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Rubber Plantatioin^
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IXCORFORATED UNDER THE LAWS

OF W^ISCONSI^J

PAID CAPITAI^ - - ,^100,000.00

PLA>rTATI01>?i'
LOCATED IjV THE DEPARTMENT OF
PALENQUE.
RBPTTBLIO OF MEXICO.
STATE OF CHIAPAS,

home: OFFICE:
406 UiHLEiis" BuiLDiiSro
MIE\YAUKEE, WIS.
 OFFICERS:
CEOEGE W. PECK, PresidenT.
CIIAELES E. EAYMOND, Vice-President.

LIBRaKY uf CONCiRESS
AKTHUR B. PEASE. Secretary.

Two Cepies Received M. (;. MOETTZ, Treasurer. '-

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(). fi. I'.VLMEE, Manao-er.
MAR 14 1904

CLAbS <^ XXc. No

COPY 3
DIRECTORS
GEO. VV. PECK, Ex-(ioverrior of Wisconsin.

AETHUK B. PEASE, Attorney-at-Law, Chicago.

W. Z. BEOWN, Treas. Life Insurance Co.

LOUIS J. PlEIiSON, Lawyer, Chicago.

O. S. PALMEE, Geneial Manager.

TRUSTEE:
CHICAGO TI'IM.E & TRUST COMPANY,
CHICAGO.
GAPITAif, :
•.* ,000,000.00.

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OUR REFERENCES:
E. G. DUN AGENCY,

MAEINE NATIONAL BANK,

Milwaukee. Wis.
MEXICAN PLANTATION & J)EVELOPMENT CO.
Alexico City, Mex.

UNITED STATES BANKING COMPANY,

City of Mexico.

SAN PEDRO RUBBEK PLANTATION COMPANY.

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What a miilti-millionaire would do could he recall the years

which are past

* * % "ji I jj^(j ^jy jjfg ^^Q ijyg over, I would not wear it away
in the hard struggle that falls to the lot of a railroad promoter.

* * * I would go into the tropics of Mexico and grow Eubber.

It is better than gold, and it will make more millionaires than oil

has made.'' — Collis P. Huntington, 1897.

Mr. Huntington, as President of the Southern Pacific E. E..

was thoroughly familiar with all the magnificent opportunities

offered in Mexico.

Statue of the "Iron Horse" at entrance of the Passeo

principal driveway of Mexico City.

"In its grand westward course the star of empire completed

the circle of the earth when it ]-eached the Pacific coast opposite

Asia, the starting-jDoint of civilization and commerce. For several

years it glowed with unusual splendor amidst the riches of

California. Not content to stand still nor again encircle the globe,

it has recently' deflected its course southw-ard toward ^Mexico —that

magnificent land of sunshine." — Alex. D. Anderson.
 TABLE OF CONTENTS.
PAGE.

Intiutliiction 5

Ten facts to be remembei'e( I G

Siig'gestioiis rcgaTtliiit;- a life income 7

Certificates compared with life insurance T

Stability of AEexicau Government 8

Confidence of United States shown by the $800,000,000 investerl

in Mexican enterprises S

Company's lands — Its plans — System of development 9-10

Amuy-Pa Plantation, map of 11

Plan continned — Investment secured 12

Investment protected by insurance policy — Contracts be-

come fully paid on death of investor 12-13

Price of Certificates and terms of purchase 13

Company's part of Contract —Tlrree years only between

planting- and profits 13-14

How investors are safeguarded against loss Itj

When property will be deeded to investors 16

Ti'ustee's Certificate, copy of IT

Security increasing- daily —Equity always secure is

Conservative estimate of income from Kubber IS

Three things only essential to tlie success of a Eubbei'

Plantation 20

Estimated income from five acres of Rubber 22

Bonds and Mortgages versus Eubber Certificates 22

Wliy we grow Rubber only 23-24

Table of cost of Certificates and estimated income 26

Extracts from letters of investors 29-31

Our i^lan and wliat it stands for 32

The India Rubljer tree and possibilities of its culture in

Alexicn 33-39

Considar reports 40-42

Copy of Contract 43-46

Map 44

Copy of application 47

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 INTRODUCTION,

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Mexico is enormously rich in agricultural resources, and

has been found to be the "Chosen Spot of the Earth" for

Rubber Culture.

The San Pedro Rubber Plantation Company has now

placed the "Opportunity" for investment before the thinking-

man and wise investor, and to such this little booklet is

dedicated.

From the present day to 1910, there will be seen a marvel-

ous exploitation of Mexico's resources, which will make all

that has been done seem like the preface to the Book of

Enterprise.

This wonderful country is now a magnet to the man of

brains and money. The San Pedro Rubber Plantation

Company owns its lands free and clear of all incumbrances.

For the Cultivation of these proi)erties vast sums are needed.

Careful investigation will convince the wise investor that

there is nothing' which grows, which is so safe, and which will

produce the profit to he derived from Rubber Culture, and also

that the San Pedro Rubber Plantation Company has given as

nearh- absulutc securit\- to its i)atrons as any legitimate and

honestly managed business can ofifer.

"I knock unbidden once at eveiy gate!

If sleeping-, wake: if feasting-, rise hefore I turn away."

 REMEMBER
1. No man ever got rich on a salary. The judicious
investment of surplus earnings alone brings wealth.

2. Rubber cultivation will make more fortunes than oil

and gold combined — so say the world's greatest Captains of

Industry.
3. An income based on labor is employment
uncertain, for
isprecarious and health is varying; but an income founded on
good investment is as sure as taxes.

4. Our Plantation is located in the most fertile section of

Mexico — the garden spot of the tropical world.

5. The basis of investment is land, surrounded with all

the conditions that make land valuable. The source of income

is the product of the soil.

6. Our certificates are vastly better than insurance as they

protect you or your beneficiary by a perpetual annuity.
7. The management is experienced in tropical agriculture

and the olBcers and directors are men of recognized business

ability and integrity.
8. The enterprise has back of it combined capital and
experience.
9. Plantations when developed are worth from $1,000 to

$1,500 per acre.

10. A life income is secured by a small investment,
establishing for all who join our Company a permanent
independence.

"To-day Mexico is —and I say it deliberately —the safest

country in America. Life, property, human rights, are more

secure than even with us." — Extracts from "The Awakening of
a Nation — ^Mexico of To-dav,'' bv Chas. F. Lummis.
 DO YOU WANT A LIFE INCOME?
To put a i)art of your savings where they wih come back
several hundred fold?

Where the income comes without any effort or worry on

vour part.

An income that will last for life and w ill increase each year.

An investment that is not speculative; where there is no

chance to lose.

Where the man of moderate or small means stands on an

equal footing with the large.
Where, in the event of death, }Our heirs secure an income
as good or better than life insurance.
Where the investment has been hedged about with every
security that ingenuity can invent.
you do, read in the following pages the proposition
If

offered by the San Pedro Rubber Plantation Company.

BETTER THAN INSURANCE.

