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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



IJULV ], 1907. 



NEW TRADE PUBLICATIONS. 



COCIETE INDUSTRIELLE DES TELEPHONES (Paris), 

 ^ one of the leading French houses in the rubber (^industry, 

 being capitalized at 18,000,000 francs [=$3,474,000], in addition 

 to insulated wires and cables, tires and general rubber goods, 

 pay special attention to waterproof garments for men and 

 women, which they make in great variety. A recent catalogue 

 l^H" X ioJ4"- 36 pages] contains illustrations of many of their 

 styles, including some which are designed for motorists' use. 

 It is accompanied by an album of specimens of various tissues 

 adapted to their waterproofing, nearly 200 in number. 



The Ohio Rubber Co. (Cleveland and Cincinnati) have 

 brought out their 1907 catalogue of Buckeye Brand Waterproof 

 Clothing, including mackintoshes, rubber surface goods and rain- 

 coats [s^" X 7^". 23 pages], containing many attractive styles, 

 together with a separate net price list. 



Bowers Rubber Works (San Francisco) have grouped to- 

 gether an interesting set of views, from photographs, illustrating 

 the progress made in the reconstruction of their factory since 

 they were burned out in April, 1906. [7%" X 6". 24 pages.] 



The Di.\mond Rubber Co. (Akron, Ohio) send a very com- 

 plete booklet on Belting, readable and well illustrated [s" X 7"- 

 19 pages], and one entitled "Diamond Tires Are the Best'' 

 [4" X 6". 12 pages], and a number of leaflets and circulars 

 descriptive of various products of their factories. One other 

 which will be mentioned is a catalogue of Diamond Bicycle Tires, 

 about the only list of the kind we have seen from an American 

 manufacturer this season. [4" X 6". 16 pages.] 



Gr.\nd R.\pids Felt Boot Co. (Grand Rapids, Michigan) issue 

 a booklet, "How to Select and Care for Felt Boots, Rubbers 

 and Rubber Boots,'' filled with practical suggestions for wearers 

 of such goods which dealers doubtless will be pleased to have 

 for distribution to their trade. [314" X 6j/<". 32 pages.] 



The Rubber Products Co. (Barberton, Ohio) have sent us 

 their Illustrated List (Catalogue A) of Druggists' Sundries, in- 

 cluding a particularly full line of rubber gloves. [9" X 6". 

 32 pages.] 



Joseph Dixon Crucible Co. (Jersey City, New Jersey) pub- 

 lish an attractive and interesting little book on "Crucibles: Their 

 Care and Use," by John A. Walker, vice-president, treasurer and 

 general manager of the company. The book relates to the proper 

 use of crucibles, and the dangers of their abuse ; it tells what 

 graphite is, and why crucibles are made of it. The work is ex- 

 cellently illustrated. [6" X 9". 39 pages.] 



HoDGM.^N Rubber Co. (New York) issue a new illustrated 

 price list of Druggists' Sundries and Miscellaneous Rubber 

 Goods which covers a wide range of products. The illustrations 

 are admirably done and give a good idea of the appearance of the 

 goods. [6H" X 8M". S3 pages.] 



"La Favorite Products — Perry Packings" is the title of an at- 

 tractive catalogue of L.\ F.worite Rubber M.^nuf-^cturing Co. 

 (Paterson, New Jersey). A large variety of goods are described 

 and a number capitally illustrated. IsH" x 634". 50 pages.] 

 .'VLSO RECEIVED. 



Koehln-Ehrenff.lder Gummiwerke G. m. b. H., Cologne-Ehrenfeld, 

 Germany. — Preis-Liste [Toy Balloons. Grotesque Figures, and the like]. 

 8 pages. 



Pirelli & Co., Milan, Italy, and New York. — Price List Pirelli "Improved 

 Construction" Tires. 4 pages. 



The Hartford Rubber Works Co., Hartford, Connecticut — Midgley 

 Treads. 19 pages. 



Commonwealth Rubber Co., Reading, Massachusetts. — Mitchell Puncture- 

 less Pneumatic Tires. 8 pages. 



The India-Rubber and Gutta-Percha Insulating Co.. New York. — 

 Habirshaw Wires and Cables. Price List. 20 pages. 



