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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



(July i, 1907. 



FRANCE.* 



Vol. 36. 



JULY I, 1907. 



No. 



TABLE or CONTENTS 



Editorial: Pace. 



When to Kuy Rubber 297 



On Nfaking Better Tires 297 



Mexico and Ceylon .-igS 



Rubber Factory and Rubber Farm 298 



The Question of Compounds 299 



Minor Editorials 299 



Rubber from a Tuber at Last 300 



[With an Illustration.] 



Rubber Tapping Tools, New and Old 301 



IW'ith 37 Illustrations. I 



Brazil's Export of Rubber 304 



Plantation Versus Amazon Rubber Prices 305 



[With an Illustration.] 



The Editor's Book Table 307 



New Trade Publications 308 



New Rubber Goods in the Market 309 



["Saeo" Pneumatic Plunger. *'Rubba-Silk." "Comet" Eraser. 

 Goodyear-Akron Tiling. "H. & H." Tire Tool. Mesinger Tire 

 Repair Band. "No-Wate" Footholds. Boat and Canoe Cush- 

 ions. Goodall High Pressure Coupling.] 



[With 10 Illustrations.] 



Recents Patents Relating to Rubber 311 



[United States. Great Britain. France.] 



Miscellaneous: 



Progress in Insulation , . . . . 300 



Rubber Planting Miscellany '..... 303 



The Rubber Ta.>c at Para ','... 304 



Camphor to be Cultivated '.'.'.'.', 306 



The Sale of Rubber Seed ] " * 306 



Where Charles Goodyear Was Born illlustration) ....... ......'. 507 



The Mexican "Yellow Tree" 30S 



Rubber Tire Miscellany '....'.'.'.'.'.'..'.'. 308 



View on "La Zacualpa" Plantation (Ilhistralion) 312 



The Shoe Machinery Situarion 316 



Tlie Singapore Rubber Works " , ' 318 



German-.\meri'an Reciprocity " 3,8 



Obituary — John .A. Walker 318 



Pneumatic Cushion Heel (Illustrated) 318 



Wants and Inquiries 318 



.Mien's Safety Floor Mat {Illustrated) i^^S 



A Page of Tire Features 313 



[With 7 illustrations.] 



The India-Rubber Trade in Great Britain 



,,,.,. . , , . — Our Regular Correspondent 314 



[Utilization of Waste Rubbir. Raw Rubber Notes. Changes in 

 Oivnership of Works. Company Notes.] 



A Canadian Industrial Leader 315 



[With portrait of S. H. C. Miner.] 



Rubber in the Canadian Tariff 316 



Two Good Men Retire from the Trade 317 



[With portraits of E. F. Eickfcrd and F. L. Locke.] 



Rubber Interests in Europe 310 



News of the American Rubber Trade 321 



The Trade at .Akron — Our Correspondent 320 



The Trade at San Francisco — Our Correspondent '...'.'.!.! 320 



Review of the Crude Rubber Market 325 



OFFICIAL STATISTICS OF RUBBER (IN POUNDS). 



UNITED STATES. 



MONTHS. IMPORTS. 



April, 1907 6,964,693 



January-March 23,810,218 



Four months, 1907 30,774.911 



Four months, 1906 24,928,962 



Four months, 1905 32,606,023 



1,478,424 

 1,229,754 



1.134,713 



NET IMPORTS. 



6.565.271 



22,731,216 



29,296,487 

 23,699,208 

 31,471,310 



GERMANY. 



MONTHS. IMPORTS. 



April. 1907 4,029.080 



Januarj'-March 8,646.220 



Four months, 1907 12,675,300 



Four months, 1906 14.560,260 



Four months, 1905 14,879,480 



EXPORTS. 



858,880 

 3.635,060 



4,493.940 

 3,954.060 

 4,874,540 



NET IMPORTS. 

 3,170,200 

 5,011,160 



8.181,360 

 10,606,200 



lo,(Xi4,940 



MONTHS. 



April, 1907 



January-March 



IMPORTS. 



3,420,120 

 7,969,500 



Four months, 1907 11,389,620 

 Four months, igo6 12,166,440 

 Four months, 1905 10,216,580 



EXPORTS. 



2,292,180 

 5.1.33,260 



7,425,440 

 5,237,540 

 5,59 9,000 



NET IMPORTS. 

 1,127,940 

 2,836,240 



3,964,180 

 6,928,900 

 4,61 7,580 



BELGIUM.t 



MONTHS. IMPORTS. 



.April, 1907 1,387,078 



January-March 4,809,514 



Four months, 

 Four months, 

 Four months. 



1907 

 1906 

 1905 



6,196,592 

 7,097,065 

 6,272,223 



EXPORTS. 



791,793 

 3,088,599 



3,880,392 

 4,173,956 

 4,0 76,729 



NET IMPORTS. 



595,285 



1,720.915 



2,316,200 

 2,923,109 

 2,19 5.494 



GRE.\T BRITAIN. 



MONTHS. IMPORTS. 



April, 1907 8,724,576 



January-March 20,225,296 



Four months. 

 Four months, 

 Fou r months. 



1907 

 1906 

 1905 



28,949,872 

 23,847.264 

 21.776,608 



EXPORTS. 

 3.730,720 

 8,994,496 



12,725,216 

 12,645,584 

 12,835 .096 



NET IMPORTS. 



4,993,856 



11,230,800 



16,224,656 

 11,201,680 

 8,941.512 



Note. — German statistics before Jan. i, 1906, include Gutta-percha, Balata, 

 old (waste) rubber. British figures include old rubber. French, Austrian 

 and Italian figures include Gutta-percha. The exports from the United 

 States embrace the supplies for Canadian consumption. 



^General Commerce. tSpecial Commerce. 



ALLEN'S SAFETY FLOOR MAT. 



""T" HE Safety I'Toor Mat, marketed originally as an accessory 



A to the Allen portable bathing outfit, has found a field of 



its own and is carried in stock by many firms as a separate 



article of trade. This mat is used for the protection of floors, 



carpets, and the 

 like, from splash- 

 ing, spray, ' and 

 dripping water, 

 when bathing chil- 

 dren, invalids, pets, 

 etc. ; when water- 

 ing plants, and for 

 many other pur- 

 poses. When it is 

 desired to empty 

 one of these mats 

 after use it is done 

 right. The Safety 



S.-\FETY Floor M.\t. 



[The lower view shows the mat spread out 



use, and the upper view the mat rolled up 

 convenient carriage.] 



for 



the 



^ 



as shown in the small illustrations to 

 floor mats are made of special heavy black rubber coated best 

 quality drill, constructed without 

 seams, thereby preventing leakage 

 and rendering its use sanitary. Mats 

 are fitted with the Allen improved 

 radial supports and lifting device, 

 enabling user to easily lift and empty 

 the mats when completely filled with 

 water. The ."Mien portable bathing 

 outfit is designed especialh' for con- 

 venience when traveling or in camp, 

 for which it has much merit. [The 

 Allen Manufacturing Co., Toledo, 0.] 



S-^fety Floor M.\t. 



[Mat filled and being car- 

 ried with one hand. Mat 

 being emptied with two 

 hands.] 



The management of the Isthmus Plantation Association of 

 Mexico arranged recently for a meeting of their shareholders re- 

 siding in and near Chicago, at which a report on the company's 

 rubber planting in Alexico was presented and discussion invited. 

 This is to be followed by similar meetings of shareholders at 

 seven other centers, all to be preliminary to a general meeting 

 of shareholders' representatives, probably at Milwaukee, with a 

 view to deciding the company's future policy. 



