India rubber world . will be forrubber when motor transport develops into a necessity to themerchant. The time will come when it will no longer beoptional but compulsory for the business man to keep abreastof the times and use the fastest and easiest mode of locomotionfor his goods. Quick delivery of goods is always an importantfactor for success in trade. What I say of the United Kingdomapplies equally to France, and Germany, and America, and therest of the world. The man who is in rubber has a great prospect before him,and when that time comes, you will reckon the man who is intea as very sm
India rubber world . will be forrubber when motor transport develops into a necessity to themerchant. The time will come when it will no longer beoptional but compulsory for the business man to keep abreastof the times and use the fastest and easiest mode of locomotionfor his goods. Quick delivery of goods is always an importantfactor for success in trade. What I say of the United Kingdomapplies equally to France, and Germany, and America, and therest of the world. The man who is in rubber has a great prospect before him,and when that time comes, you will reckon the man who is intea as very small fry indeed. When I next come to Ceylon,the tea man will have sunk into insignificance in comparisonwith the rubber magnates who will be here. [I7 would be of interest to know in what year Sir Thomas in-tends paying his next visit to Ceylon. A Ceylon report else-where in this paper indicates that Sir Thomas may alreadyhave become an investor in an extensive rubber planting enter- prise.—The India Rubber World.]. POWER CUTTER FOR VALVtS. HAND CUTTER FOR VALVES. Mav 1905] THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 269 THE LEYLANI) WORKS AND ITS MANAGER. AN important ICnglish rubber works that has not in the pasthad more than an occasional mention in these pages isthat of The Leyland and Birmingham Rubber Co., Limited,situated in the village of Leyland, on the main line of the Lon-don and Northwestern railway (west coast line), about fivemiles from Preston, in Lancashire. In point of age this factoryis exceeded by few rubber concerns in the Kingdom, its begin-nings having been made over 40 years ago by the late JamesOuin, who, having become a proficient rubber worker in theestablishment of Charles Macintosh & Co., left their employ toengage in the industry on his own account. After a number ofyears, during which the business had acquired considerableproportions, it was converted into a public company, under thestyle James Quin & Co., Limited, with capita), anddevoted to the production o
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