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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



March i, 1907. 



A BOOK ON RUBBER PLANTING. 



WHAT r SAW L\' TUli TKOPICS. A KECOkU Ol" VISITS TO 

 Cfylon, the Federated Malay Statts, Mexico, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, 

 Republic of Panama. Colombia, Jamaica, Hawaii. By Henry C. Pear- 

 son, Editor of The India Rubber World. New York: Tlie India Rub- 

 ber Publishing Co. 1906. [Cloth 8vo. Pp. viii + 288. Price $3-] 



■ I 'O a greater extent, perhaps, than is true of any other im- 

 ■^ portant commodity, the sources of india-rubber are remote 

 from and unfamiliar to those who use it. Whoever explores one 

 of the regions where rubber is native perhaps may not, in a life- 

 time, meet a fellow-being who has had a like experience. The 

 scenes of an important work now in progress — the creation of 

 new rubber forests, of hundreds and thousands of square miles 

 in area— are measurably nearer to the consuming world, and 

 more accessible to the traveler. Still, they are in the tropics, and 

 in great part lie where one doesn't go except on business. 



The author of this book has undertaken, in simple narrative 

 form, to convey a general idea of the principal regions in which 

 man is s:ipplcnienting the work of nature by starting rubber trees 

 to grow where none grew before. What interested him he has 

 assumed will possess interest for others, particularly those who 

 are concerned with rubber in any way. But, leaving rubber 

 aside, there is that in this volume which makes it an attractive 

 book of travel for the general reader — one which informs with- 

 out causing any suggestion that such is its purpose. 



Mr. Pearson evidently started upon his tour with an open 

 mind, without anything to prove or disprove, and he has written 

 a plain record of what he saw. If he found rubber growing 

 satisfactorily here, or giving less promise in another place, the 

 fact was set down in his notes. Everywhere he has talked with 

 the active workers in the new planting interest, and heard the 

 story of their experiences, whether successful or otherwise, and 

 learned upon wliat they base their hopes for the future in rubber. 

 This is no planters' manual ; it is left to others to discuss the 

 proper distance between trees, or how often to "tap," or how 

 rubber should be dried. It discusses general principles, and is of 

 interest by reason of the suggestions for discussion that inci- 

 dentally crop out all through the book. 



The excellent illustrations, on nearly every page, and all based 

 upon photographs, serve admirably to supplement the descriptive 

 part of the work, besides adding to its attractiveness in 

 appearance. s. c. L. 



STANDARD PACKING OF 'WASTE RUBBER. 



A CIRCUL.AR has been issued containing new regulations for 

 ^~^ the packing of old rubber boots and shoes, adopted at a 

 meeting of reclaimers at New 'Vork, on February 13, The regu- 

 lations follow : 



"l. Deliveries of old rubber boots and shoes must consist en- 

 tirely of boots and shoes of domestic manufacture; Canadian 

 manufacture to be considered domestic manufacture. 



"2. They must be dry and free from dirt. 



"3. .Mi cloth top shoes, trimmed or untrinimed, and soles or 

 heels of rubber boots and shoes from which the uppers have 

 been removed, shall not be accepted as a good delivery. 



"4. Rubber boots and shoes containing metal, except tliat 

 applied by the rubber shoe manufacturers, shall not be acceptcil 

 as a good delivery. 



"5. Rubber boots and shoes with leather soles or nails used in 

 attaching them, slisll not be a good delivery. 



"6. Old rubber boots and shoes. Foreign as well as Domestic, 

 shall be bought and paid for net weight; i. c.. no allowance for 

 bagging or covering of any kind shall be made, nor shall the 

 same be returnable to the seller. 



"7. All rejections contained in a delivery of old rubber boots 

 and shoes shall be returnable to the seller upon his request, within 

 thirty days from the time notification is received by the seller. 



and upon payment by him 0/ 1 cent per pound to cover cost of 

 sorting and rebaling. 



"8. Foreign old rubber boots and shoes contained in a delivery 

 of Domestic old rubber boots and shoes shall be paid for at a 

 reduction of 2 cents per pound. 



"g. All Domestic rubber boots and shoes shall be bought on 

 weight as determined at destination. 



"10. Old rubber boots and shoes of Foreign manufacture shall 

 be bought on same conditions as those of Domestic manufacture, 

 c. i. f. port of entry, as determined by weigher's sworn certifi- 

 cate, seller to bear expense of weighing. 



"11. The term 'Standard Packing, Circular No. 3' shall apply 

 to all purchases and sales of Domestic and Foreign olil rubber 

 boots and shoes, made in accordance with the stipulations of this 

 circular, which supersedes all previous circulars. 



''12. The conditions of this circular shall take effect on .-Xpril i. 



CONSOLIDATION IN CANADA. 



'T'HE consolidation of the rubber industry in the Dominion, 

 •*■ hitherto reported in these pages, has been further carried 

 out by the inclusion of two other companies in the Canadian 

 Consolidated Rubber Co., Limited. They are the Berlin Rubber 

 Manufacturing Co.. Limited, organized in 1899, at Berlin, On- 

 tario, and the Merchants' Rubber Co., Limited, also at Berlin, and 

 dating from 1903. There are thus five factories under the control 

 of the Canadian Consolidated company. 



CANADIAN TRADE NOTES. 



At llie aimual meeting of the Rubber Boot and Shoe Jobbers' 

 .Association, in Montreal, favorable reports were read on the 

 afifairs of the organization during the year. The meinbership was 

 shown to embrace 6g firms. It was resolved to establish the offices 

 permanently at Montreal. The officers this year are W. A. Ham- 

 ilton, president; Joseph Dauost, treasurer; N. L. Martin, 

 secretary. 



Tb.e building occupied by the Winnipeg branch of the Canadian 

 Ru'ober Co. of Montreal, Limited, has been enlarged by the addi- 

 tion of two stories, making it a five-story and basement building, 

 so X go feet. 



The agency for Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island of the 

 Berlin Rubber Manufacturing Co., Limited (Berlin, Ontario), 

 has been taken by Goff & Co., wholesalers of shoes and rubbers, 

 at Charlottestown, P. E. I. 



The Canadian Rubber Co. of Montreal. Limited, have opened 

 an additional sales branch in the maritime provinces, at No. 40 

 Dock street. St. John, New Brunswick, in charge of Mr. Paul 

 R. Hanson, who has been connected with the company's sales in 

 the Quebec division. 



WANTS AND INQUIRIES. 



l.?i'5] \Y/^ •"''^ ''1 receipt of a request for the names of firms 

 ''• m.-mnfacturing rubber coated cloth in plain 

 checks, plaids, etc., in fancy silk and other material. The line de- 

 sired is for the tnanufacture of ladies' traveling toilet bags 



[386] Addresses of manufacturers of vulcanizers for making 

 rubber stamps are desired by one of our correspondents. 



[387] A correspondent wishes to know if the American 

 rubber factories use any rubber and gutta substitutes (except 

 vulcanized oils) not known in Europe. 



[388] A gentleman having a very wide acfiuaintance with 

 all the European manufacturers would like to correspond 

 with some reclaiming house in America with a view to taking 

 an agency. 



[389] Names of rubber manufacturers are wanted who are 

 interested in the solvent amyl acetate. 



1390] An inquiry reaches us for names of makers of ma- 

 chinery for dealing with the celluloid industry. 



