January i, 1907.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



103 



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THE PROSPEROUS RUBBER TRADE. 



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TABLE OF CONrtNIS. 



P.\OK. 



Editorial : 



The Prosperous Ruliber Trade 103 



A New I.i.ijlit Oil llie Amazon 104 



Minor Kilitorials 104 



The American Congo Concessions (With Map) 106 



Tires at the New York Automobile Show 107 



[The I.oiuloii .-Xutoinabilc SIu)\vs. The Berlin .\utomobile Show.] 



A Rubber Goods Merchant on Rubber 109 



[Some lN»itits on P.n.kings. (.ettiiig at the Cost of Goods. Testing 

 Kiiliber Coods. Kul)t>er Substitutes.] 



The India-Rubber Trade in Great irita.\-a. .Our Regular Cnrrenpondcnl 111 



Nicaragua Wind and Rubber 113 



[ 2 Illustrations.] 



Process of Rubber Planting (Illuiiraledi 114 



Growth of "Castilloa" Rubber in Mexico (.fllustraUd) 116 



Tapping " Castilloa " 116 



[.' Illustrations.] 



New Goods and Specialties in Rubber 117 



[ " Plumbers' I->iend " and Handy Force Pump. Stiuash Halls. " Kling- 

 tite " Bath Sprays. "The Wizard" Pencil Holder. Turnbuckle lor 

 Hartford Tires. V'entilated Rubber Boots. The " Ideal " Solid Heel. 

 Leather Top Lumberman s Shoe. Goodrich Clincher Motor Cycle 

 Tire. Combination Rod Packing. 



[7 Illustrations.] 



Recent Rubber Patents 119 



Official Statistics of India-Rubber and Gutta-Percha 122 



Tires and Tire Makers 125 



Rubber Interests in Europe 126 



Miscellaneous : 



From a I'riend in Mexico 105 



The Guayule Rubber Interest 105 



Some Wants of the Tra<le 108 



Rubber as a " l-"ireproof " Material 112 



Spencer's Colorado Rubber . . 112 



I'ara Rubber Seed Oil 11 j 



Hrnshers for Calender Liners .2 Illuslraiions 121 



Hricklayers" Tape 121 



Machine for Molding I'ootwcar Parts / Illustration 121 



Mold for Rubber Tires / Illustration 121 



India-Rubber Goods in Commerce 123 



The Kditor's Book Table. . 124 



Rubber in the 1905 Census 124 



World's Prodtiction of Rubber 124 



News of the American Rubber Trade 127 



The Rubber Trade at Trenton Our Correspondent 131 



The Rubber Trade at .\kroii Our Correspondent 131 



The Trade at ,San I-'raiicisco 132 



The Textile Goods Market 132 



Review of the Crude Rubber Market 133 



T~\URING the present era of general industrial pros- 

 ^ ^ perity in tlie rnited States the rubber branch has 

 compared favorably with all others, and made a far better 

 showing than the average. Indeed, there is probably 

 no other industry that has presented such a continuous 

 record of successful operation. The national census of 

 manufactures for 1905, some figures from which we 

 have printed lately, indicates a gain of nearly 40 per cent, 

 in the value of rubber manufactures since the preceding 

 census was taken — a period of 4'^ years- -and this is a 

 higher rate of growth than during the preceding ten 

 years, regarded hitherto as a period of remarkable devel- 

 opment. 



But census figures are not required to demonstrate the 

 prosperous condition of the rubber industry to-day. It 

 goes without saying that when every other form of pro- 

 duction is active there will be a steady demand for rub- 

 l)er goods, so essential has rubber become as an auxiliary 

 in nearly all other lines. Increased railway activity calls 

 for more air brake ho.se ; if more steam engines are oper- 

 ated the demand for packings is increased ; belting is re- 

 quired for new machinery plants and additions to old 

 ones ; the extension of mining and blasting work, ship- 

 building and architectural construction, and whatever 

 else calls for pneumatic hose largely promotes the use of 

 rubber, and so on, indefinitely. There is not much ma- 

 terial development nowadays that does not involve some 

 use of electricity, and this in turn makes a market for in- 

 sulation materials. Then, too, rubber constantly comes 

 into new uses for personal comfort or convenience, sports, 

 and the like, and the population of the country grows in 

 buying capacity as well as in number, and all to the 

 profit of the rubber manufacturer. 



It is not meant that an opportunity has exi.sted for 

 inflated profits, or that the demand for rubber goods is 

 unlimited. For some years now the prices of raw mate- 

 rials have ranged at figures which formerly would have 

 been deemed prohibitive, and the success of the rubber 

 men in adapting themselves to the changed conditions 

 has been the ver}' best indication of the permanence and 

 stability of the industry. The earning of even fair profits 

 has called forth the best exertions of the leaders in 

 every department of the industry. New- gums have been 

 brought into use and better results got from the gums 

 longest known ; labor saving and time saving processes 

 and methods have been adopted, and every possible leak 

 stopped. The result has been a growth of the rubber 

 business to meet the increase in demand for goods, with 

 prices not so much higher than formerly, with very few- 

 failures in the business, and those mainly of insignificant 

 firms. 



The American rubber manufacturer, though the indus- 

 try originated in his own country, has never disdained to 

 profit from foreign practice, so that to-day he is bringing 

 to bear upon his work the best ideas in rubber, whatever 



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