August 1, 1912.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



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NATAL. 



Landolphia Kirkii rubber — Balls. 

 Euphorbia Tiritcalli — Block. 



RHODESIA. 



Landolphia Kirkii rubber — Balls, Spindles. 



Chimeya rubber. 



Root rubber (showing stages of preparation). 



TRINID.\D. 



Castilloa elastica rubber — Sheet. 

 Para rubber — Biscuits. 



BRITISH GUIANA. 



Sapium Jenmani rubber — Biscuits, Lump, Balls. 

 Mimusops globosa — Sheet balata. 



BRITISH HONDURAS. 



Castilloa rubber. 



BAHAMAS. 



Cryptostegia grandiflora rubber — Biscuits. 



ST. LUCIA. 



Castilloa elastica rubber — Biscuits. 



DOMINICA. 



Para rubber — Biscuits. 



Ficus elastica rubber — Biscuits. 



JAMAICA. 



Forsteronia Aorihunda rubber. 



THE NEW YORK RUBBER EXPOSITION— A FEW 

 OF ITS INTERESTING FEATURES. 



D UBBER matting, specially made for this exhibition, will be 

 ■'■ *• laid down at the main entrance, and in different parts of 

 the building. 



A rubber roadway will be put down in the Exhibition hall and 

 a rough-shod horse will be working on it. 



Moving pictures depicting the collection and preparation of 

 rubber in the Federated Malay States will be shown by the gov- 

 ernment of that country. 



A tour through a rubber mill may also be taken by invitation 

 of a large rubber concern. 



The display of the United States Rubber Co. will be exception- 

 ally fine. 



The Buffalo Foundry & Machine Co., the Farrel Foundry & 

 Machine Co., the Curtis & Marble Machine Co., the J. P. Devine 

 Co., the United Shoe Machinery Co., John Royie & Sons, Werner 

 & Pfleiderer, and Turner, Vaughn & Taylor Co., will have large 

 exhibits of machinery in motion. 



One manufacturer will show a circular loom weaving cotton 

 fabric for fire hose. 



The rubber reclaimers and manufacturers of compounds will 

 make large displays ; and one will have a working exhibit. 



The India Rubber World's $1,000 cup to be awarded at 

 the London Rubber Exhibition of 1914 for the best method of 

 extracting the latex from Castilloa elastica, will be on view. 



Other trophies awarded at the 1911 London Rubber Exhibition 

 will be exhibited, with samples of the rubber that won the prizes. 



Season tickets, at $3, will be issued, entitling the holders to 

 admission on Press View Day, the opening ceremony, conferences 

 and at all times when the exhibition is open to the public. They 

 also include membership in the Exhibition Rubber Club. 



A number of the foreign delegates will put in an appearance 

 early this month. Dr. Dahne, the commissioner for the federal 

 government of Brazil will arrive in a few days. That country has 



secured 7.500 square feet of space. Manaos is sending thirty 

 tons of rubber; Matto Grosso ten tons; Acre ten tons; and this 

 will be supplemented by full displays from Para and other States. 

 The Brazilian section will be a most complete and elaborate one. 



The erection of the Ceylon government stand is now well ad- 

 vanced and the exhibit will be a very attractive one, covering 

 some 2,000 square feet of space. 



Invitations have been issued to the purchasing agents of the 

 railroads and many leading chemists to attend the International 

 Conference and a number of replies have been received. 



Preliminary arrangements for functions, which are subject to 

 alterations and additions will be as follows : 



PRELIMINARY ARRANGEMENTS FOR RUBBER E.XPOSITION FUNCTIONS. 



(Subject to alterations and additions.) 



Sunday, September 22, afternoon or evening — Press View and 

 Lunch. 



Monday, September 23, at noon — Opening Ceremony. At 2 

 p. m. — Exhibition open to the general public. 



Tuesday, September 24, 11 a. m. — Meeting of the International 

 Conference — President. ]\Ir. H. C. Pearson; secretary. Dr. F. 

 Dannerth. 



Wednesday, September 25, afternoon — Special Invitation Day 

 by the Commissioner for the Government of Ceylon. 



Thursday, September 26, afternoon — Special Invitation Day by 

 the Commissioner for the Federal Government of Brazil. 



Friday, September 27, afternoon — Special Invitation Day by 

 the Commissioner for the Federated Malay States. 



Saturday, September 27, evening — Exhibition Supper Club — 

 10.30 p. m.. special evening. 



Note : The Supper Club will meet at the close of the Exhibi- 

 tion each night, at supper, and exchange views on subjects of 

 mutual interest. 



Tuesday, October 1 — Rubber Exhibition Banquet, 



Thursday, October 3, Closing Day, 10,30 p. m. — Supper Club, 

 special night. 



Among the exhibitors at the forthcoming Rubber Exposition 

 to be opened on September 23, at the Grand Central Palace, 

 will be the Dutch Guiana Culture Co., of which L. C. Lawton, 

 of the Chicago Rubber Co., is president and treasurer. 



The property of the Dutch Guiana Culture Co. consists of 

 12.000 acres planted to date, with 45,000 Hcvea and 121,000 

 Liberia coffee trees. 



J. R. C. Gonggrijp, superintendent of the company, will come 

 to New York for the exposition. 



COMMISSIONEES FOR THE FEDERAL GOVEHNMEKT OF BRAZIL. 



The Federal Government of Brazil has appointed the follow- 

 ing commissioners to represent Brazil officially at the forth- 

 coming International Rubber Exhibition : Dr. Eugenio Dahne, 

 Commissioner General, representing the Minister of Agriculture, 

 Industry and Commerce in the United States ; Count Candido 

 Mendes de .'Mmeida, President of the Chamber of Commerce and 

 Director of the Commercial Museum of Rio Janeiro ; Dr. Cerqueira 

 Pinto, rubber expert from the Department of Agriculture, In- 

 dustry and Commerce of Rio Janeiro. Three assistant commis- 

 sioners, rubber experts, have also been appointed. 



460 MILES OF WIRE IN ONE BUILDING, 



The new Woolworth skyscraper in New York City, which 

 breaks all records up to the present time for altitude, having 

 some 52 stories, will contain 460 miles of copper wire in its 

 various cables. If this copper wire were all in one piece it 

 would reach from New York nearly half way to Chicago. 



