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discussing the matter of a Rubber Exposition in New York. After 
numerous meetings and on the advice of Mr. Henry C. Pearson, 
Editor of the “ India Rubber World,” New York, it was decided to 
hold an Exhibition under the above title in Sept, of 1912, Mr. Pearson 
being the active Vice-President, and under the auspices of the 
International Exposition Company, an incorporate body of New York. 
All necessary finances for the organisation have been provided and 
the Exposition will comprise the following sections, and will be one of 
considerable importance. 
1. Crude Rubber — indigenous and plantation. 
2. Manufacturers, and Machinery Makers. 
3. Kindred Trades. 
Mr. Pearson is of opinion that it is a unique opportunity (see 
his remarks re Brazilian rubber) for the producers of plantation rub- 
ber to come forward and secure a much larger proportion of the trade 
of America. 
From enquiries I made, and conversations I had with experts I 
found the one opinion general, vis., that the manufacturers are eager 
for more knowledge than they now possess regarding plantation rub- 
ber. Further, my experience was that they were thirsting for infor- 
mation, and as the “India Rubber Journal” says, the opportunity 
will not occur again for a while. M3' advice is that planting countries 
should take part, though there will be no necessity to make the ex- 
pensive display they did in London this year. What they require is 
a good, comprehensive exhibit of plantation rubber, plenty of litera- 
ture, and above all, a good Representative able to give full informa- 
tion, and to be able to write up a report on the details he received as 
to the requirements of manufacturers, etc. 
The Exposition will be open for ten days ; Conferences will be 
held under the Presidency of Mr. Henry C. Pearson, but no Confer- 
ence book will be published though full reports will appear in the 
“ India Rubber World,” New York. 
Indigenous rubber countries will be well represented, and planta- 
tion should also. There is no doubt in my mind, and I should not 
say so unless I believed it, that the prospects for plantation rubber 
in the States are . enormous if it is shown to the manufacturer in a 
proper way. We shall have the American manufacturers at the Ex- 
position, and those who do not exhibit will be there to seek informa- 
tion regarding plantation rubber as they know all that is possible re 
Brazilian. 
The rates for space will be slightly higher than in London but 
this is counterbalanced by the fact that we lay down the platforms 
and cover them for exhibitors, so that they only have the fitting up 
of the stands to do. 
