Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-06-11

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WATCHING THE SAP RUN.
value to man. 1t was rot until the expedition
Of the French scademicisns TO South America
In 1795 that its utility and nature was made
known TO Europe by q memoir published upon
IL by NJ de Ia Condamine. This notice excited
little or no attention. Then again subjects OF
this kind were again called up in 1851 BY VI.
Fresneau and in 1853 by VI. Macquer II was
SO little thought Of Iby economical man. how
ever, that not until H96 and 1906 did it even
get a notice in Great Britain. Then il came
there in small pieces. dark reddish Jumps.
which were used for rubbing out black lead PEN
ell marks and that gave il the name Of rubber
which IL wears, though the native name in
South America. where most of il comes from.
was then and Is now 'caoutchouc.
CHAs GooDYE,R's INVENTION.
by 1920 the substance was nodded into water
proof boots and shoes but the color of the ma
terial was so disagreeable that no one liked to
wear il unless literally obliged to. But along by
1880 Charles Goodyear began to experiment. at
Philadelphia on the emp lOyment Of gum
elastic, as We also called il then. so "a to a: it
for general Use BY particular nitric acid pro-
cess, which he so perfected In 1896 that he had
sbou: solved the problem, and by 1899 he had
settled the difficulty and succeeded in vulcaniz-
ing or ebOnizing India rubber BY means Of
sulphur he kept improving his processes and
took out over sixty United States patents before
he died IN 1860.
well, the result Of this work of GOODYEAR
was TO make the rubber boots, shoes and coats
At once popular and slightly articles Of wearing
gear and the demand was suddenly increased
and has been steadily increasing ever since. for
a supply Of the raw material To rive Won some
idea Of the iump which il made then in ls3O
only 50 600 pounds of raturai caoutchouc WAS
imported into the whole market of Great
Britain; In 1872 or about two wears after Good
wear had produced a clean shiny black shoe. the
British market called for 500 600 pounds. and
TODAY the amount has prodiQiously increased
over these figures not only in Great Britain
but the United States and all the rest Of the
civilized world. this immense demand n. thou
sands and Thousands of turs Annually for every
market on the face OF the earth What .
whole aggregate is dare not .sv This dem. A
has set al the natives of India of Nadsoascar
of south America. OF Java and of Central
America and the Indian Archipelago hard AT The
work of tapping the rubber fo-asts ~ ,b.;r ~
tive sands Had a. tbe na,,vas sra d., 40,
thew have no. been able To get the full sunnIv
demanded a, any TIM. lurinv ,be L., ;.naac.
but the dealers must have inst 40 many naira az
shoes every wear and The ,nannssr,,rsrrs ,oo,,-
age to keep M with the order. by making snch
firusy delicate shifts a, tbi. nair I have i,.,
nut on is. In other words tbsv nae nor b.,y ~
much rubber in tie mako mn Of these sboe. as
they ought TO use.
- ,,... -
me AAAAIh LINT of sCPPLf-
Now, believe that We have fully reached
the maximum limit Of raw rubber supply, that
IL will never be any greater and wa sball bs
l,,ckv II !, doc. mn, s,s.,,;,,. 80 L.. d.,
b.v. No, ~.och-3 r. T-iI 60: ~ w
NJ. boo.s - - VI ,-.f, ueAnu.
wear and We shall have ,b.,n 90. 80 ~, e'ea :.
,h;,,.-- "a .Ls-. - - 80 W - S's'
So =, a. -. t H SiAi, WI oev ,
a., 7 a., -. 90 - NC vi. az
- Vi - = .:.-P soae inventive
"a rrbhs- Sa,n,, - - :, A. CD, -.
en-, or Las, 5;-ir;,, -. - So1.u ,Ainerf-
What 81 maple .,lrar s-ovs - !, e-tM :,
Vermont or Ohio. only everything about ,bs
place is wilder, darker and ruder. The natives
dig OUT a rude trench or hole at the foot of the
80 - :, u.e I .s 10. arg 'ree, never
&C. and 6f,x o- 49, f.s' h;ah IN ~ u an
make An incirior, in III. ,-,,rL -, ~. -
i. ip,t about the SAM en-, ,bot 80. sn. AZ.
for resin down in North CaroIi,a eyb;h;,s
The caoutcbouc- whom in ,be ,;ssnss ., 81.
tree. il uid like that OF the pines bnt IL cosa,,e
hates 80 oui,Llv ubsn IL dronS a. - a.
.S!. 'eIaieG ior Tvs reception tna'
earth and IN hi. rscsn,sri - :, - 60, ~.
tree II forms .oliS ~. si,n;I.r - as,ar.I
Character 10 vegetable aIbn,sn q, r,,s,x - :,
. brounish or a v-.visb- "a - 7. -. y,
90 80 al, - r. r. ~ ~ een'e
-, -, M. oe =! proper manipulation
80 =, is.,h.- 81 no W AooA LILAC
- - -.
-, .. - ., ~ eO0s uiauon, or "nle
- :, ,j..,;e;.r 40 'h.s ZAP Possesses
40 - !, in,a -,.oISs ., '.. eAoies .he nAuVe:
~ 80 . VI 'arious Patserns, ou'
.ae srea'er PAR oi 'ne raw rubber which our
.h -. -. ~ 'ue Iuue form OF the
aenen vi noie INV WHICH, I" oripped from the
80 -,
80 -. Z, H. .S ir now adni-