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“ possibilities of extending the uses of rubber, our friends the manufac- 
’ l turers are keenly alive, and it is on occasions like this that we have an 
enormous advantage in bringing together those who are concerned, 
‘ manufacturers and producers, for they cannot help but give a great 
“ stimulus to the work. It guides producers in what they have to do, and 
* what they have to look for in preparing their produce for the market. 
' We have not only these parties interested in the rubber industry, but 
the whole world is interested in it. It is an industry which, in all its stages 
“ calls for the use, not only of keen intelligence and hard work, but it 
“ calls for the best scientific knowledge.” 
On the same occasion, Sir Henry A. Blake said :— 
We all remember, a great number of us at least, that we were indebted 
1 to a considerable number of our foreign friends for their courtesy and 
readiness to impart every kind of information during the last Exhibition. 
” At this Exhibition we have welcomed those old friends, and we have also 
welcomed the coming of other men from foreign countries, and I hope 
that everyone will find that the acquaintances that have been formed in 
the course of this Exhibition will result into the acquaintance ripening 
* into friendships that will bear fruit in the future. Gentlemen, the advent 
of the exhibition of rubber from every rubber growing country in the 
’ world and the leaving of men in charge of these exhibits—the most 
intelligent experts, the best men that could be brought forward to look 
" after the interests of their country and their department — is most grati- 
' fying. I hope that all these gentlemen, some of whom I see around me 
” — old friends — as they have given us a great deal of most valuable 
“ information, will be able, one and all, to take home something, perhaps, 
“ that they have learned from us and from the Exhibition, for we have 
‘ had rubber from all over the world, and a great deal has yet to be learned 
1 with reference to it. I know that when the time comes, as we all look 
1 to the end of the Exhibition and ask ourselves what is the result — I hope 
** and believe that these gentlemen who have’favoured us by coming to 
” this Exhibition will be able to answer for themselves, that it has been to 
“ them entirely satisfactory, as indeed it has been to us.” 
Mr. A. Bethune, speaking at the closing ceremony of the 
Exhibition, said : — 
“ Before we separate I should like to ask you to pass a very hearty vote 
“ of thanks to Sir Henry Blake ; not only for the very graceful way in 
” which he has presided to-day, but also for all the work he has done in 
connection with this Exhibition. We have come to associate his name 
” with successful Exhibitions, and I hope that, if there is another one, 
“ two or three years hence, he will again grace it by taking the position 
of President. Speaking for the Rubber Growers’ Association, I should 
” like to say how we appreciate the large number of entries for our prizes, 
” and we feel sure the investigations which have been made will tend to 
help us to arrive at what we want to know — the best way to prepare our 
” rubber in order to suit the manufacturers.” 
What was said of the London Exhibition of 1911 was repeated 
by those who studied the New York Exhibition •of 1912. The 
following letter has been selected from many hundreds received 
by the management, on account of its value coming, as it does, 
from the Director of an Institution so universally important as 
the Philadelphia Museum, 