I. Insurance requires payments for an indefinite period
of from ten to twenty years.
1. Our Certificates are paid for in five years.

2. Most insurance policies pay no dividends until after ten

or twenty years.
2. Our Certificates will pay dividends the third year and
continue to do so for generations.
3. In insurance the amount of your policy is paid but once,
and onlv after death or some long endowment period.
In our Company you are insured against illness,
3.
death,
reverses and old age by an annuity, which in event of
continues for your beneficiary.

WHICH DO YOU PREFER?

"No insurance, no pension, no annuity as great as his
Rubber grove will surely give, could be bought for ten times
its cost." — Ambassador Romero.
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Tlic ichnuntc]iCL. Inspcclors sleuiiier

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from I era Cm/, la I'runlcni.

STABILITY OF THE GOVERNMENT.

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The wise and strong administration of President Diaz for a

quarter of a centurv has had the resuk of establishing" com-

plete public confidence in the securit}- ni capital invested in

Alexican enterprises. Millions of foreign capital are now

invested in railwa\s, tro])ical agriculture, and mines. The
United States alone has interests in Mexico amounting to over

$800,000,000. The national credit of Mexico is high, the

Government bonds nf the rei)id)lic selling at a jM-emium in

New York, London and Paris.

"It is impossible to read the financial ])cipers of London,

Paris and Perlin, without being impressed with the steady
growth oi feeling that Mexico is upon the eve of a period of

great prosperitv. The development of her wonderful agricul-

tural resources has also begun, and her exportations of

ijroducts of the soil and forests are assuming very great pro-
portions."-— London Idnancial Times.
 SOMETHIfNQ ABOUT THE COMPAPMY

ITS LAND AND ITS PLAN OF

DEVELOPMENT.
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THE PROSPECT FOR PROFITS.

The San Pedro Rubber Plantation Company is a corpora-
tion created by the Laws of Wisconsin, with its principal office
in the City of Mihvaukee. The Company was incorporated for
the purpose of planting and cultivating" the Amuy-Pa Planta-
tion and other Rubber properties owned by it in Mexico, and
for the further purjDOse of applying the i)rinciple of corporate
management and corporate resjwnsil^ility to a business hereto-

fore conducted by co-operative institutions.

THE COMPANY'S LANDS.

The properties of this Conipau}- comi)rise several contigu-
ous tracts with a total area of 6,000 acres, located in the
Department of Palenque (famous for its ruins of an ancient
civilization, and its forests of wild rubber,) State of Chiapas,
Republic of Mexico.
This property, without any incumbrance whatever, is

owned in fee-simple by the San Pedro Rubber Plantation

Company, of ^filwaidcee, Wisconsin.
The Tuiija and Bascan rivers, both navigable streams of
great width and beauty, sweep in a winding course for miles
through the property, affording a magnificent water frontage.
The Tuiija River affords a sini])le and cheap outlet to the
sea for all |)r()ducts of the Plantation. The Tuiija River
empties into the Gulf of Mexico at the Port of Frontera. the
fourth i:)ort in importance in the Repul)lic. Steamboats now
ply regularly every week between the ( lulf and the Town of

El Salto, only thirty miles north of the Plantation. At Frontera

numerous lines of the Gtdf steamers connect with A'era Cruz,
Tam])ico, Galveston and New Orleans. The "Ward T^inc" of

steamships for Xew "S^jrk and F.uropean i)orts also touch at

Frontera.
 SOMETHING ABOUT THE COMPANY.

PLANS OF THE COMPANY.

The San Pedro Rubber Plantation Company is establishing
on its lands above described one of the largest Rubber
Plantations in Mexico, and it now invites the co-operation of

investors, assuring them very large and annually increasing

returns on all moneys invested in its securities.
The Company, however, is not soliciting subscriptions for
its capital stock. This was all subscribed before the Company
began active operations, but for the purpose of completing as
soon as possible the development of the entire 6,000 acres
owned by the Company, certificates or acres are now being
sold either for cash or on time. The investors are secured by

£^iG
Lot 14 of 1:1 Saranjo Survey.
I'rtijieriy of the Sun I'edro Nuhber I'hintalion Coinruiuy.

the certificate of the Chicago Title &: Trust Company, which

states that it holds title to the property for the benefit of all the
owners of certificates to be issued by the San Pedro Rubber
Plantation Company against the Amuy-Pa Plantation.
 SOMETHING ABOUT THE COMPANY.

SYSTEn OF DEVELOPMENT
As the development of a plantation of 6,000 acres is a very
great undertaking, requiring besides large capital many years
of labor, the Company — by act of its Directory —has divided
the property into three smaller tracts and will devote its

attention and energies to the development of one tract at a time.

AnUY=PA PLANTATION.
The first sub-division of the Company's lands selected for

development is the Plantation known locally as "Amuy/Pa"

(ahm-we-pa), comprising the South 1,214.04 hectares (3,000
acres) ofLot 14, lying on both sides of the Tulija River, more
particularly described as all that certain tract of land included
within the boundaries marked E, F. G. H, situated in the

Department of Palenque, State of Chiapas, Mexico.

WORK OF CLEARING AND PLANTING.

Absolute security is assured the Certificate holder that the
work of clearing and planting will be scientifically and faithfully

performed, from the fact that this Company has made a

contract with an old and thoroughly reliable Mexican Develop^'

ment Company, controlling a large force of skilled labor, to
clearand plant the Entire Amuy-'Pa Plantation.
This work is being carefully supervised and will be approved
as completed by our resident plantation manager.

Healthy Savages— As amiable and as kindly as they appear.

Fair Samples of Xative Labor.
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SOMETHING ABOUT THE -COMPANY.

THE PLAN.

INVESTflENT SECURED.

The title to the Amuy^Pa Plantation, free and clear of all

incumbrance, has been conveyed to the Chicago Title L Trust

Company, of Chicago, by a sufficient warranty deed,rand the
same is to be held in trust for the ])rotection. benefit and profit
of investors \vho may enter into contract with this Company,
under the terms and conditions of the plan wiiich follows:

Each Acre Represented by a Certificate.

A.G^ainst these 3,000 acres the San Pedro Rubber Plantation

Company will issue 3,000 Special Rubber Harvest Certificates,

each one of which will represent one acre, or one three-

thousandth, undivided, of the entire Plantation.

INVESTMENT INSURED
If an mvestor purchasing acres on the installment plan
should die before completing the payments on his contract,
all remaining payments will be cancelled and a paid up Rubber
Plarvest Certificate will be at once issued to his beneficiary,
for each acre subscribed for, on proof of his death being made
to the Company, and at the sanie time all money paid on said
contract will be returned to his beneficiary.
The San Pedro Rubber Plantation Company is fully war-
ranted in making this liberal proposition from the fact that
it Imys on the life of the investor for each acre sold on this
plan, $300.00 of life insurance in a first class old Hne life insur-
ance company, and will realize, in the event of the investor's
death, the full price of its acres from the insurance company.
For example
John Doe buys an acre on 5 years' time. After making
three annual payments of $60 — $180, he dies. As soon as
proof of death ismade to the Insurance Company the San Pedro
Company receives the ?^300, the face of the policy, which pays
the San Pedro Company in full for the acre. So the Rubber
 SOMETHING ABOUT THE COMPANY.

