India rubber world . marketmust be studied if American trade in it is to be furtheredWith ordinary Chinese dress it is impossible to wear rubberboots of the sort usually made in the United States. The Ger-mans make a short half boot or elongated gaiter of light-weightrubber and line it lightly. These meet the Chinese require-ments and are growing very popular. Some Chinese men arewearing ordinary American style rubbersin damp these goods are worn without other shoes or boots. RuiiHER Nei KWEAR.— Rubber collars have long been a fa-miliar sight, but rubber neckties are more of a nove
India rubber world . marketmust be studied if American trade in it is to be furtheredWith ordinary Chinese dress it is impossible to wear rubberboots of the sort usually made in the United States. The Ger-mans make a short half boot or elongated gaiter of light-weightrubber and line it lightly. These meet the Chinese require-ments and are growing very popular. Some Chinese men arewearing ordinary American style rubbersin damp these goods are worn without other shoes or boots. RuiiHER Nei KWEAR.— Rubber collars have long been a fa-miliar sight, but rubber neckties are more of a novelty. Theflat ascot ties commonly worn by automobile drivers and coach-men, and usually made of white pique, have now been repro-duced in white rubber. They are easy to adjust, do not wrinkle,and are easily kept clean—all of which qualities appeal to theordinary coachman.—New York Sun. Jui-v I, 1905.] THE INDIA RUBBER WORIO 329 A VISIT TO RUBBER PLANTATIONS IN NICARAGUA. By The Editor of The Iiulia Rubber VVorUr. Wli three, tlie Importer, the Manufacturer, and the Edi-tor, left Port Linion, Costa Rica, at in the af-ternoon on a hot, tropical December day. Theshort voyage from Port Linion to Bluetields, some-thing like 150 miles, was to be taken on a small, 52-tonschooner owned by Helangers, Incorporated, of Nicaragua, and used in tradingup and down thecoast. Theschooner wasequipped with ai;asuline which tookup most of theroom aft andmade the rest ofit so thick withfjasoline fumesihat it was diOi-I ult to stay inthe cabin tenminutes at aWHARF AT BELANQERs. time, SO wc lived on deck. The vessel was calledthe Sunbeam and was mannedby a mi.\ed crew of negroesfrom the Fortune islands, SanBias Indians, and one English-man, and was commanded bya Cayman islander. Starting out against a headwind, our gasoline Kicker put us along at the rate ofabout four miles an hour, andwe sat scorching on deck until finally the sun set and weturned in, still on deck, sleep-ing in
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