Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-06-03
..,-,,.d. 1899. by Frank O.
wv Carunntcr1

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| pr,su May p, iseo.-Pam IL the
| ,rbbsr port of the world. The
80 valley produces more ana Dot
-.bber than any other rcglon on
W spi the greater part of IT, prod
80 through Para More than
/ thousand pounds are shipped
-- Men, cycry day. and the amount
,,,d Last year was 20 great that n
-. Id loaded ON wagons u would
too horses 20 haul u over mncnd-
-,.-i ,s,ds. From every part N
...- g,.,t Amazon valley. from tho
| u, tHis of the Andes. from the wilda
n5l,.s form the savage regions ~
--.t.. from the banks of the orino-
N. Madeira. the Zinru and the
va minor atroama loads of rub
-. 0,stcd down the Amazon TO the
ian ID 90 mouth.
THE INDIA RUBBER ACE.
r,,. Do the India Rubber Age. and
r,,sisi IT, handspring. From here goes
=, ,hs elastic material which moves
n. world. Every man. woman and
ana who viii read this letter n US
- Para rubber In ono form or an
.,t.f. Some Of you have II under your
t.t Millions Of pounds 30 into rubber
49, There IL one factory In New
rssisni that makes 10000 pairs of rub
t,rs day. and In ono month In Boston
tmo0 PAIRS of rubbcrH were recently
"a at auction. Some Of you have Il
on ,he ends of your pencils and others
y. ln the shape of rubber bands.
nn 0riimutcd that the school children
q syefj one of our towns 81 1900 Co..
ntItantr use more than 5000 rubber
rnfa ID year ana the total weight uf
D. bands used in the United States ~
i1lm1uH.
mon take the nuapendefH. This Para
nhlsf unholda tho pHntaluuua N mile
.rH u upholdH the stockings NJ other
r.uanf nf the flir nsx. and both mru
10 women are cnaatiur over the ruads
trln No. bicycle tires II takes two
pounds OF Para rubber 10 make q ct
q tirtH. and u in estimated that there
ffs On The ncighborhuud % 2.Ooo.ulo BIZ
Ti'ca now IN use Ia the United States
~ Great britain. Il takes more 60
nihldn the wheels N cabs and car
fnraa. ana the vehicles being made IN
Of way are now numbered BY the tens
@ ft1ufnnds.
Rubber Il used IN countless other
SAYS The rubber ink Cmncra Of tho
fatHc schools NJ New York and iironk-
u amount 60 Ave tons % year. tons N
tfe used BY surgeons Tor rubber
frtr fyrlnUcH ana hot water bags. 4
twe quantity forms the bases NJ false
tf'h and great amount ~ swallowed
1r Do machinery and IN the Industrial
IA
~ THE Rubber METROPOLIS.
Ia, rubber that has built up the city
Z Para. and u iH rubber which Hup-
i1fiH 10 today For cVcfy pound which
! cent away tho exporter has 20 pay
. cents 90 the state government and
ur result 81 that Para o. a rich state
l.i o. officials wax fat
Tho city " Para has about 10000
PEOPLE ~ ~ alive aud euterprlainH.
o hla Immense stores nilcd with all
NfdH " goods Tor tho rubber camps.
o h1H rfrlt warehouses where tho rub
Do D. packed up Tor shipment abroad.
BOA through ~ streets you roo carts
fed with crude rubber going 10 and
iru ihr stores and tho warehouses,
Much vi the rubber n taken In trade
H.t 90 ihH warehouses. and you BEE 10
la ~ f0ris u shapes
ne whhtr-oXportlnr parts of tho
oN Hm.Il like "a smoke house. The
rubber brought IN humps which look
ilr mo iha world Ike f0ur-pound hams.
They SMELL like smoked hams and you
would not know tho difference without
l1u mW them fan on tho street. Al
l.h tImrH they bounce up ana down
Hl roI about like things alive. na
F'k hams could not possibly do.
THE RuHnER TERRITORY or THE
AMAZON,
rhtfo are many large rubber forests
t7ar Para 1 shall describe my visit
= olr 0i them further ON In this letter.
Nlt nui lut me tell you something
ahlli ihs rubber territory of this great
valley, The Amazon valley IL. you
NOV, of vaHr oxtcnt, II H. 200 miles
Vic lnl 1000 miles long. and vast
l!lt N u contains rubber treoa.
lhe irrea grow over territory one
llfi l4 large na tho whole United
States They thrive best ON ground
h't d Hooded part of the year A
tfntt part NJ tho valley IN of this ma
llfr, The waters cover the tops NJ the
u0s II remains about them Tor
'l1l m. ana then auhaidca until the
b.ada come again.
The valley is cut up by rivers and
iIraWs. II o. almost altogether COW
uni With woods. ana tho only way ~
reaching different parts ~ 10 D. hy the
..Ifamf. Almost an the land along the
iVnanH n owned by some one or other.
Hli I not owned u n claimed. and this
prclally 30 ~ those parts Of the
valley which produce good rubber.
SOME NJ II b owned hY iarFu COM
Has.. T. al.
d. The AmnEonan Rubber Estate
gII any N London has 10000 acres on
tributary % the AmnEon, more than
mites above Para, n has "a capital
. Nli.o1Vln. and runs "a steam tug boz
W,."n liH estate ana tho city of Minno1,
eh..h j. 1000 miles up The river There
another English Rubber company
gnlaA pa. been recently formed, with a
iI.ltl NJ fl.2i0O0n, which owns about
'ol rubber trees, scattered over 49,
~ acres, This company hna produced
y much a. 500 tons NJ rubber year
w 10 VIII, II claims. soon produce 800
tons annually.
Nelrly every huslntrH man Of prom
,N'her 10 Para owns moro or less rub
land. Many ~ tho big business
l1lfes have Hens on the owners %
.lnner camps from the goods they .up-
lN 10 them. and IL may be- said that
lh' rubber lands ~ the Amazon ARE
'1lncatIons
This IL especially go OF tho rubber
.lhiry south " tho Rio Negro. on
.lli river, not FAR from H. mouth. ia
lh' town 81 Manans. which has 90 Onl
LNple' This n also rubber city ana
N people are largely Interested ln the
rubber forests further IN. In addition
~ ihe great companies. there are many
lnil rubber buyers and rubber hunt