OCIOBER I, 1905.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



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already by leading manufacturers of druggists' sundries, and by 

 a number of assemblers of such goods, besides having received 

 the approval of many physicians, nurses, and others competent 

 to express an opinion. These goods are made in two styles- 

 No. I, rapid flow; and No. 2, regular flow. [The Jeralds & 

 Townsend Manufacturing Co., Stamford, Connecticut.] 

 THE "handy" tobacco POUCH. 



A NOVELTY in the line of tobacco pouches is shown here- 

 with. Instead of being 

 circular in shape, as has 

 been the case with to- 

 bacco pouches hitherto, 

 it is rectangular, the 

 reason being that it is 

 intended especially as a 

 plug tobacco container. 

 It is made of a fine qual- 

 ity of red rubber stock 

 — in one size — 3!4'><.2}i 

 XH inch. [The B. F. 

 Goodrich Co., Akron, Ohio.] 



GOODRICH THREE FINGER GLOVE. 

 This is an article made for surgeons' use, tocoverthe thumb 

 and index and middle fingers, and has been very much ap- 



preciated for use in certain operations. It is made of pure 

 gum. in sizes No. 6 to No. 10 inclusive, seamless, and smooth 

 finish, listed at $12 per dozen pairs. [The B. F. Goodrich Co., 

 Akron, Ohio.] 



FOSTER CRIMPED FIBER SOLE. 

 Two illustrations presented herewith relate to the Foster 

 plaited or crimped fiber sole, which has recently been patented. 



The first of the cuts 

 illustrates the con- 

 struction of the plug 

 material and the sec- 

 ond its insertion into 

 the sole of the golf, 

 tennis, yachting, or 

 other shoe. From 

 the first of the cuts 

 it will be seen how 

 each and every wear- 

 ing thread is bent in 

 such a manner as to 

 give the wear on each 

 end of the thread. 



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greater strength, greater flexibility, and greater elasticity are 

 given to the soles, with less liability to slip on dry grass or wet 

 sidewalks; besides, they wear longer and give a velvet tread 

 while in use. [Foster Rubber Co., Boston.! 



THE RETURN OF MR. FLINT. 



MR. CHARLES R. FLINT arrived at home in New York 

 no September 5, after an absence of several months in 

 Europe, during which lime he was mentioned in several cabled 

 reports as being in Russia. He was received in audience by the 

 Czar on August 25, and returns impressed with the prospects of 

 an improved industrial future for Russia. " I feel confident." 

 Mr. Flint said, '• now that peace is assured, that Russia is about 

 to enter upon a period of great industrial activity, and I am 

 satisfied that her policy is to encourage Americans to take 

 part in the development of her enormous natural resources, 

 comparable with those of the United States. Russia will un- 

 doubtedly reduce the duties on American products, which will 

 probably be the first step in that direction." This statement 

 was made by Mr. Fhnt in an interview with him printed in the 

 New York newspapers of September 6, several days after which 

 M. Witte, one of the Russian peace plenipotentiaries, called 

 upon President Roosevelt and formally notified him that the 

 Czar had ordered a removal of the special duties on imports 

 from the United States imposed in Russia. Before the de- 

 parture of M. Witte for his home the Russian plenipotentiaries 



Charles R. Klint. 



Gen. Horace Porter. 



"Have you got an indemnity about you? "asked Gen. 

 Porter. 



[cartoon by C. DE F0HN;R0 tH NEW YORK ' WORLD."! 



were entertained at dinner at the Metropolitan Club in New 

 York by Colonel George Harvey, editor of Harptr's Weekly. 

 Mr. Flint was one of the 80 guests, and figured in a series of 

 cartoons suggested by the dinner to Charles de Fornaro, one 

 of the artists of the New York World, and which appeared in 

 the issue of that paper for September 10. The accompanying 

 cut indicates how Mr. Flint appeared to the cartoonist. 



The advantages of molding this special fiber so constructed and 

 saturated with rubber into the soles of boots and shoes are that 



Balata. — The government of V'enezuela having taken meas- 

 ures to prevent the reckless destruction of the Balata trees in 

 that country. Le Caoutchouc et la Gutta-Percha (Paris) doubts 

 whether any such prohibition will measurably prevent the 

 practices complained of; at least the spoliation of the forests, 

 it thinks, will at most only be retarded. 



