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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[January 1, 1915. 



association with yourself and The India Rubber World, and 

 our best wishes are with you for long life and continued pros- 

 perity. 



[Signed] Alexander Johnston, Genera! Manage) 



A CONSTANT READER FOR 22 YEARS. 



(From Vereinuite Berlin-Fkankfi rter Gummiwaren-Fabriken, Berlin- 

 Lichterfeide, Germany.] 



For -'-' years 1 have been a constant reader of The India Rub- 

 ber World and dan- saj ili.it 1 maj be a competent judge of the 

 marvelous, steady progress your journal has taken during this 

 period. < Success in life to my experience is not a matter of 

 hazard, but mainly due to honest, steadfast work, with a strong 

 will to succeed. Both these qualities have been harmoniously 

 concentrated in your person, and that accounts for the brilliant 

 development The India Rubber World has taken under your 

 guidance and has made it the leading journal of the branch. I 

 heartily beg to present you my best compliments on your jubilee 

 day. 



LSigned] Emu Spannagel, [Manager.'] 



"AN INFLUENTIAL. RELIABLE AND BROAD MINDED TRADE 



JOURNAL." 



[From Wm. M. Kins, former President of the General Rubber Co.] 



A slight jog to my memory recalls the fact that your India 



Rubber World, as I now well recollect, began its career some 



quarter of a century ago. I sincerely congratulate you on the 



fact that it is about to celebrate its 25th birthday, but 



far more than this upon the fact that you have made it one of the 



most influential, reliable and broad-minded trade journals in the 



world. 



[Signed] \\ m. M. Ivins. 



"A VERITABLE ENCYCLOPEDIA." 

 [From J. Simao da Costa, prominent Brazilian rubber authority.] 



I can recall the moment I had the pleasure of reading the first 

 number of The India Rubber World, which you had the courage 

 to found and publish, as its responsible editor, 25 years ago. The 

 rubber industry was then still in its infancy. I believe I have 

 read almost every number you have published since then. 



It is not for me to judge as to the exact measure of your 

 ambitions when you founded The India Rubber World, but 

 I am able to judge of its success, such as you have made it 

 both literary and commercially, holding, as it does, the premier 

 position among the publications of its class all the world over. 

 I believe I voice the opinion of all readers of your journal 

 when I say that, in its particular sphere and literary domain, 

 it has influenced and contributed, in no small degree, towards 

 the building of the rubber industries of America, and raised 

 them to their present state of prosperous affluence. 



To accomplish all of this in the way you have done, by present- 

 ing monthly to your readers a light, interesting, enlightened, 

 progressive, readable magazine, so thoroughly comprehensive 

 as to constitute a veritable encyclopedia of all that pertains to 

 this particular trade, is no mean task ; but you have succeeded 

 in accomplishing it, with distinction. But you have done more 

 irl You have also published standard technical books of no 

 mean value, and have ransacked the tropical regions of both 

 hemispheres, so as to give your readers a graphic idea of the 

 ih and surroundings wherein rubber is gathered and prepared 

 for mat k< t. 



For all of this. I am of opinion that the rubber industries in 

 il. and in particular those of America, are deeply indebted 

 iU, and you are deserving of the highest tribute for all you 

 have done. For my part, and in the name of Para, I tender 

 my sincere congratulations for having devoted twenty- 

 enterprise to an industrial publication, and for hav- 

 ing, raised .it, to the highest place it could have reached all the 

 world over. 



I'lerei in-:P,ara we have already had the opportunity of show- 

 ing you our appreciation for you, personally, and as leading 



light of your magazine. And I venture to say that in spite of 

 the hard tnries we are traversing, you would be ju^t as cordially 

 fi ted again today if you were to visit us once more. 



\ud now one simple personal remark. [ do not envy your 

 essful career as the editor of The India Ri bber World, 

 but I certainly cmy that light gait, active Spring of your step, 

 and congenial disposition, which make you look like a youth 

 of forty. And right here I must stop, as I do not wish to give 

 your age away and run the risk of your immediate retaliation. 

 Let us be boys, in spite of our grey hairs. 



May God bless and keep you, are my sincere wishes for you 

 and yours. 



I Signed | 



J. Simao DA (. 



"THE MOST IMPORTANT FORCE IN RUBBER TODAY." 



Xot often does it fall to the lot of one man to conduct so im- 

 portant a journal as The India Rubber World lor twenty-five 

 years, and it gives me much pleasure, as an humble student of 

 one of the most ill-understood products of daily use, to con- 

 gratulate you on the successful manner in which you have car- 

 ried on the journal, making it perhaps the most important force 

 m rubber today. 



[Signedl John C. Willis, 



Director do Jardin Botanico, Rio de Janeiro, formerly Director of 

 the Royal Botanic Gardens, Ceylon. 



"NO RUBBER MANUFACTURER WOULD BE WITHOUT IT." 



[From the Mechanical Fabric Co., Providence, Rhode Island.] 



I have known The India Rubber World and your esteemed 

 editor, Mr. Henry C. Pearson, for almost the life of the paper. 

 It began in a modest way, but it was indispensable from the 

 start on account of the attractive personality of Mr.- Pearson 

 and the confidence he so quickly won with the trade, together 

 with the excellent paper he produced. No rubber manufacturer 

 here or abroad would think of being without it. I was fairly 

 young and inexperienced when I first met Mr. Pearson, but I 

 found myself confiding in him very soon, and never knew him 

 to betray my confidence or that of any one else. 



There have been indeed great changes since The India 

 Rubber World was started. With the exception of three or 

 four, all of my associates are dead, and I am dictating this 

 letter from a bed of sickness. 



[Signed] A. I.. Kellev. /'resident. 



"READ IT FOR 25 YEARS, ALWAYS WITH GREATEST PLEASURE." 

 [From Rene Bobet, consulting rubber engineer, Paris. France.] 



You are about to celebrate the 25th anniversary - of the 

 foundation of your estimable journal, The India Rubber World. 

 Permit me on this occasion to send you my hearty congratula- 

 tions, with my best wishes for your prosperity. You will find 

 my name on your books, among the subscribers from the first. 

 I therefore assisted at the birth of your journal, which I have 

 read for the last 25 years ; always with the greatest pleasure. I 

 have remarked how, thanks to your efforts, and the constant 

 improvements you have made in all the details of editing, you 

 have placed The India Rubber World in the first rank of 

 similar journals throughout the entire world. 



The whole of the rubber industry ought to appreciate your 

 efforts thus crowned with success and to congratulate you on 

 your work. 



All honor to The India Rubber World and to its eminent 

 director, Henry C. Pearson. 



[Signed] R. Bobet. 



"SUCCESSFUL WORK IN BEHALF OF THE RUBBER INDUSTRY." 

 [From the Boston Belting Co., manufacturers, Boston, Massachusetts.] 

 Until the advent of The India Rubber World the rubber 

 industry in the United States had no trade journal worthy of 

 the name. The way in which your publication has grown in 

 size, influence and amount of advertising patronage during the 

 past 25 years is certainly a fitting and well merited recognition 

 of your journal and its able and accomplished editor. There are 



