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

since the last International exposition
in London in 1911. and particular!
as compared with the exhibitions al
the London show in 1908 But he said
that the United States Government j.
to blame for conditions which prevent
q more rapid development Of the rub
4 Ter industry in the American posses
siOns.
~ our American provinces need en-
enlargement" he said, and the kind
Of encouragement they need must be
given by the Government itself. 1t is
vi such a nature that private indivi.
dLGls 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-
rlcultural colleges to train natives how
TO 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
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 ell
mate, but you can't produce the Quail
- and quantity of rubber that is pro-
drced in the British protectorates,
where the Government seeks to do
the rubber industry.
Hawaiian WILD Rubber.
AT the 1905 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 there was
some development, but not an 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 show what opportunities are
lying dormant in the Philippines and
in Hawaii"
Mr.. ManderS took Times reporter
to the exhibit booths of these Coun
tres and picked up various samples of
tie crude rubber ON view there and
then held them alongside some of the
pUrer specimens on exhibition by the
rubber growers of the more advanced
British territories.
Your American rubber" he said,
'rlay test to be just as good as this
English rubber, but what is the sense
in shipping anything but the purest
RI 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
IS it should be developed. For in
stance, an entirely new kind of rub
her has just been found in Hawaii, &C
cording to reports received. II the
Government were to pay for the scien-
tif1c research and exploitation neces-
sary to bring this new kind of rubber
into the rubber market it would only
done long ago."
Rubber Demand Unlimited.
When asked whether the intensive
encouragement of the rubber indus
try might not tend to cheaper rubber
and this 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.
''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 %
rubber, but there is still room for
application in thousands of other
lines. 1t would be impossible to pro
duce as much rubber as is needed.
The business is tremendously grow
ing in dimensions, and all the scien-
tific help that might be given would
only tend to add to the business"
Synthetic Rubber Bugaboo.
"How. about synthetic rubber?"i
asked the reporter, seeing no sample
of artificially prepared rubber among
any of the exhibits.
Il am glad you brought that up
said Mr.. Manders. There is a pop
ular conception that the natural rub
Der producers are shaking in their
boots because of the prospects OF
floating synthetic rubber. | wish
they could make artificial rubber at!
a profit. 1t would at least be pure
rubber, and pure rubber, mixed with
natural rubber. would be a boon 70!
civilization. We made some rubber
al Jul IcGoI SAIllUlIIOu III AOuuOIl III
Seventy-two hours We made. three
quarters of a pound, and it cost us
800. The same amount could have
been grown for % cents. Sc there !
really isn't much to be feared but, |
the growers will welcome
synthetic rubber when it does ap-
pear"
The Times article states that
samples of rubber from the Philip
pines and Hawaii were not included !
n the competition for prizes offered |
~ the British chamber of commerce.
For this competition there had been |
received from other countries 49,
samples, consisting of 112-pOunG |
packages of raw rubber. That tells
he story was the comment of MI
Nanders on the absence Of samples !
rom Hawaii and the Philippines.
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