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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[March i, 1906. 



maker has been appointed sole selling agent for New York 

 city. This shoe is padded on the inner sole with a layer of 

 sponge rubber, to protect the foot from jars. The perfora- 

 tions, having the function of air cells, facilitate ventilation. 

 The device acts as an air pump. The step compresses the 

 cells and forms a vacuum; when the foot is lifted the cells 

 expand and fill with air which circulates about the foot and 

 is expelled with the next step. The advantage of a rubber 

 cushion over a felt cushion is that it is impervious to nuiis- 

 ture and that it returns to normal after being compressed. 

 The number of cells in the air cushion of a No. 8 man's 

 shoe is, approximatelj', 87,000. The cushion is encased in a 

 turned in and stitched jacket of kid leather which holds the 

 cushion in place. This cushion sole is thicker at the heel 

 than at the forepart, the former being about a quarter inch 

 and the latter about one-eighth. The Mclntyre Air Cushion 

 shoe is made in men's and women's styles and sizes and sells 

 for $5 a pair. 



"so-lite" ladies' pocket rubbers. 



The goods illustrated in the cuts herewith — made b\ the 

 dipping process— are about one-third the weight of ordinary 

 rubbers of the same stjde. In addition to the light weight, 

 which is desirable, one advantage of these goods is that a 

 pair of them can be rolled up in a little waterproof bag and 

 carried in the pocket or a shopping bag. They are specially 

 desirable for ladies who want a rubber while shopping or 

 traveling which need not be worn all the time, but which 



RESTORING COLOR OF RUBBER CORKS. 



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can be taken off whenever desired and carried almost as 

 easily as a pair of gloves. These goods are manufactured 

 for the proprietors by the Goodyear's India Rubber Glove 

 Manufacturing Co. They are meant to be retailed at 75 cents 

 and specially liberal terms are offered dealers to facilitate the 

 introduction of the goods. These rubbers are made insi/.es 

 from I to 8, in three widths, and for narrow and wide toes. 

 [The "So-Lite " Kuljber Co., Rochester. New York.] 



QjiM of the trade novelties that is at the same time 

 ■*Uainly, attractive and serviceable is a celluloid postage 

 stamp and court plaster case sent out by The Dermatine Co., 

 Limited (London). 



[l-RO.M "rUK DRUGiaSTS' CIRCULAR," NEW YORK.] 



J J. L., New York, writes: " Please publish in the Circular 

 a formula for putting a coating on rubber corks so they 

 will look like new, as I had about 150 gross in my cellar which 

 was flooded by the high water last spring. They were in the 

 water about ten days, and after they dried they were all dark." 



We sought information on the subject from the Tyer Rubber 

 Co., which was kind enough to write as follows : " We presume 

 the corks are only stained by the action of the water. If so, in 

 all probability, if they were ' tumbled ' (that is, put in a revolv- 

 ing barrel such as all rubber manufacturers have) and allowed 

 to stay a short time either with soap and water or possibly with 

 a little grinding substance, it would take off this stain. We of 

 course cannot tell whether the stopple itself is of dark material, 

 and the original whiteness was due to the sulphur, or not. In 

 this case, it is probable that they would not come back to the 

 original whiteness, although undoubtedly it would take ofl a 

 good deal of the dark color. We could give a better opinion 

 on the matter if we saw samples of the stopples. If your cus- 

 tomer's quantity, however, was a small one, we should doubt 

 whether it would pay to do much with them." 



In case the darkening is not more than surface deep, the New 

 York Belting and Packing Co. thinks perhaps boiling the corks 

 in potash may restore their color. 



The I,ondon Times, in a report on the troubles at Moscow, 

 residting in the execution of several revolutionaries on Janu- 

 ar3' 6, says ; The manager and assistant manager of 

 the rubber works have been arrested. " Let me 

 take my clothes," pleaded the manager. "You 

 will not need them," replied the officer. The as- 

 sistant manager is an Austrian. 



The United States consul at Callao, Mr. Gott- 

 schalk. in a report on contract labor in Peru, says 

 that such system does not prevail in the depart- 

 ment of Loreto, the region which supplies a large 

 part of the rubber exported through Iquitos. The 

 work is done chief!)' b)- independent rubber cutters 

 who are often habilitado ("staked ") by commerical 

 firms at Iquitos and Puerto Berraudez who bu}' their 

 products. 



Colorado Rubber. — The supply of rubber news 

 from Colorado is unfailing. The production of a 

 wonderful supply of rubber from " rabbit weed " — 

 the same that killed father's prize ram — is always 

 about to begin. The Colorado Springs TeU^^raph 

 now lets out a secret : " Within a few weeks the first 

 factory in the state for the manufacture of rubber from the re- 

 cently discovered Colorado rubber plant will be in operation. 

 • • - The factory is at Durango. and represents an expenditure 

 of S75.000-" The only trouble about the Colorado news is that 

 it never varies ; for two years the rubber factory has always 

 been ready " next week " — with no more fixed date. 



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Mr. R. p. SkixnivU, the United States consul at Mar- 

 seilles, who recently made an expedition to Abj'ssinia, re- 

 ports favorably in regard to commercial openings there. He 

 reports the granting of an imi)erial concession to the Kor- 

 dofan and Khartoum Co., in the p ovince of Kafla, one of 

 the purposes of which is to grow rubber. 



