August i, 1906.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



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Pnblished oa the lut of eaoh Montb bjr 



THE INDIA RmmiK PUBLISHING CO. 



No. 35 WEST 21st STEEET, NEW YORK. 



CABLE ADVKESS: IRWORLD, NEW YORK. 



HENRY C. PEARSON, 



KOI rok. 



HAWTHORNE HILL, 



ASSOCIATE. 



Vol. 34. 



AUGUST 1, 1906. 



No 5. 



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Rntered at New Vnrl< Post omce as mail matter iif the secoDd-class. 



lAB^E OF CONTENIS 



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Editorial : 



The Cuiitimril Need fui Rubber 



Kuliber Calllering Schools 



Minor Ivlilori.-il 



New England Rubber Club Outing. 



[Two llltistratioiis.) 



The India-Rubber Trade in Great Britain.. "ui /■■ utilnr dirreniioml' nl 



IKcsiiis iti R;iw Kuhhcr. 1 eslitiK the Durability of Rubber Goods. 



Wc'ikI Milnr Kulitier Hulls. Mi. H> yl-l>Krs Sylithrtic Kuhber. The 



fycic Tin- Ttuiii.-. rhomas Kowli:y \ Co., I.iiniled Messrs. Abirotts. 



( Irouiul SlHels. | 



Hawaii and Rubber Culture The EdiUir 



[ 1 he Fust Si^ht of Hawaii.- .\ Hit ft the l-Iistory of the Sandwich is- 

 lands.— lemperature, Crops, etc. I'rospects for Rubber Growtli — 

 First Rubber i'lantings.— Tlie Naliilc'i Rubber Co. 

 cipal I'lauliiij; I>..ne bv United States Settlers.] 

 [With 9 liiustrations.J 



Pneumatic Playing Balls 



(Illustrated.] 



New Ooods and Specialties in Rubber 



[F'lexible Kutt l*ad. Rubber Suction Grips. New Ruiihei Fiasers and 



Slencii. Tlie Ohio Dress Siueld. Indestructible Wliite Siieet Paci<- 



ing. F'lutf Band Snow Excluder A Receptacle lor Ashes, ice 



Creeper, iietacluibic Rubber Heel. A New Rui>i>er Reducinp .Suit ] 



[With 9 Illustrations ] 



Recent Rubber Patents 



[United states. Cireat Rritain. France.] 



Air Drying versus Vacuum Drying 



liilustration.] 



How Rubber Arrives at N'w York 



I Two illustrations ] 



Rubber Planting Interests 



Rubber Interests in Europe 



Hiscellaneous : 



New foiiMillaiid Tariff on Rubber 



Ruljber W'ashinj^ Machinery Illustraliou 



Where Rubber Heels are Made Two Il/uslraliotis 



Rubber Heels on Flat Dwellers 



Sera]) Rubber in a Graveyard 



Rain and the Ainazon Rubber Crop 



Electric Hot Water Bottle Heater flluslralion 



Hot Water liottles for Sea Sickness 



Whence the Resin in Rubber? 



Ainazon Steam Navi,i;ation 



Gooil (Juality of Conakry Rubber 



Iinaj;inary Rubber (ratliering 



A Rubber Yarn from IVnaiiK 



India-rubber Goods in Commerce 



Where Rubber Heels .\re Put on 



The Obituary Record 



CT News of the American Rubber Trade.. 



— - [Illustration and Portrait.] 



^ The Textile Goods Market 



New Jersey Rubber Inilustry Our Correspondent 



Rubber Trade at .\kron Our Correspondent 



Review of Crude Rubber Market 



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THE CONTINUAL NHEl) FOK RUBBER. 



A FACT deserving of more attention than in a mere 

 " trade note " is that rnljlit-r was chosen for the 

 lloorin^ material of a bniUling recently erected in Hostoii 

 !)>• a relij;ioiis society — one of the most costly churches 

 in the country, and one in ])launing which the effort was 

 made to render every feature as attractive as possible. 

 Tlie interior decoration received special attention, in- 

 volving the study of color effects by artists of note, and 

 yet the flooring material cho.sen was made to afford pleas- 

 ing effects, in harmony with the general scheme 



Most people are accustomed to .seeing rubber flooring 

 used in ex])osed conditions, as on steamer decks, or in 

 jiublic [ilaces, involving excessive wear, as in courtrooms, 

 but such material usually has been chosen rather for util- 

 ity than for decorative effect. But if rubber flooring is 

 suited for a magnificent church, why not for libraries, 

 schools, and even dwellings— not oiih- for floors, but in 

 many places for wall tiling? 



Its general merit has been proved, except that some 

 people have not considered it attractive enough, and 

 some probably have objected to it as being unconven- 

 tional. Anvthing, however, that is really desirable is 

 capable of becoming "conventional," and doubtless 

 the chief deterrent now to the u.se of rubber tiling is the 

 cost. As its advantages become better known, however, 

 the cost will seem less objectionable. Besides, the cost 

 of raw rubber must decrease in time, opeuing the way to 

 its constantly widening u.se. 



So long as everybody cannot confine his walking to 

 ruliber floors, ease in walking may be promoted by wear- 

 ing rubber heels when one treads hard surfaces. It is 

 asserted tliat the king of England wears such heels on 

 his boots, and we have no reason to doubt it. His influ- 

 ence has always been marked in matters of dre.ss, Ijiit the 

 Britishers have not waited for their monarch to .set the 

 fashion of wearing rublier heels. So general is the cus- 

 tom that large factories there are devoted to making rub- 

 ber heels alone, turning them out by the millioti. Nor 

 is this solely an Euglisli custom ; rubber heels are worn 

 wherever Britishers roam, and are made in Canada and 

 Australia, while their production is .also very large in 

 America. 



If we had time to go over the whole field of trade, the 

 facts which could be gleaned in regard to the u.ses of 

 rubber in small specialties— small in comparison with 

 automobile tires, at least— would more than fill all our 

 space. Carpet sweepers having rubber parts are sold by 

 millions ; clothes wringers with niblier rolls are used 

 wherever civilization exists ; rubber .stamps are found in 

 busiue.ss houses all around the world. And this only be- 

 gins the list. We have referred to the whole subject, to 

 lead up to the conclusion that the world will continue to 

 use more and more rubber, .so that overproduction of this 

 commodity — to the extent of making the production un- 

 profitable — is not to be thought of in our era. 



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