Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-10-17
HAWAII RUBBER
IN new YORK
Organizer of E Exhibition BIameS
u. S. Government for the
Neglect of Industry

since the last international exposition
in London in 1911, and particularly
as compared with the exhibitions at
the London show in 1903 But he said
that the United States Government is
10 blame for conditions which prevent
It more rapid development of the rub
ter industry in the American posses
siOns.
Your American provinces need en-
enlargement" he said, and the kind
nf encouragement they need must be
given by the Government itself. 1t is
VI such a nature that private indivi-
dL&ls cannot expect to furnish it.
Education is what is needed most
Cf all to enlarge the rubber industry in
these provinces. These lands need ag-
r!cultural colleges to train natives how
10 grow rubber trees and how to make
them yield most Here you have d
condition which, by way of analogy,
might be described thus: You have
q great, big school and thousands Of
willing pupils waiting for the doors
tc open. But there are no teachers,
and thus the school is of no practical
value. You have the land, the labor,
and, what is most important, the eli
mate, but you can't produce the quail
- and quantity of rubber that is pro-
diced in the British protectorates,
where the Government seeks to do
everything in its power to encourage
the rubber industry.
Hawaiian Wild Rubber.
AT the 1908 show in London there
wasn't a sign of evidence that the
Philippines were in existence, so far
as the rubber industry was CONCERNED, +
Within the next three years thereWas
some development, but not az appre.
ciable amount. This last Year, l am
glad to notice, has-produced a great
change, and We are able for the first
time to Snow what opportunities are
lylng~dormant in the Philippines and
in Hawaii"
Mr.. Manders took a Times reporter
to the exhibit booths of these coun-
ties and picked up various samples OF
the crude rubber On view there and
then held them alongside some of the
prrer specimens on exhibition by the
rubber growers of the more advanced
brlIlSn L6rflCOrleS.
Your American rubber" he said,
'nay test to be just as good as this
English rubber, but what is the sense
in shipping anything but the purest
II bier when you have to pay freight
by weight? They need more machin-
cry and knowledge of the latest puri-
flying processes to develop the trade
as it should be developed. For in
stance, an entirely new kind of rub
Der has just been found in Hawaii &C
cording to reports received If the
were to pay for the scien-
tific research and exploitation neces-
sary to bring this new kind of rubber
into the rubber market it would only
be doing what other countries have
done long ago."
Rubber Demand Unlimited.
When asked whether the intensive
of the rubber indus
try might not tend to cheaper rubber
and thHS cut the profits of investors,
Mr.. Manders said that the growers
were united in .favoring an extension
of the rubber industry, even though
it be competitive.
1.-The more rubber that can be pro-
duced the better it will be for the
world at large" he said. Thousands
of things are now being made OF
rubber, but there is still room for
application in thousands Of other
lines. 1t would be impossible to pro
iuce as much rubber as is needed. |
The business is tremendously grow |
ng in dimensions, and all the scien- !
ific help that might be given would |
only tend to add to the business"
Synthetic Rubber Bueaboo.
How about synthetic rubber?"
asked the reporter, seeing no sample
IF artificially prepared rubber among
any of the exhibits.
Il am glad you brought that up
said Mr.. Manders. There is a pop
liar conception that the natural rub
Der producers are shaking in their !
'Oots because of the prospects Of |
lOating synthetic rubber. l wish |
hey could make artificial rubber at
1 profit. 1t would at least be pure
'ubber, and pure rubber, mixed with
natural rubber. would be a boon TO
civilization. We made some rubber
It our last exhibition in London. In
hours we made three
quarters of a pound, and it cost us
100. The same amount could have
'een grown for % cents. Sc there
eafly isn't much to be feared, but,
the growers will welcome
ynthetic rubber when it does ap-
ear"
The Times article states that
amples of rubber from the Philip
ines and Hawaii were not included
n the competition for prizes offered
y the British chamber of commerce.
or this competition there had been
eceived from other countries l3&
amples, consisting of 1I2-pOund
ackageS of raw rubber. THAT tells
he story was the comment of Mr..
landers on the absence OF samples
rom Hawaii and the Philippines.
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