Harvest Certificate is immediately issued to John Doe's estate

or beneficiary and all the money he had paid on his Contract

($180) is also paid to his beneficiary or estate.

At the maturity of each Contract, whether by death or
otherwise, the number of Certificates s])ccified in the Contract

will be delivered, by the Company, and the owner of

such
forever
Special Rubber Harvest Certificates shall be entitled
thereafter— without any further cost than the original contract
for each
pi-ice— to the net annual Rubber product of one acre
Certificate so held; together with other rights and privileges
conferred by the Contract respecting the title and management
of the Plantation.

Investors are now solicited to examine into the value of the

proposal this Company makes. The most painstaking scrutiny
is Every statement made is made deliberately and is
invited.

based upon facts and tlie estimates of profits and probable

i

returns to investors are fully warranted by actual experience

and are not dependent upon contingencies more or less
uncertain and remote.

PRICE AND TERnS OF PURCHASE.

The prices and terms upon which Special Rubber Harvest

Certificates or acres may be purchased, will be seen in the
table below:

$300 paid in 60 monthly payments of $5.00.

298 " "20 quarterly " " I4-90- '

297 " "15 tri-annual " " 19.80.

29=^ " " 10 senn-annual " " 29.50.

" " annual " " S^-OO.
290 5

250 " " I payment.

Each undivided interest corresponds to and
certificate of

represents one acre of developed land, and guarantees forever

its annual product to the owner.

THE COMPANY'S PART OF THE CONTRACT.

The contract has been let to a powerful Plantation Com-
pany for the development of the entire Plantation.
 SOMETHING ABOUT THE COMPANV.

When the San Pedro Rubber Plantation Company sells its

Certificates, or acres, it binds itself under contract to clear the
number of acres sold and to plant on each acre 600 trees and
to scientifically care for the trees for six years, thinning out
the trees between the third and sixth years, leaving at least
200 permanent trees to be tapped the sixth and succeeding
years.
Further, the Company agrees to scientifically care for the
land cultivated under these Contracts; to replace all trees that
are not strong and vigorous — in short to give to the entire

property, at all times, intelligent and faithful superintendence.

ONLY THREE YEARS BETWEEN PLANTING AND

PROFITS.
The proceeds from the Rubber obtained from the four
hundred trees cut out between the third and sixth years will be
paid to the investors as annual profits or dividends at the end
of the third, fourth and fifth years from the date of planting.
From reliable statistics it is conservatively estimated that
50 per cent, on all money invested up to the end of the third,
fourth and fifth years, respectively, will be realized from the
400 surplus trees removed to leave room for the 200 trees
which form the permanent orchard, and these trees will yield,

on the l:)asis of government and consular reports, an approxi-

mate annual profit of $200 to $300 the sixth year, and the
quantity of rubber will annually increase as the trees increase
in size.
And, still further, the Company agrees that, after the
maturity of its Contracts, it will faithfully and economically
manage the affairs of the property so long as it shall be
retained by Certificate owners in the administration of the
Plantation. It will properly and intelligently superintend the
tapping of the trees, and the collection of the annual Rubber
yield.

The Rubber crop so liarvested, each year, will be sold for

the best market price, and the proceeds divided ratably among
the owners of Special Rubber Harvest Certificates,
The Company's charge for administering the property will
not exceed ten per cent, of the income per acre.
r/en s ofXew 500-ncre Clearim^ und ('•limpses of the Tiilija h'iver.
 SOMETHIIVG ABOUT THE COMPANY,

TITLE VESTED IN A TRUST COHPANY.

The Entire Plantation

Deeded in Advance to a Powerful Trustee for the Protection
of Certificate Holders as an Evidence of the
Company's Good Faith.

This Company is amply able to carry out its Contracts; to

protect its properties and its patrons, having sufficient capital
and unquestioned financial standing". But, in order to please
and satisfy the most incretlulous investor, and to safeguard

against possible contingencies that would involve or embarrass

the title to the 3,000 acres against which Certiticates are issued,
the Company has placed the entire Amuy''Pa Plantation in

trust with the Chicago Title £. Trust Company, of Chicago, for

the protection of all holders of Special Rubber Harvest
Certificates issued by the San Pedro Rubber Plantation Com-'
pany,

Cnder the terms of the Contract and the Deed of Trust, a

majority of the owners of Special Rubber Harvest Certificates

shall determine and direct absolutely the disposition of the
property, after December 30, 1909; and the Trust Company
will deliver, on demand, to the legal rei)resentatives of the
owners of such Special Rubber Harvest Certificates a warranty
deed to the Amuy-'Pa Plantation, of 3,000 acres, free and clear
of all incunil)rance, for their uses and purjMDses, forever.
This means that the San Pedro Rubber Plantation
Company will continue the management of the Plantation
indefinitely after December 30th, 1909, but the owners of
Certificates may at their option elect a management of their

own at any time, so that under no circumstances will it be

possible for any clique or comljination to depreciate the value
of the property or monopolize its proceeds.
 SOMETHING ABOUT THE COMPANY.

TRUSTEE'S CERTIFICATE. CAPITAL, $5,000,000.00

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DANFORTii,2ud Vice-Pres.
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C. C. BROOMEi.i,, Sec'y.
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This Certifies, San Pedro Rubl^er Planta-

that the

tion Conipan}' of Alilvvaukee has conveyed by warranty deed,

described therein, as free and clear from all encumbrances, to
the Chicago Title & Trust Co., of Chicago, as Trustee, the
following property, to-wit:
"The southerly 1,214.04 hectares of Lot Fourteen (14) of
El Xaranjo Survey, in the Department of Palenque, State of
Chiapas, Republic of Mexico, and known as the Amuy-Pa
Plantation, said measurement equaling Tlu-ee Thousand
(3,000) acres of land."
Said Chicago Title Trust Co. further certifies that it holds
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title to the aforesaid property for the benefit of all the owners

of Special Rubber Harvest Certificates, to be issued by said

San Pedro Rubber Plantation Company against said Amuy-Pa

Plantation, and will deed said lands for their benefit to the
authorized representative of the owners of said Special Rubber
Harvest Certificates, on demand after December 30th, 1909,
such demand to be made in writing, signed by a majority of
the owners of said Certificates, and authenticated by the San
Pedro Rubber Plantation Company.
Dated December 5th. A. D. 1900.
CHICAGO TITLE & TRUST CO.,
By D. B. Lyman, Presiden.t.

Landing place at El Salto.

 SOMETHING ABOUT THE COMPANY.

DAILY INCREASING SECURITY.

