India rubber world . o, Texas, when his condition grew worse. He went to St. Louis, and, whenhe did not im-prove, decided toreturn immed-iately to his homein Belleville. Bythe advice of hisphysician he wastaken to the hos-pital, where, aftera few days, his lifecame to an end. Mr. Hardmanwas born, 45 yearsago. at Taunton,Massachu setts,where he becameinterested in me-chanical employ-ments. In time hebecame managerof a watch case manufactory in Philadelphia. Later heioined the Riverside Rubber Co., at Belleville, established byills brother, James Hardman, in 1878, where, for ten year


India rubber world . o, Texas, when his condition grew worse. He went to St. Louis, and, whenhe did not im-prove, decided toreturn immed-iately to his homein Belleville. Bythe advice of hisphysician he wastaken to the hos-pital, where, aftera few days, his lifecame to an end. Mr. Hardmanwas born, 45 yearsago. at Taunton,Massachu setts,where he becameinterested in me-chanical employ-ments. In time hebecame managerof a watch case manufactory in Philadelphia. Later heioined the Riverside Rubber Co., at Belleville, established byills brother, James Hardman, in 1878, where, for ten years,and until his death, he was manager of the sales the company adopted the name Hardman Rubber was one of the most popular men in the rubber trade, andhad many friends in business circles, wherever he was services were conducted at the late residence of on Saturday afternoon, June 8, by the Rev. CorneliusS. Abbou, rector of Christ Episcopal church, at Belleville, and. JOHN C. HARDMAN. 304 THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD [July 1901. the interment was at Mt. Pleasant cemetery. The honorarypallbearers were George M. Allerton, of New Haven. Conn.,and Henry C. Burton and George F. Hodgman, of New York—members of the rubber trade ; Andrew Schneider, of Newark ;John H. Eastwood and A. H. Osborne, of Belleville. The activepallbearers were heads of departments in the rubber works;Thomas Murray, J. H. Hand. George L. Conover, R. S. Wes-tervelt, Charles Hellweg and John Trescher. REGARDING TITLES TO RUBBER LANDS. THE first consideration, where one contemplates goinginto the cultivation of India-rubber or other tropicalproducts in Mexico, naturally relates to the land. The greatestand perhaps the first difficulty that besets the purchaser of landsin Mexico is in the matter of titles. Many titles are imperfectand require great expenditure of time and money to overcomethe difficulties of perfecting the same ; and even should thetitles be good, it r


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