January i, 1906.] 



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17,51s (1904). Vehicle wheel [having two tires side by side, to prevent 

 slipping]. A. W. Prentice, Cambuslang, Lanarkshire, and A. 

 Shiels, London. 



■7.555(1904). Golf ball. [Ground cork impregnated with a solution 

 of rubber is put into uaphtha, dried, heated, and molded to form 

 the core ; outer cover formed of rubber.] J. Macneil, Glasgow. 



Patents Applied For — 1905. 



Space is Kiven here only to -Applications for Patents on Inventions from tile 

 United States. 



21,540. Thomas Midgely, London. Improvement in tires. Oct. 23. 



22,815. Charles A. Davol, London. Improvement in syringes. Nov. 7. 



23,894. C. J, Barrel!, London. Protective cover for tires. Nov. 20. 



23,886. S. H. Hodges, Leicester. Fountain pen. Nov. 20. 



THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. 



Patf.nts Issued (With Dates of Application). 



354,541 (May 23, 1905). G. S. Squires. Carriage tire, 

 354,574 (May 24). A. D. Zurenger. The use of webbing in the Caout- 

 chouc manufacture to make the product untearable, and to preserve 

 its elasticity. 

 354,642 (May 25). G. Kaulhausen. Protecting device for pneumatic 

 tires. 



354.653 (May 25). E. Lapisse. Protector for pneumatic tires. 



351.654 (May 25). E. Lapisse. Clasping device for pneumatic tire pro- 

 tectors. 



354,671 (May 26). Bowly and Runyon. Tire in sections. 



354,677 (May 26). Sadler. Tiie for motor cars. 



354 659 (May 26). J. Gibernon. Pneumatic horse collar. 



354i455 (April 5). G. Desclee. Fitting device for pneumatic 01 other 

 rubber tires. 



354,684 (May 26). Dessaint and Toquillon. Decorticating machine for 

 Hunts and rubber roots. 



354.723 (May 27), Societe Michelin et Cie. Process for making leath- 

 er protective covers for pneumatic tires. 



354,727 (May 27). F. Franck. Braces (suspenders) with elastic attach- 

 ment. 



350,113 (April II). B. Roux. Process for the manufacture of tubing 

 and hose from reclaimed rubber. 



354,914 (April II). Penavayre and Lunis, Buff leather movable pro- 

 tector for tires. 



354.975 (Ju"e 6). McKim. Pneumatic tire. 



354,883 (June 3). J. M. Jacquemin. New application of India-rubber 

 to certain parts of footwear. 



354.9S8(June 6). C. Pierson. Tubes for inflating tires. 



355. 0'6 (June 7). P. Germain. Rubber treated artificial silk. 



355.017 (June 7.) P. Germain. Vulcanizing and reclaiming process 

 for Caoutchouc. 



355.057 (April 19). Mme. Eruchet. Protector for pneumatic tires. 



355.092 (June 8). C. Motz. Elastic tire. 



355,108 (June 9). J. Lepietre. Removable air tube for pneumatic tires. 



355.257 (June 15). G. H. C. Allie. Pneumatic tire. 



[MoTi.— Printed copies of specitications of French patents may be obtained 

 from R. Bobet, Iiigenieur-Counseit, 1*1 avenue de VilUcrs, Paris, at 50 cents each, 

 postpaid,] 



WHY DO BUSINESS WITHOUT A PROFIT.? 



TO THE Editor of The India Rubber World : The man- 

 ufacturers whose principal raw materials consist of rub- 

 ber and cotton are confronted with the prospect of continued 

 high prices lor raw material. Will they have sufficient cour- 

 age to advance their selling prices high enough to enable them 

 to make a fair manufacturer's profit, or will they wait until the 

 weak ones fail and the weary ones become tired } 



In the leather boot and shoe business the tanners of leather 

 have been told by the shoe manufacturers year after year that 

 they should not advance the price of leather, because it would 

 injure the shoe manufacturer, for the price of shoescould not be 

 advanced. 



Experience has shown that, after some of the weak ones had 



failed, and others had become weary and retired from business, 

 the demand for shoes equalled the supply, and then the shoe 

 manufacturers found out, to their surprise, that they could ad- 

 vance the price of shoes, and they did. 



Why should you do what you don't want to. when you don't 

 want to ? J. 



Boston, December 8, 1905, 



AIR BRAKE HOSE ON FREIGHT TRAINS. 



AT the hearing of railroad men before the Interstate Com- 

 merce Commission, in regard to air brake hose, mention- 

 ed in The India Rubber World last month (page 91), F. H. 

 Clark, general superintendent of motive power of the Chicago, 

 Burlington, and Ouincy Railroad Co., testified : 



In order to illustrate the effort being made by railroads to equip their 

 cars, I would state that a rule was passed on June i, 1905, by the Mas- 

 ter Car Builders' Association, providing that after September i, 1907, a 

 railroad receiving a non equipped car shall hold the delivering company 

 responsible, shall repair it themselves and send the bill to the delivering 

 company, not to the owning company. The effect of this lule is that all 

 cars must be equipped with air brakes by that date. 



F. R. Clark, head of the Railway Conductors' Order, testi- 

 fied before the commission : 



From my knowledge of the emplojos' feelings I can say that they be- 

 lieve that perfection can only be reached when the railroads are required 

 to have all their cars equipped and in use [with air brakes]. The em- 

 ployes are willing to overlook unavoidable failure to keep up the e.\act 

 percentage of 100. but they demand its general enforcement. 



Figures show that the railroads have used an average of ntarly 90 per 

 cent, of air braked cars during the" last six months ; the Pennsylvania 

 has used 76 percent. Previously in answering arguments of railways, 

 I stated that the railways would make such savings in operating ex- 

 penses on account of installing air brakes that they would be able to pay 

 for the installation. This is the case ; the Pennsylvania, for example, 

 has reduced its force of brakemen in the proportion of 3 to 2 on 100 per 

 cent, trains. Of course this reduction increases danger for three men 

 can much better attend to signals and flagging than two, but the rail- 

 roads have been able to recoup their expense by this policy of retrench- 

 ment. The principal reason that the railroads resist a 100 per cent, re- 

 quirement is that they have old cars not fit to equip with air brakes and 

 they wish to get full use out of them. 



The employes aie unanimous in their opinion that the use of the 

 power brake is necessary to safety. I am willing therefore to accept in 

 their name an order by the commission that on and after July i, 1907, 

 100 per cent, of all cars used by railroads snail be equipped and operated 

 with air brakes. No car can be unused but all must be connected and 

 in use. What is wanted is a final settlement and not a series of hear- 

 ings over each proposed increase in the minimum. 



As was mentioned last month, a new order of the Interstate 

 Commerce Commission requires that no freight train, after 

 August I, 1906, shall be operated with less than 75 per cent, of 

 the cars equipped with air brakes in actual use. The intention 

 of the commission is to bring about the completeequipment of 

 all freight cars with air brakes as speedily as the railway com- 

 panies become able to comply fully with the law. 



At the annual meeting of Klang Coflee Cultivation Co., 

 Limited (Penang, August 29), the report was less favorable re- 

 garding coflee than had been anticipated, due to an abnormal 

 drought. The first sale had been made of the rubber from the 

 estate; there were about 41,500 rubber trees, of which about 

 800 were 7 years old. The manager was congratulated upon 

 winning for the estate the Governor's Cup at the Agri Horti- 

 cultural show at Penang this year, as well as at Kuala Lumpur 

 last year. 



