Arizona republican., 1917-01-09

of the gum for waiting world mar ket, leaving it's manufacture into in- numerable things from stick of gum into an auto tire, to those now en- gagged in those lines of industry. How ever, to be certainst that a world market does await them, the promoters have made practical experiments in the manufacture and testing of such things aS rubber heels, rubber soles auto tires, rubber beting, chewing gum and many other things. and in every in- stance they have carried their experi- ments Co successful issue They stand ready to demonstrate that almost any thing made of imported chice can be equally as well if not better made of OcotillO chicle and at less cost.
 The company set out to raise about $30,000 as an ample capital to build Us first reduction device and launch the undertaking on a commercial basis. If persistent experiments and persist ently tested theories are born out by results. the attending profits Will br such that no further capital will be needed in plant expansion; rather, any capital that might be needed will be available for the mere asking. The fact is that while great many local people have invested in the stock fi' q small way. the company though haVi' : q scant suficiencY for operation, has not sold near all of the amount origin ! ally set aside and would like little more money in the treasury as a meas ure nf safety.
 II was thought that if the business 1 men of the valley would give the com | pany q hearing on the merits of it's cause, thia money would be forthcom- ing The presence in the city of j. D. I fss,t1 tan d the presence of chice in the Ocotilo ! plant and E. w. Snyder, manufac- turer of auto tires. rubber soles etc. : formerly of Akron, O., but now of Los 1 Angeles, and who for many months | nast has been experimenting with i OcOtillo chicle in the manufacture of 1 his products. made such q meeting de- cidedly timely. II was therefore called
 for yesterday afternoon. under the aus pices of the industries committee of
 the chamber of commerce.
 There was rather large and en- 1 thusastic assemblage though it is re- | "rett"d thSt more of the city's leading
 business men were not present, es-
 pecially as the purpose of the meeting
 was purely educational and not look ing toward the securing of any bonus
 or contribution. Naturally no action | was taken. or asked for, except that one man announced his willingness to slip another thousand dollars into th,
 treasury
 Mir. Snyder very hastily bat enter
 tainingly lectured upon the original l growth and immesity of the rubber m l dnstry throughout the world. pontina
 io that the demand is not now and
 seemingly has no likelihood of ever be- | ing supplied beyond the ,uin. If in- | creasiag ncef. He then went iato ths
 details of rubber manufacture. espe- | clall% Of soles and tires and told of his l own personal experiments with Ocotii. ! To c1lcle. as manufacturers Mir 'rawford followed with a brief sum.
 mary from the chemists standpoint
 dwelling on the possibilities of the in.
 dustry in this state Mr. Johnson. Mir
 Shrum and Mir. Aldridge moving spir.
 its in the enterprise. the first named
 being president of the company, recite1
 the facts Of it's condition. it's aims ane
 it's possibilities. and Mir. Webb anC
 others who have had a speaking ac. ! quaintance with the Ocotillo plan since the days when it was regarded
 only as a nuisance described it's char.
 acteristics and availability in seeming. T ly limitless quantities