October i, 1905.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



ZSXVII 



lP>iibIisf3ers'lp>agcWi'|^^ 



Oar 'Sound Volumes. 



TiiK monihly numbers of TilK Ini>ia Rui;hkk Woki.d for its six- 

 teenth year, ending witli the issue of September I, have been 

 bound in a handsome and substantial volume, which can hardly 

 fail to be an addition of value to the library of any one interested 

 in rubber, in whatever branch. The volume referred to contains 

 42S larye double column pages, and is filled for the most part with 

 original matter, prepared with care by a number of experts in 

 rubber interests and competent as writers. There is scarcely a 

 question connected with the rubber manufacture that has not re- 

 ceived attention in The India RuiiiiER World during the year, and 

 many new inventions and applications of rubber have been de- 

 scribed and illustrated. Practical questions regarding the treat- 

 ment of rubber in the various stages from the forest to mill room 

 have been discussed, and much attention has been given to the 

 sources of rubber, both in the forest and on plantations. The 

 Editor has continued his letters of travel, relating largely to 

 sources of rubber, and other correspondents from various countries 

 have contributed notes of the same general character. The News 

 columns of the paper have formed a very comprehensive history 

 of the progress of the industry in the United States and abroad 

 during the year, embracing a record of new companies and changes 

 among the old, with very many personal notes of interest for pres- 

 ent and future reference. The statistics of rubber have been more 

 comprehensive than have appeared elsewhere, and have been 

 largely quoted in various journals and other publications rel.iting 

 to rubber 



The price of this volume is $5, carriage paid. 



When To Send In Ad'beriising "Copy." 



Our advertisers would confer a great favor upon the Publisher if, in 

 sending in "copy" for changes, they would endeavor to do so as long 

 as possible in advance of the date of publication — which is the last day 

 of the month. We do not desire to fix any arbitrary rule as to the latest 

 date in the month on which advertising copy will be received, for reasons 

 may develop, just before the printing of the paper, to make a change of 

 advertisement desirable. At the same time it will add to the conven- 

 ience of the business oftice if those who intend sending in advertising 

 "copy" will consider, not the latest date on which it can be handled, 

 but the earliest date on which it can be furnished. Time should be 

 allowed for sending proofs to the advertiser. 



Back Numbers Wanted. 



While we endeavor each month to have printed a suflicient number 

 of copies of The India Rubber World to meet all demands, a shortage 

 will occur now and then in our reserve supply. We now desire a few 

 copies, in good condition, of the following issues : 

 December, 1904 April, 1905 June, 1905 



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— for which we shall be pleased to pay 25 cents each in cash, or credit 

 this amount upon subscription accounts. 



(A l^eference '■Book for the 'Jadory. 



Buyers of books designed to contain information are not necessarily 

 in search of something that they do not already know. It is often a 

 great convenience to have at hand, in convenient form for reference, a 

 book that will remind a man of something which he needs to make use 

 of in his work or business, without waiting to ransack his memory for it 

 no matter how well he may once have learned it. Mr. Pearson's " Crude 

 Rubber and Compounding Ingredients " has been designed to serve just 

 such a purpose. In fact, the book was a gradual development of a manu- 



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script reference book originally compiled by the author for his personal 

 use alone. Finding how convenient it was to be able to turn to such a 

 book, instead of having to depend on memory alone for tht information 

 it contained, the idea suggested itself that possibly others interested in 

 the rubber industry might find these notes equally serviceable, and this 

 is why they have been developed into a book. The reception of the 

 book has been encouraging, and it may interest some who do not yet 

 possess a copy of the book to know how some practical rubber workers 

 regard it. A young man who wrote to the author for a formula, wrote 

 later : "On looking over your book, I came across the same formula 

 and several others, which might have saved my troubling you with my 

 inquiry. I have had the book but a short time, but find it of the great- 

 est value to me." A superintendent writes : " It is a work that I want 

 on my desk all the time, as it is surprising how often one wants to refer 

 to it." The manager of an important concern writesof the book : " Its 

 value has grown on me ; I now keep it by me in the factory and use it 

 constantly, both for reference and suggestion." 



Encouraging Rubber Culture. 



To The India Rubber W oklvi— Gentlemen .• i . - We greatly ap- 

 preciate the efforts your paper is making in the line of encouraging 

 rubber culture. Yours very truly. 



Tin; CHICAGO rubber planting co. 



Chicaco, Illinois, September 20, 1005. N. H. Bvam, Secrclary. 



Read the Ad'vertisements Every Month. 



TiiKREareagood many advertisements in TheIndia Rubber World 

 this month of firms whose announcements have appeared regularly in 

 every issue since our " Vol. I — No. i " was printed, back in 1889. But 

 there have been many changes in their form meanwhile. Some adver- 

 tisers change the reading matter in their spaces every month. We, our- 

 selves, often find in the advertising pages the most interesting reading 

 in the paper, and we can assure the trade that it is a mistake to suppose 

 that, because one has read the advertisement in The India Rubber 

 World once, there is nothing new to be found in this department of 

 the paper. 



Our Buyer's Directory. 



We are constantly in receipt of inquiries from firms or persons not in 

 the rubber trade, but who desire to form business connections with 

 some branch or other of that trade, for lists of rubber manufacturers or 

 dealers. Often these inquirers are in a position to become buyeis ; 

 others have something to sell. The answer usually made is to call 

 attention to the " Buyers' Directory of the Rubber Trade," which ap- 

 pears regularly in The India Rubber World, and which contains the 

 names and addresses of the leading firms in the different branches of 

 the rubber business. Doubtless business results ficm the infoimation 

 thus given. We know that the " Buyers' Directory " is much consulted 

 by subscribers to the paper, who have become accustomed to looking 

 into it for the sort of information which it contains. It cannot fail to 

 benefit rubber manufacturers, therefore, and others who may wi^h to 

 keep in touch with the rubber manufacturing interest, to be included in 

 this " Directory." for which reason we invite those members of ihe trade 

 whose names do not appear there already, to give this department of ihe 

 paper a careful examination, and to consider the advantage which might 

 result from their being represented in it. 



Specimen Copies. 



It will cost nothing for any one who is interested in any way in the 

 India-rubber and allied trades to secure a specimen copy of TliR 

 India Rubber World. Each of our present readers might do a 

 good turn to a friend by sending in his name, for the receipt of a 

 specimen paper, in case he is not already a subscriber. 