Investors who buy on the instalhncnt ])lan will please note,

also, that these gTOwing trees afford them a des^ree of security
at all times proportional with their investment, and it increases
in value with the growth of the trees.
With honorable and intelligent management this security
of Land and Rubber trees is practically al)solute.

YOUR EQUITY ALWAYS SECURE.

Xo greater profits and no greater degree of security
attaches to any form of industrial investment than inheres in the
Special Rubber Harvest Certificates issued by this Copipanv.
Each Certificate carries with it absolute ownership of one
acre of the Plantation, and its product forever. Your ecjuity in

the Plantation cannot be impaired. You cannot lose it or be

deprived of it unless by \our ow'n consent and act.

A HOST CONSERVATIVE ESTIflATE OF THE PROBABLE

INCOME.
What Return Investors Hay Reasonably Expect to Receive.

At the close of six years the yield of 200 Rubber trees (the
number the Company contracts to retain permanently on each
acre) will be at least one and one-half pounds of Rubber per
tree, or a total of 300 pounds per acre. At the safe market
price of 80 cents per pound, the owner of one acre is assured
of an income of $240.00. or a return of about 80 per cent the
sixth year on his investment.

In this calculation the estimated product given is the

lowest output to be expected, and the price is the lowest the
best Castilloa Elastica conmiands.
The output frequentl}' averages seven ]iounds per tree and
the price of good Rubber to-dav is above $1.00 per pound,
and the best has been the past year up to $1.13.

According to the highest authorities in the Rubber world,

the annual increase in the output of each tree after the first

'tapping'' will be not less than one pound.

 SOMETHING ABOUT THE COMPAIVY.

The careful investigator of tliis Company's proposal cannot

escape the conviction that its Special Rubber Harvest Certifi-'

cates are among tlie safest and most profitable investments to be

found in the whole realm of industrial enterprises. The cost is

light and the amount fixed; the system of payments easy; the
obligations of the contracting parties clearly stated; the element
or risk is reduced to a minimum, and the income to the investor
should safely approximate one hundred per cent, annually.

First View of the /;/t;7; banks on Tiilija A'/rer. 1~>0 miles, by boat, from Frontera.
 :

SOMETHIIVG ABOIT THE COMl'ANY,

THREE THINGS
only are ESSENTIAL to the Success of a

Rubber Plantation

First — Soil and climate that will produce the tree,

Second —^Intelligent and experienced superintendence.

Third — Integrity of management,

This combination means certain profits and permanent in-'

come,
Prospective investors are earnestly invited to consider

carefnlly the above essential features of a successful Rubber

Plantation. Having done so it will be found, upon full investi-

gation, that the San Pedro Rubber Plantation Company has

made most complete provision for each of these ''three things":

1st, by securing location, which by disinterested authorities is

conceded to be, both as to soil and climate, the Best in the

World for Rubber culture, and the title to the land has been
vested in a Trust Company whose standing is uncjuestioned;

2d. by employing a corporation thoroughly reliable and

responsible to do the development work, and which is person-

ally interested in the highest possible development of this

Plantation on account of its large holdings of land in this

locality, the price of which will be greatly advanced by a large

yield from this Plantation; and, finally, 3d, by having as its

officers only such men as are renowned for their ability and
integritv.

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 SOMETHING ABOUT THE COMPANY.

The Rubber Product of Five Acres.

Estimated Annual Income, After Six Years, to the Owner of a

"Special Rubber Harvest Certificate," Covering the
Product of Five Acres.

The most competent authorities on tropical agricuUure

agree that a well-developed Rubber Plantation should return
safely one hundred per cent, on the money invested. This is

the estimated value of the first harvest. The annual increase

in Rubber, experience assures, will be steady for many years
after the first tapping, and the income will likewise largely
increase thereafter.
Two himdred Rubber trees on one acre at 80 cents, yield-
ing 1.] pounds per tree, will produce at least $240.00. or 80 per
cent., on the installment investment of $300.00, and nearly 100
per cent, on the cash investment of $250.00.
On the basis of 100 per cent., which is conservative, and at

the same time ample to satisfy the desires of the most eager
for profits, one acre purchased ou the installment plan will

produce, after 60 months, a permanent annual income of

$240.00.
That amount will clothe a lad)', provide coal or groceries
for a family, buy a scholarship, or pay rent for a modest home.
Five acres on the same basis will return to the investor

practicall) $1,200.00 annuall}-. That means a competency,

and for life.

Five acres in Rubber is better than a gold mine and the

income is as regular and certain as the changing of the seasons.

No other legitimate enterprise, ^\ithin reach of the average

investor, offers the same opportunity for profits.

BONDS AND nORTQAQES VERSUS RUBBER CERTIFICATES.

In order to secure an income equal to the annual yield of
one acre of Rubber land in Amuy-Pa, would require the
it

investment of $5,000 in a 6 per cent, mortgage or bonds, and

to obtain an annual income equal to the annual returns from
five acres would require an investment of $25,000 in bonds or
 SOMETHING ABOUT THE COMPANY.

first mortgag-es at 6 i)er cent. i)er aniuini, and to secnrc snch an

annuitx- in a life insurance company would call for the invest-

ment of a sum of money beyond the reach of those onlv of large

wealth.
OPINION OF A PROniNENT JUDGE.
"Personally, I believe your Certificates give greater security
than any life insurance policy offers. T would rather own ten
of your Certificates than to own a life insurance policv for
$10,000." — John W. I'yam, Chicago.

Why We Grow Rubber Only.

It is the Host Profitable of all Tropical Products, and there is no
Element of Risk or Loss in its Cultivation.

The following estimates of profits to be derived from

Tropical Agriculture are furnished by the National Govern-
ment and are drawn from data supplied by the Consular
Representatives of tlie United States, Great Britain, Germany,
P'rance, Holland and Belgium:

AVERAGE ANNUAL PROFIT PER ACRE.

Rubber (no risk in crops) $-5o to $750
Bananas 1 $200 to 450
Cacao (Chocolate), 1 00 to 200
Cofifee 1
50 to 300
Vanilla Large Risk in 200 to 600
Lemons Crops. 175 to 500
Pineapples 175 to 400
Tol)acco I
50 to 300
Sug"ar 1 50 to 350
J

Livestors will not fail to note that all of these tropical crops.

with the single exception of Rubber, are extremely perishable,

Pananas, Lemons and Pineapples are frequently totally lost
between the harvest and market. Ripened Cacao, after being
ground nuist be carefully protected from moisture (a difficult
thing- in the tropics), otherwise it 1)ecomes rancid audi worth-
less. Cofifee is the most sensitive of trojMcal l)crries and will

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 SOMETHING ABOUT THE COMPANY.

taiiil and deteriorate in transit. \ anilla r('(|uires skilled and

costly treatment Ijefore it is merchantable. Tobacco is ex-
tremely delicate and too much rain or too much sun will

destroy its flavor and salabilitw Stigar is a variable crop, and

nuist be rehned at great cost l)efore it can be marketed. The
cultivation of the Rubber tree presents absolutely no element
of risk. The trees can be tap]:)ed in the spring, or fall, or in
both seasons. The i)rocess is simple, the collection of the
product inexpensive, and the crude Rubber may be held for
any length of time without loss or deterioration. We grow
Rubber only. This ComjDan)- will not hazard your money on
any uncertain or delicate crop.
(See extract from letter of R. A. ?^loseley, L\ S. Consul
General, on page 40.)