Gorham Rubber Co., San Francisco. — Price List of Belting, Packing, 

 Hose. Brass Goods, etc. 72 pages. 



The Republic Rubber Co., Youngstown, Ohio. — Republic Tires for Auto- 

 mobiles. 16 pages. 



Firestone Tire and Rubber Co.. .'\kron. Ohio. — "Firestone Sp<-irks" [relat- 

 ing to tires.] 32 pages. 



THE MEXICAN "YELLOW TREE." 



IT is reported that an application has been made to the Mexi- 

 can government by Carlos Llaguno y del Hoyo for a con- 

 cession to extract rubber from the tree known locally as the 

 "palo amarillo" (yellow tree), and botanically as Euphorbia 

 elastica, on all national lands in the states of Guerrero, Jalisco, 

 Michoacan, Guanajuato, Oaxaca, Puebla, Colima, and the terri- 

 tories of Tepic and Baja California. This tree was illustrated 

 and described in The India Rubber World, February i, 1906, 

 (page 148). 



W. H. Ellis, of New York, who has done something in the 

 way of exploiting guayule companies in Mexico, gaining control 

 of the factory at Gomez Palacio of the National Rubber Co. (a 

 Texas corporation), is mentioned by a German paper as about 

 to operate very largely. He is referred to as organizing the 

 Continental Palo Amarillo Rubber Co., with $20,000,000 capital, 

 to exploit not only guayule, but rubber from the "palo amarillo" 

 tree, and also from the "amate" tree, which latter is said to 

 abound in several Mexican states. Ellis, by the way, is not 

 known in New York as a banker of such prominence as reported 

 in Mexico. He last figured in public in connection with a per- 

 sonally conducted mission to Abyssinia, coming back in charge 

 of a saddle presented by the Emperor Menelik to President 

 Roosevelt. He failed to notice the abundance of rubber in 

 Abyssinia, which later, being observed by an Arab merchant, 

 was made the basis of a concession and a largely capitalized 

 British company, with the Arab as manager. 



At the Antwerp rubber sale of January 16 the offerings in- 

 cluded I ton of "Amarillo" rubber, from Mexico, estimated by 

 the official broker at 2.50 francs per kilo [= 21.8 cents per 

 pound], but withheld from sale at 2.70 francs. 



RUBBER TIRE MISCELLANY. 



■ I 'HE Hartford Rubber Works Co. are making solid motor 

 •'■ tires, both single and double, with coiled springs in the 

 tread to prevent skidding, and also with coiled springs in the 

 base to render it more rigid and allow of narrow channel fast- 

 ening. 



A physician in Port Huron, Michigan, Dr. G. H. Tredgold, 

 is the inventor of a spare wheel, not of the Stepney type, but 

 more like an ordinary artillery wheel cut in half, and built to 

 clamp over the hub by the side of a punctured tire. It is a little 

 larger in diameter than the tire that it is intended to relieve, and 

 one could without doubt bump home upon it. 



"Rub-Metal" — we do not know just what it is — but it is some- 

 thing that the New Motor and General Rubber Co., Limited 

 (London), claim is far superior to leather and in use is vul- 

 canized to the tread of the tire either with or without metal 

 skids imbedded in it. 



An English invention for the prevention of side slip is a series 

 of flanges sharpened at the ends and hardened, which pass 

 through the channel and rim of the wheel between twin tires. 

 It would seem as if in actual service they might be a trifle hard 

 on the road. 



A patented nonskid for cycle tires known as "Handelmaats- 

 chappij," fastened around the tread of the tires by a series of 

 strong clamps, is made by R. S. Stokus & Zonen, Rotterdam, 

 Holland. It is said to do tlie work excellently. In case one is 

 not equipped with this type of antislip device it is advised that 

 you take the name above and run it lengthwise around the tread 

 and skidding will be absolutely prevented. 



Spare tires are often taken from automobiles by thieves simply 

 by cutting the straps that hold them, therefore the Allen Bag and 

 Specialty Co. (New York) have brought out a bronze tire lock 

 capable of fastening two 5 inch tires to the running board. 



