Arizona weekly citizen., 1885-07-18
INDIA RUBBER.
4 NEW SOURCE OF SUPPLY Dlscov-
 FRED IN SOUTH AMERICA
A New Method of CoaguIating the Juice The Rubber Industry in Brazil - The Tremendous Demand Constantly
 on the Increase.
Chicago Times.l

During the past twenty-five years the | demand for India rubber has been con stantly increasing. The amount required | for car springs has been enormous Rub ber shoes are now worn by people of all | classes. Most men exposed 10 the snow | and rain wear rubber boots A kind of rubber shoe has been made expressly for ! protecting the boots made of belted wool
 that are now SO popular with lumbermen and others who work in the cold Rub- Der is now an ingredient in various kinds | of paint Every woman has water proof cloak. and many men have water proof coats. A complete suit of water proof garments from cap to shoes, can be obtained from any dealer in rubber clothing. The number and variety of articles now kept in rubber stores surprises person who visits one for the trst time. They em- brace almost everything that is manu- factured for ornament or use The num- Der of rubber toys Is almost endless Nearly every article that was once manu- factured from bone, horn, wood or metal is now made from rubber From infancy to old age. during sickness and health. we are constantly usIng rubber in some form. Goodyear endowed 1t with new properties, and made it sdbserye purposes for which 1t could not be used in its natural state, while Macintosh rendered it soluble. so that it could be incorporated in the fber of cloth and other substances.
 The many uses to which rubber has been applied during. the past forty years has caused its price to advance in all parts of the world where tt is obtained The natives of Brazil, from which most of the best rubber is obtained, once wasted most of the product of the rubber forests Of late years they have relied on the money they obtained from it for their support Our consul t Para states that SS per cent. of the exports from the valley of the Amazon consists of rubber The inhabi. tants neglect all other industries for col iecting rubber. With the finest pastures in the world, they eat jerked beef from the Argentine Repub- lie and canned meats rom the United States. With vast supplies of excellent fish. which are easily caught. they cat immense quantities of salt cod smoked herrings obtained from northern countries. With dense forests of the most valuable sorts of wood they import their furniture and most of their building ma terials Not many months ago the price of crude rubber was s3 cents per pound at Para, and the average inhabitant could supply his wants by working one day week in the rubber forests. Recer ly the price has declined, and the price now paid by the merchants of Para Is only g cents per pound In consequence of this de cline many are seeking new means of ob- taininS a living.
 A few years ago there WAS considerable alarm over the report that the sources of the supply of rubber were failing The governments of several European coun- tries instructed their agents abroad to as certain what measures coulc be resorted to for the purpose of keeping the market supplied yith rubber, which had become of so much value in the arts. lt now seems likely that rubber is to become more plenty. and that the price will be lower than it has been at any time since the article came into general use A new method of coagulating the juice without the employment of smoke is reported from Brazil It is the invention of Antonia Bentes. of that country. A new source of supply has also been discovered in tree from which rubber has not been obtained \ knowledge of it was obtained by our consul at Rio Janeiro from S ;. Schindler. who resides at Campinas. in the province of San PRulo. This cor muuication, which has been transmitted to Washing ton. is as follows:
 ~The mangaba or mangabeira, as it is called in Brazil, is a tree of medium size belonging to the apOcynaca- It presents a graceful appearance, something like the weeping willow. with dropping branches and small oblong shaped leaves of a glossy dark green, finely marked. and hay ing a sharp rounded point at the apex This tree yields an excellent rubber. but up to a few months ago. before my com ing to this province. it was only esteemed on account of its fruit. which possesses fine aroma. q delicious taste and makes a preserve which is great favOrite with the BraZilianS This fruit is about the size of large plum, of a yellowish color. marked with reddish spots or streaks. IL is only fit to be eaten when it falls from the tree. as it is then perfectly riDe. The mangabeira has therefore the .uble ad- vantage of bearing fruit which can be ex ported. and of yielding valuable rubber. The inhabitants of this province of San Paulo re just beginning to realize the the vast stores of undevelOped wealth eX- isting in their vast plains. and a fine quality f rubber will be exported which will soon rival that of Para in quality. if not ip quantity.
 -The process of extracting milk from the mangabeIra tree is very simple, and possesses great advantage over the serin gueiras of Para. as it is met with in large quantities in the most healthy localities
 IL 1ourishes only In sandy soil. and is therefore only encountered in unproduc tive land unfit for the ordinary purposes of agriculture When the milk is about to be collected. each person must be sup piled with about twenty large round tins us we'll as a large knife facaol He should make oblique incisions in the tree, sloping downwards at a little distance from each other. all around the trunk. cutting only the outer bark. and placing l immediately on the ground below the cuts basin or large tin which will collect the milk as 1t evudeS When full these tins can be emplied into larger vessel. The same process is continued during the whole day each person treating from ten 10 fifteen trees or more in this manner. and thus from five 10 eight kilOs of milk can be collected The in isions should not be deep and great number should | pot ha made On the same tree as they