The I'laza at Frontera.

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 The wonctert'iil tJ^rowlli in the valley of the Tiiliju is shown by this Rubber
Tree two years old {from seed). /J feet hi^h and six inches in diameter, three
feet from ground.

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 SOMETHIIVG ABOUT THE COMPANY.

TABLE OF COST AND ANNUAL INCOME.

Conservative estimate of tlie annual income to be derived
from an investment in the Special Rubber Harvest Certificates
issued by the San Pedro Rubber Plantation Company, of Alii-
waukee. Cost of each Certificate ,^iven in quarterly, monthly-
semi-annual, tri-annual and annual installments, and all cash
with estimated annual income after three years:
nONTHLY PAYMENT PLAN.
u
o
in
The mouth o^theBASCAN,
on the plantation.

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 EXTRACTS FROM A FEAV LETTERS.

Extracts from a Few Letters.

Many of our investors voluntarily give expression to their faith

in Rubber and tlieir confidence in the management of the San Pedro
Eiiliber Plantation Company.

A Species of Life Insurance.

"I consider yoni- Sjiecial Harvest Certificates a species of Life

Insurance ^^•ith an annuity attached. - •' '"
Kiibber is an indis-
pensable article, entciing into many neeessaiies of daily life. I

believe it will ahva.As command good price and a ready sale. I

a
have full confidence in the Comjaany and I am ready to recommend
it to any one desiring such an investment.
HARVEY HENDERSON,
1414 West Minnehaha St..

St. Paul. Minn."

* * it-

It All Sounds Reasonable.

"I had to read your pamphlets onl3' to be satisfied that Rubber

is a most desii'able inxestment. * - -'
I judge the ofHcei's of the
Company to be men of honor. I also believe in the enterprise,
because it all sounds reasonable! something" is actiially in the
ground and growing. "Inhere seems to be little or no risk.
MALCOLM SALMON D,
Pastor Presbyterian Chui'ch.
Hvden, Kentucky."

An Unqualified Indorsement.

* * * "I unhesitatingly lecommend the purchase of your

Special Rubber Harvest Certificates to those .seeking a profitable
and safe investment.
L. M. SCHWARTZ,
Denver. Colo."

Best Plan and Best Location.

* * » "Having looked into the plans and claims of several

companies organized for the purpose of Rubber growing. I am sure

the San Pedro Rubber Plantation Company has the best plan and
the best location of any of which I have knowledge. After making

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 JEXTRACTis FROM A FEW LETTERS.

inquiry of parties in the City of Milwaukee concerning the character

of the men who are inanag'ing- the Companj-'s affairs, and being-
assured of their reliahilitx' ;ind competency, T invested with them.
J. M. KECK,
Pastor .\[. E. Church.
Kiuffsville, O."

Less Risk Than Other Propositions.

"Yovi are at liberty to lefer intending- investors to me. * *

Your ])roposition has less risk than any other that I know of-
—
Rubber has a tine future 3'ou have a tine Riibber proposition,
only regret T can't buy more Certificates.
J. M. ALBL,

1410-1412 Broadway,
Cleveland, O."

Will Bring Large Returns.

"I feel assured that 3'our Rubber Plantation enterprise will

bring large returns to all owners of Certificates. I trust I may be
able soon to add to my holding-s.
CHARLES S. PEACOCK,
President Imitation Type-Writing Company,
80-83 Dearborn St.. Chicago, III."

One Who Has Personal Knowledge.

"l ha\e visited many of the Rubber camps

Northern Bolivia of
and Brazil and have witnessed how Rubber from both
is collected
wild and cultivated trees. I was reliabl\- informed by a jilanter
on the Upper Madeira River that his c-iiltixated tiees produced an
average annual yield of foiir and one-lialf ])ounds of Rubber per
tree. I have read your pamphlet matter carefully and I am
thoroughly convinced of the feasibility of your project. I have
satisfied myself by inquiry that the officers of your Company are
men of standing- and integrity and in ctmsideration of all this I
cannot see in your ])roposition any more risk than entei-s into any
other inxestment, while the profits are many times greater than in
any othei- liusiness open to the general public. I am only sorry
that 1 cannot buy every Certificate you have for sale.
A. E. HARTAY,
Lewiston. Idaho."

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EXTRACTS FROM A FEW LETTERS.

Large Annual Income.

Quotation from Ex-Goveriior I'eck's Letter, when taking- the
Presidency of the San Pedro Enbber Plantation Company:
"Eubber enters into more articles of commerce than anything-
else that comes out of the earth, and the demand each \'ear is
increasing so rapidly that present sources of supply are becoming-
inadequate. T am convinced that the growing- of Eubber is the most
Xarofitable industry' in which a person can engage, as nothing else
can ever take the place of Eubber. I have such confidence in it that
I advise my children and grandchildren to go into it, and stay

until it is ripe.

(Signed.) GEO. W. PECK,

Former Governor of Wisconsin,
?sow President of the Han Pedro Eubber Plantation Company.

SURPRISINGLY NEAR AT HAND.

The distance from h'rontera to New York is only 1,762

miles, about one-half the distance between B^oston and
Portland, Ore.
Frontera lies almost directlv sottth of Chicago, and via New
Orleans is only 1.712 miles away nearer by 500 miles than
cither Los Angeles or Seattle.

On the bunks of the Tulija.

 .

SOMETHING ABOUT THE COMPANY.

Our Plan . .

stands for

ORGANIZATION
instead o1^ Individual Effort,

COiVlBlNED CAPITAL
instead of Separate Small Sums,

BUSINESS PROFITS
instead of Interest Only,

CONTRACT SECURITY
instead of Speculation,

OPPORTUNITY
instead of Lack of It, and

An Assured Future
Income

Resident Manatcer's lleaihinarlers. Amiiy-I'a Plantation.

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THE INDIA RUBBER
TREE
And the Possibilities of its
'W Culture in IMexico 'W

i'lanthin- Rubber .Seer/.

AMUY-PA PLANTATION
"Every Acre of this Land is a Gold
iVline in Itself"

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 THE INDIA RUBBER TREE.

SOMETHING ABOUT RUBBER AND THE

INDIA RUBBER TREE.

^^ ^^

DID YOU EVER

Think how largely Rubber enters into our affairs how — indis-
pensable it has become to onr comfort and convenience?
The field of its utility is constantly expanding as science
seeks to soften and refine. Rubber goods are among the
highest products of advanced civilization.
* :!: *

OVER FOUR THOUSAND

Articles of commerce are made from Rubber, and no other
substance serves so well the purposes of its use. The elastic
quality of Rubber, in the opinion of scientists, is so nearly akin
to the life principle that no satisfactory substitute for it may
ever be found.

