. 

 9._A11 samples must be delivered carriage paid to the building 

 between 10th and 16th September, addressed: 

 A. STAINES MANDERS, 



Manager, Rubber Exposition, 

 Merchants" and jNIanufacturers' Exchange, 



Grand Central Palace, 

 y 46th and 47th streets, Lexington avenue, 



New York City, 



and marked "RAW RUBBER," with country of origin, in 



bold letters. (Note.— This is necessary. New York being 



in a protective country ; all raw rubber is admitted duty 



free, but if marked it will facilitate Customs entry). The 



samples will be unpacked, displayed and covered by Fire 



Insurance, free of charge to competitors. 



10.— Forms of Entry (in duphcate) may be obtained from the 



Secretary, Rubber Growers' Association, 1 Oxford Court. 



Cannon street, London, E. C, and from Rubber Planters' 



Associations in all parts of the world, and one copy thereof 



must be returned not later than the 10th August, 1912, 



'■ to A. Staines Manders, Manager, International Rubber 



and Allied Trades Exposition, Grand Central Palace, 46tli 



and 47th streets, Lexington avenue. New York City. All 



letters bearing the post mark of the 1st August, 1912, will 



be accepted as entries. 



Note —Consular Invoices upon the forms supplied by the 



Government of the United States of America must be prepared 



for each shipment, and legalized by declaration before the Consul 



at the shipping port. Upon completion they should be forwarded 



with the shipping documents to Mr. .A.. Staines Manders, at the 



address stated above, who will clear through Customs. 



NOTES OF THE KUBBEE CONFERENCE. 



Mr. Cyril E. S. Ba.xendale has been appointed by the planters 

 of the Federated Malay States, and will read a paper in connec- 

 tion with the rubber industry of that country. 



Dr. Frederic Dannerth has accepted the position of honorary 

 secretary of the Conference. 



F. A. Stockdale, Esq., honorary secretary- of the Permanent 

 Exhibition Committee of British Guiana, will have a paper read 

 in reference to tiie rubber industry in British Guiana. 



T. W. Miller, Esq., of the Faultless Rubber Co., will read a 

 paper on dipped rubber goods. 



Francis E. Lloyd, Esq., recently resigned from the Alabama 

 Polytechnic Institute to take the position of MacDonald, professor 

 of Botany, McGill L^niversity, Montreal, Canada, will read a 

 paper upon "Some Effects of Acclimatization Upon Guayule." 



Dr. L. E. Weber, of Boston, will read a paper on some im- 

 portant subjects in connection with rubber chemistry. 



As invitations have only recently been issued, it is impossible 

 to say the exact number of papers that will be read and their sub- 

 jects, but in our next issue we hope to be able to give a full list. 



It is expected that about 300 delegates from different countries 

 will visit New York to take part in the Exhibition and Conference. 



Dr. D. G. Boeor, secretary of the Hungarian Association of 

 Chemical Industry, will be in New York, and has indicated his 

 intention of taking part in the Conference. 



Dr. Huber, of Para, the great rubber expert of Brazil, has in- 

 timated his intention of being present on behalf of the govern- 

 ment and will attend the Conference. 



ADVERTISING SOLICITORS UNAUTHORIZED. 



We have been asked to state that the management of the New 

 York Rubber Exposition has not authorized any firm or person 

 to solicit orders for advertisements or souvenirs of any descrip- 

 tion, and while a handbook of the Exposition will be published, no 

 ^ advertisements will be solicited for it. 



Manufacturers will therefore understand 

 that the people who are troubling them 

 are doing so without the authority of the 

 exhibition management. 



Mr. A. W. Stedman has been appointed commissioner for the 

 Commercial Association of Manaos, Brazil, and also as a com- 

 missioner for Matto Grose. Brazil will have about 5,000 square 

 feet of space at the exhibition. 



KAISER WILHELMS BOOTS. 



1 he cut shown herewith pictures a rub- 

 l)er boot that will be worn by the great 

 War Lord— Kaiser Wilhelm II. These 

 boots were made on special trees at the 

 Candee mill and are now on the high seas 

 for His Majesty. The Candee Company 

 is very proud that its efficiency is to re- 

 ceive the royal favor, or as the English 

 would say, the Candee mill is now "Man- 

 ufacturer to His Majesty," for such rub- 

 ber boots as he requires. 



To gratify any public curiosity that 

 may exist it may be stated that His Ma- 

 jesty wears size 9. 



This boot is one of the handsomest ever 

 manufactured at the Candee mill and is 

 of a special design that company makes 

 for military service in Europe. 



