This advertisement from page 3 of Pearse's Swansea Directory is for a fascinating variety of products sold by Howell G. Young at 55 Wind St. Not only is Young an agent for various rubber and other products for industrial use but he is also a saddler making saddles, harness and other leather goods. Gutta Percha comes from the Malay words for an inelastic natural latex produced from the sap of a particular tropical tree from South East Asia and the Pacific.