DO YOU KNOW
That the cultivation of Rubber is a new industry?
Most of the Rubber of conunerce is taken from wild trees
found in the forests of Brazil and Central America. The
demand for Rubber is increasing so rapidly that the whole
tropical world is being ransacked to meet it.

The cultivation of the Rubber tree is therefore imperative.

Rubber is the commercial name and product of

Caoutchouc.
Caoutchouc (Koo-chook) is a tenacious, elastic, gummy
substance obtained from the milky sap of a variety of inter-

tropical plants belonging to the Euphoribiacae family. Only

four species, however, of the Euphoribiaceaeous tree produce
 POSSIBILITIES OF ITS CULTURE.

a marketable Caoutchouc, and they are known by the following-

botanical names:
First, Fiscus elastica, the rubber tree of India;
Second, Siphonia elastica or Hevea braziliensis, which is

the tree prevailing along the banks of the Amazon in Brazil;

Third, Castilloa elastica, a native of Chiapas and portions of

Central America; and,
Fourth, Urceola elastica, which grows in the Island of
Ceylon and on the Pacific Coast of French East Africa.
It will be observed from the foregoing that only limited and
widely separated and remote sections of the earth produce
Caoutchouc.
The Asiatic and African Rubber tree, known as Fiscus and
Urceola Elastica, grows to a greater size than the American
tree, but its product is inferior in quality to that of the latter.

The wild Rubber forests that flom'ish throughout Central

America and in the Equatorial regions of Brazil supply over
70 per cent, of the entire world's consumption of crude Rubber.

Glimpse of Cliiapas Wild Rubber Forest on the Lauds of tlie San Pedro Rubber
Plantation Company of Milwaukee.

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 THE INDIA RUBBER TREE.

The elastic tension of the American Caoutchouc is very much

greater than that of the Asiatic or African product and chiefly
on that account connnands from 22 to 60 cents more per
pound,

The Rubber tree — CastiUoa Elastica —which flourishes in

Chiapas, has a straight, smooth trunk of a yehowish color. It

grows rapidly, attaining a height of about 35 feet before the

sixth year. The branches are usually well up on the trunk and
the leaves are long and narrow and gracefully clustered.

The Rubber is extracted by making an incision in the bark

of the tree from which flows a liquid of a light yellowish color

and of the consistency of cream. Exposed to the sun or an

artificial heat of tig degrees, the watery part evaporates and

the Rubber remains. Exposed to the air it soon loses its light
color and becomes dark, almost black, which does not mipair
its value, however.

•-V^'^ '>-,'* V^'-'(*4v .

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 POSSIBILITIES OF ITS CULTURE.

THE INCREASING DEflAND FOR CRUDE RUBBER IS TAXING

PRESENT SOURCES OF SUPPLY.
The demand Rubber has increased enormously,
for India
while tlie supply is new
necessarily diminishing" §very dav as
uses are being" made of Rubber. As a quite natural conse-
quence the price of crude Rubber is steadily advancing; the
best quality commanded as high as $1.13 per pound in New
York during the past year.

VARIOUS OPINIONS AND CONJECTURES OF AUTHORITIES

TOUCHING THE RUBBER TREE AND ITS
CULTURE.
Mr. James E. Baxter made the following" statement
to the Manchester (England) Board of Trade: * * "The ''

"cultivation of the Rubber tree is n^ow almost imperative, and

'T bespeak for those engaging in that field of activity the
"greatest profits known to the industrial world."

The introduction of Rub1)er tires cannot be said to have

advanced nmch beyond tlie stage of novelty, nevertheless it is

a fact that during the year i8o() more Rubber was used in that

single industry than the entire world's consumption, for all

purposes, prior to 1890.

THE CULTIVATION OF THE RUBBER TREE IN MEXICO.

The opinions of the best known authorities on Rubber
culture are cited in the following pages, touching the condi-
tions of climate necessary for Rubber; the Countries best
adapted by Nature for its growth ; some of the peculiarities of

the plant; the age at which trees may be tapped; the probable
vield and the profits to be derived from its culture.

"A w'arm and moist climate is necessar\' to the successful

erowine of Rubber." — Dr. Priesth".
 —

THE IXOIA RUBIIEH TKEE.

"The true Rubber zone of Mexico lies east of the i6oth

degree of west longitude and south of the i8th degree of north
latitude and is confined practically within the State of Chiapas,"
— Don Sal)astian Escobar, a well known Mexican agricul-
turalist.

"The State of Chiapas I regard as the best locality for the

culture of the Rubber tree." —Jeronimo Manchinelli, a planter
in Chiapas.
* * *

"Chiapas, of all the Mexican States, is best adapted for the

growth of the Rubber tree. I feel that I cannot state this too
forcibly. I have had a very intimate acquaintance with
Rubber cultivation in the tropical portions of Mexico and I can
speak from experience. The evenly warm temperature and
the continually moist climate of that portion of Chiapas con-
tiguous to Guatemala afYords a nearer approach to the ideal
conditions required for successful Rul)ber culture than can be
found in any other part of the Rcjuiblic." — Sr. Don Matias
Romero, Mexican Ambassador to the United States, ex-
Treasurer of the Republic and recognized as one of the most
eminent authorities on Rubber culture in the world.

THE HARDINESS OF THE RUBBER TREE.

Greatly simplifies its culture. The Rubber tree has the great
advantage of possessing a vitality superior to that of the native

weeds or any other kind of vegetation known to the tropics."

AI. de la Condamine.

THE RUBBER TREE MATURES IN SIX YEARS.

"During my residence in Chiapas I was able to satisfy
myself by facts of the correctness of the opinion fixing six
years for the maturing of the Rubber tree." — ^Sr. Don Matias
Romero.

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POSSIBILITIES OF ITS CULTURE.

THE YIELD OF THE RUBBER TREE.

"Tlie greatest number of agriculturalists seem agreed that
a tree, after attaining its proper proportions, should produce a
quantity of Rubber weighing not less than six pounds annually.
It must be observed, moreover, that as the yield of every tree
will increase annually, there is every reason to believe that a
tree twenty years old will give 15 to 25 pounds of sap each

year." — Sr. Don Matias Romero.

AHAZINQ PROFITS IN RUBBER CULTURE.

"The profits derived from the culture of Rubber are
fabulous. Even assuming that instead of advancing in price,

Rubber were certain to retain its present value or even decline

to 50 cents per pound, the ]irofits would still be enormous."
A. M. Ferguson, English. ])lanter in Colombo, Ceylon.

"Anyone position enabling him to secure an interest

in
in an honestly managed Rubl~>er Plantation should avail him-
self of the opportunity at once, with the full conviction that it

is the safest and most lucrative industry in which he can

engage. A well^managed Rubber Plantation after six years,

should be able to distribute among its shareholders from 100

to 1,000 per cent, annually on their investments." — Sr. Don
^Nlatias Romero.

