Show r ACRE AND ITS RUBBER Valuable of the Being Mado to Establish n a Government Indo Co a pendent or of Brazil Gets MIllions In 2 1 U 1 Special Correspondence La Ia 1 Pas nail via Nov 3 The na nations of th the world may possibly see a anew new republic rising before lon long to its Ihl place In the ranks rank of the dern dem government Acre a stretch of territory about miles square IUa In Inthe the upper PArt of oC near the nm sUlan boundary line is II this lIlII site lite ot of the prospective republic This locality has hall mall many features which CAn I he turned to good advantage by those thOle desirous of making It their domicile the dispute as Aa to this the actual ownership or of orthe the expanse Is derided decided In favor of the element advocating the establishment ot of an Independent form of government The officials that the entire district known as al Acre I Is within the boundaries ot of Ih their lr state have hae sent senta a detachment of troops to Acres metropolis to quell Mil all attempts tl at rebellion but Acres Acre supporters In Intend Inv tend resisting In tic uncertain manner realizing that it the they are MIP to be p an Inde Independent independent pendent people the they must strike while the Iron Is III hot Should the contest le rev suit In defeat no time will be lost by b Acre In seeking liNking general lion harm Henry W Y Phillips 1 a property holder III in the disputed territory hll has already been IJen sent to the United States to ob help It possible from the II ties at Washington but the of hlll his mission Is not very ery bo be In b by those said to be In 1 a post to know Acre has undoubtedly R a grEat future front U cOlOm commercial standpoint and the proper anti thorough exploitation of oC Its possibilities will help materially In gaining the confidence nce which It is III Ing to get One commodity which Is obtainable In lie tn br guarantee the future success or of the whole region la Is rubber Most ot of the I MOO Inhabitants of Acre are connected onn In some way with the III ht the ful and valuable gum gut The rubber has haa to be taken to the coast for tor shipment through Brazil In doing this the Un Im azon rIver that great artery Ing and pulsating through the heart or of the tha vast tropical wilderness II set es as 11 au 1111 outlet The boats bonts In leaving Acre tallow follow the river rier to It its I Junction with the Purus and thence eastward to time the point of oC the tho tatters confluence with the main current ot of the Amazon The total distance Is in about 2000 allee t Brazil s the payment of a duty on all the rubber that Is taken through Its territory The Impost Is levied oral collected at Pant Pan Last Lalit year the ran from to tons ThE rubber being worth from 96 cents to S1 1 a pound would run Iun Its valuE up tl to bout about 1 a ton Four thousand tone at 2000 each would 1000 as the value lIlue of the annual lI duct of oC the Acre cre try On this Brasil ha has been an export duty lit at Para from 21 to 22 2 per cent thereby deriving a rev nue 11 At capital are aut the principal investors In Acre ani and It Is 18 likely that that country countr will always 8 wield considerable Influence In its development tubber IS a varied and Inter interesting eating esting pursuit t It I le Is also alBa Hied with mart mor leAM of oC risk Thu Iho beAt localities he finding or the SI i or rubber tree are isolated and thronged with all sorts of reptiles and wild animals hereabouts the rubber hunters hUnter are railed which name cor corresponds or responds to the tho Central term tru I They usually go out to In small parties each having chosen one ot of theIr number for captain clI All As soon II as It tile the rubber swamps are readied they I select R a suitable slat for a base of Oil op operations and sud proceed to a Tulle rude ramp camp which server u AI a general rendezvous Then they wander oft off singly and 1011 In III couples looking for fOI time rubber r trees until nightfall when the they return to The rite hunter all as he goes hi his dally dall rounds takes a number r of fresh treah cuts around the trunk of each ellch tr tree which hI he hu has previously marked a as his own lIn property rt pro 1110 tem anti uti pets ets little clay Ia cups to catch ratch the thc valuable bit sap that flows from the Incisions The sap at 81 this stage resembles rich cream more Inore than Ihan anything else alae that I can cun compare It with Ith The milky JUlf or as al altho the tho natives rail call It t was al first made use ue ot of by thus Indians Indian ot of tota IUca and h by them made malle known to their conquerors The Th Spaniard In Mexico had learned as al early parly II as 1618 to matte mAlL It Into shoes end also allO to use ue It for waxing their cloaks In order to ren render er them water waterproof proof |