Clearins^ Xew Croimd I'reparatury to I'hinlinti the Rubber

Trees. Ainiiv I'a liantation.

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 Ai

The Sopliia with her freight schooner

coming to take the Inspectors from
" The Tehuantepec " to Frontent.

EXTRACTS FROn CONSULAR

REPORTS ON
INDIA RUBBER and HANUFACTURERS OF, ETC.

1. The Rubber Tree.

CONTINENT OF AflERICA— flEXICO.

NO OTHER CROP SHOULD BE ATTEflPTED

between the files of Rubber trees, as it would seriously injure the
rapidlygrowing and expanding roots near and along the surface,
Plants may be propagated from seed. * * * Tii appropriate

soil and climate the Rubber seeds grow like weeds. '•' '•' ''

The tapping of the trees can be tlone at small expense and the
preparation of the milk into merchantable Rubber is extremely
simple." — R. A. Moseley, U. S. Consul General.

* * * "The life of a Ivubl)er tree is impossible to esti-

mate; trees growing wild in the forests, here, seem to l)e

hundreds of vears old and still give milk as frequently as those

of later cultivation." — James C. McNally, L^. S. Consul
(General, (Guatemala.

* * '''
"There is no risk or labor in the production of
Rubber as com])ared with the search for gas, oil, or gold.
Figuratively speaking, gold grows in the trees of a Rubber
 POSSIBILITIES OF ITS CULTURE.

forest! is only necessary for the native gatherer, witli his

machete for a wand, to tap the trees and the hquid gold flows
into his coffers." — J. Orton Kirby. Washington. D. C,
formerly U. S. Consul to Para, Brazil.

Sir Henry Neville Dering, the British Minister to Mexico,

in a recent report to the E^^oreign ofBcc on the cultivation of
India Rubber in Mexico, said: * "There is a small ''''
'•'

area of Mexico on the border of Guatemala in which India

Rubber flourishes without cultivation. Tlie easy means of
water conmumication which this section enjovs, the very
peaceable disposition of the Natives and the stable character
of the government of the Republic, all unite to make this part
of Mexico the most attractive fleld in the world for the cultiva-
tion of India Rubber. In Guatemala, Honduras or Nicaragua
the instability of the government adds a certain hazard to
capital invested there,and in Brazil, while this condition
is

somewhat modified, the fearful intensity of the equatorial heat

makes it practically impossible to cultivate Rifljber there.
Nearly all of the India Rubber exported from Brazil fully —
95 per cent. — is taken from wild trees in the forest. Only few
cultivated plantations are to be found in the entire Amazon
district, owing to the fact that the Rubber, there, is a swamp
growth, and requires nearly a quarter of a century before it can
be tapped, In Chiapas, Mexico, India Rubber matures at the

early age of 6 years, supplying a considerable quantit\ of milk

in the sixth year. From reliable data, at hand, I estimate that
the net profit derived from a Rubber plantation in Chiapas
after the sixth year will round fully 400 per cent, on the invest^
ment, This return will be materially increased every }ear
thereafter for four or five years, where it should continue
without marked diminution for a e'eneration."

Report by Consul-Gen.eral ( luenthcr, of Mexico City:

India Rubber, up to the present time, is extracted in Mexico

b\- the Indian in the most ])rimitive and uns\stematic fashion.
 EXTRACTS FROM COlVSIILiAR REPORTS.

They make an incision in the bark of the trees, from which,

soon begins to flow a juice resenibhng mihv. This juice is

collected in receptacles made of bark or in earthen vessels,

and afterwards the same is boiled down to a proper consistency,
in order to form balls of gum, which the Indians take to market

for sale.
The question of cultivating the India Rubber tree has
already been agitated considerably by private parties, as well
as by the federal authorities of the Republic of Mexico. The
supply of India Rubber in the accessible regions is consider-
ably diminishing, while the demand for it is steadily on the
increase. This is due to the fact that the Indians in order to
gain as nuich of the juice as possible at one time, often strip the

forest trees yielding the gum entirely of their bark, or make

such frequent incisions that the trees soon die. In fact, they
are constantly destroying these valuable trees which bv rational
treatment would give an annual yield of Rubber.
It will be readily seen that the cultivation of these trees
offers splendid inducements. The mediiuu temperature of the
region in which these trees prosper best is above 87 degrees
Fahrenheit, during the hot season.
Crude Rubber is exported from this coimtry free of duties,
but duties are imposed upon foreign manufactured Rubber
imported into this country.

American Rubber goods are regarded equal to those im-

ported by any other country, and the suggestions that I would
offer to American manufacturers of Rubber desirous of extend-

ing their trade in this coimtry are that they send men to this
country who are thoroughly conversant with the language and
customs of the country, who are polite and in every respect
good business men, and let them solicit trade in Mexico in

the same business-like manner they would adopt in the United

States in order to sell their goods.

RICHARD GUENTHER,
Consul-General.

United States Consulate-General. Mexico City, October 24,

i8cjo.

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 . .

Ij
No J
COPY OF CONTRACT J
Series 1903 J

f Pliil
OF MILWAUKEE.

Iln CcnsiDeration of the applicatit)n in writing for this

Special Rubber finrmt Certificate Contract

made by
of State of

which application is made a part hereof, and of the payment in advance of

Dollars, and of the payment

of a like installment hereafter on the tifth day of at the office of

the Company at Milwaukee, Wisconsin (provided that when installments for

sixty months have been paid, no further payment will be required), said San

Pedro Rubber Plantatioin Company

1)crcDy agrees and binds itself

to deliver unto said or his or her

assigns Special Rubbcr fiarwcst Certificate, which shall entitle said

or his or her assigns as herein provided to the net

proceeds of the annual Rubber yield of acre . .

of the Bmuy-Pa Plantation of Chiapas, Republic of lUexico, more particularly

described hereinafter.

The options and conditions endorsed hereon are a part of this contract.

Given at the general offices of the

$an Pedro Rubber Plantation Company.

at Milwaukee, Wisconsin, this day of 190. . .

President.

Secretary.

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 ;

COPY OF CONTRACT.

FURTHER CONDITIONS AND STIPULATIONS OF CONTRACT.

1. This Contract is assignable, and the holder hereof has
the right at any time before maturity date herein to sell it
provided the Company is promptly informed in writing of such
assignment and of the proper name and post office address of
the assignee.
2. It is agreed that the holder of the within Contract will
promptly notify the Company of any change in his or her
address from that given in the application hereto, and that all
communications properly directed to such Contract holder or
his or her assigns, at the latest post office address so furnished,
duly stamped and delivered in the mail, shall constitute due
and' legal notice to such Contract holder, or his or her assigns.
3. When the purchaser under this Contract, or his or her
assigns, shall have completed the payments as provided herein,
the San Pedro Rubber Plantation Company will thereupon
deliver to such purchaser, or his or her assigns, the number
of Special Rubber Harvest Certificates designated in the within
Contract.
4. The San Pedro Rubber Plantation Company hereby
agrees to clear, plant and improve the property herein
described as a Rubber Plantation, placing upon every acre,
upon which certificates shall be issued, 600 Rubber trees, of
which at least 200 shall be left as a permanent orchard, the
balance to be tapped to death between the 3rd and 6th years,
and the proceeds of the Rubber obtained therefrom to be at
once distributed as dividends. The Company agrees to
properly cultivate and intelligently care for and manage the
said Plantation until December 30th, 1909, without any
further cost whatever to the holder of this contract beyond the
purchase price named in the within application.
5. It shall be absolutely optional with the owners of
Special Rubber Harvest Certificates, any time after December
30th, 1909, to form an organization of their own and to sup-
plant the existing management of the Amuy-Pa Plantation
with one of their own election or they may continue the San
;

Pedro Rubber Plantation Company in the management of the

said Plantation, after said date, on an agreed basis of compen-
sation, and the owners of a majority of the Certificates agree-
ing thereto in writing shall constitute a sufficient ntmiber to
exercise either of said options.
6. Until such time as the owners of S])ecial Rubber
Plarvest Certificates shall adopt a different order or policy of
management as hereinbefore provided, the San Pedro Rubber
Plantation Co. shall manage the property ;shall superintend

the annual harvest and sale of the Rubber product of the Plan-
tation, and shall promptly distribute ninety (90) per cent, of the
proceeds arising therefrom, pro rata among the owners of
Special Rubber Harvest Certificates, according to the interest
45
 COPY OF CONTRACT.

of each; the ten (lo) per cent, reserved shall be accepted by

the Company as full compensation for its services in superin-
tending, harvesting and marketing the annual Rubber crop.
7. The title to the entire Amuy-Pa Plantation, as herein
described, free and clear of all encumbrance, has been con-
veyed to the Chicago Title &
Trust Company, of Chicago, by
a sufficient warranty deed, and the same is to be held in trust
for the protection, benefit and profit solely of the owners of
the 3,000 Special Rubber Harvest Certificates issued, or to be
issued by the San Pedro Rubber Plantation Company against
the said Amuy-Pa Plantation, and they (the Certificate
owners) shall determine and direct absolutely the disposition
of the Plantation after December 30th, 1909, which shall be
done by a majority of the owners of such Certificates demand-
ing in writing a deed from said Chicago Title &
Trust Com-
pany, for the benefit of all of the owners of said Certificates,
as provided in the Certificate of said Trust Company, a copy
of which is endorsed hereon.

8. In the event of the death of the holder of the within

Contract at an_\- time within sixty months after the date hereof,
the San Pedro Rul)i)er Plantation Compan}- will cancel all
installments that may become due and payable and will
promptly issue to the legal representative of such deceased
Contract Holder the number of Special Rubber Harvest Cer-
tificates su1:>scribed by him, without any condition, provision,
or reservation whatsoever, except that all payments due prior
to the death of said Contract Holder shall have been paid, and
in addition thereto will pay to the estate of said Contract
Holder all monev that has been paid on the within Contract.
9. The Company agrees to defray all the expenses of any
representative whom a majority of the Contract Holders may
select to examine the Plantation, once a year, and report to
them upon the physical condition of the property, the progress
of the work and the Company's performance of its obligations.
10. It is understood and agreed that failure to pay any
installment as provided herein within fifteen days of grace
after such installment becomes due shall render this Contract
void and constitute a forfeiture to the Company of all install-
ments theretofore paid however, the Company will reinstate
;

any such delinquent Contract Holder any time within ninety

days from date of forfeiture, provided a properly executed
health certificate, acceptable to the Company, is furnished, and
providing all installments due from date of last payment to
date of resumption of Contract are fully paid.
I.
1 No agent of the Company has the right or power to
modify this Contract, extend the terms for paying any install-
ment or bind the Company bv any promise or representation,
information or statement not contained in the Contract or the
application which forms a part of this Contract.
Copy of Trustee's Certificate, which is part of this Con-
tract, will be found on page 17.
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 .

COPY OF APPLICATION.

APPLICATIOIN FOR
Special Rubber Rarvest Certificate Contract
TO THE
SAN PEDRO RUBBER PLANTATION COMPANY OF MILWAUKEE.

Name of Applicant Age

Post Office Address Occupation
City of State of
hereby apply to have issued to me a Special Rubber
I

Harvest Certificate Contract for Certificate. of .

undivided interest in the Amuy-Pa Plantation, such Certifi-

cate. to equal and to represent, as provided in said contract
.

acre. of said Plantation, and to entitle me forever

.

to the net proceeds of the annual Rubber vield of said

acre. . of land.
1 understand that for the consideration herein specified the
San Pedro Rubber Plantation contracts to clear, Company
plant and improve said acre placing 600 Rubber trees on
. .
,

every acre, of which at least 200 shall be left as a permanent

orchard, the balance to he tapped to death between the 3rd
and 6th years, and the proceeds of the Rubber obtained there-
from to be distributed at once as dividends.
I also understand that the said Company shall properh-
cultivate and intelligently care for the said acre. until Decem- .

ber 30th, 1909, without any further cost whatever to me than

that specified in this application and to which I subscrilje.
I agree to pay an installment of Dollars in
advance during the coming 60 months, subject to the terms of
said contract. 1 understand that I am allowed fifteen (15)
days of grace from the time said payments become due, and
that payments are at my option to continue only so long as
I desire to keep the contract in force.
I also understand that the Company has protected this in-
vestment with insurance on my life in the amount of $300.00
for each acre purchased, so that in the event of mv death prior
to completing the payments on ni}- Contract all the monev
paid on the Contract will be returned to my beneficiary, and
all future payments under the Contract shall cease, and a full
paid Special Rubber Harvest Certificate will be issued to my
beneficiary upon proper proof of my death 1)eing made to the
Company.
T have this day paid
the soliciting agent, the
sum of Dollars ), l)eing the first install-
(

ment on m\- Contract. Future installments are to lie paid on

the fifth day of
Dated at this day of
1 90 . .

Witness

Signature of Applicant.
47
1AR 1 4 1904

.\rnp of Mexico showing location by X of the Aniny-I'a

Plantation in State of Chiapas.

Aztec (•()(!, and Uiihher Seed in Jars, section of vine, also mass of 40-Ibs. of

pare rnhher gnni taken at one tajjpini;- from three w ild

trees grow inw on \niay-l'a Plantation.

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OPPORTUNITY.
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Master of human destinies am I
Fame, love and fortune on my footsteps wait.
Cities and fields I walk: I penetrate
Deserts and seas remote, and passing by
Hovel and mart and palace, soon or late
I knock unbidden once at e very ga te '.

If sleeping, wake; it feasting, rise before

I turn away. It is the hour oi fate.
And they who follow me reach every state
Mortals desire, and conquer every foe
Save death: but those who doubt or hesitate
Condemned to failure, penury and woe.
Seek me in vain and uselessly implore
I answer not, and I return no more!
—John J. Ingalls.

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