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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[October i, 1908. 



RTTBBEK FACTORY CONCESSION IN MEXICO. 



S. p. Applewhite was mentioned in The India Rubber World 

 some time ago as having applied to the government of Mexico 

 for a concession to establish in that country a factory for pneu- 

 matic and other rubber goods. The Mexican secretary of 

 fomento advises us: "It is a fact that Seiior Applewhite has a 

 contract with this department for establishing in this republic 

 a factory for rubber goods, excepting toys. He must submit 

 plans for said factory fo-- approval in November next." 



TRADE NEWS NOTES. 



The National Insulite Co. (Aurora, Illinois), the incorporation 

 of which was reported in these columns last month, announce 

 two products — "Insulite," for insulation generally, and "Ebonite," 

 rust, acid, alkali, and weather proofing. Correspondence with the 

 company is signed by A. H. Mikesell, one of the incorporators 

 already mentioned. 



The new rubber assistant Vulcole, described in The Indi.a 

 Rubber World September i (page 418), is put up in gallon cans, 

 the price being $1.10 per pound. 



Mr. George E. Austin, general manager of Imperial Rubber 

 Co. (New York), left on September 3 for an extended trip 

 through the United States, as far as Los Angeles and San Fran- 

 cisco, and return via Vancouver and the leading cities in 

 Canada. 



The Lovell Manufacturing Co. (Erie, Pennsylvania), extensive 

 makers of clothes wringers for the home and export trade, have 

 a rubber department for producing the rolls required, with a 

 capacity for supplying 2,000 wringers daily. 



The Continental Caoutchouc Co. (New York) are opening an 

 agency for their tires at Los Angeles, California, in charge of 

 E. L. De Camp. 



The Empire Automobile Tire Co. (Trenton, New Jersey) have 

 placed their agency at Cleveland, Ohio, with Mr. E. T. Horsey, 

 who formerly handled "Continental" tires. Mr. Horsey will 

 cover the greater part of Ohio for the Empire company. 



The Ajax-Grieb Rubber Co. (Trenton, New Jersey) have 

 opened a branch in Philadelphia, at No. 316 North Broad street, 

 in charge of Joseph Keir, and one in Kansas City, Missouri, at 

 No. 1422 Grand avenue, under the management of Enoch Graf. 



The Palmer-Hawkins Rubber Tire Co. (Akron, Ohio), the 

 incorporation of which has been noted in these columns, has for 

 its object primarily the manufacture of the new tire invented by 

 Mr. H. A. Palmer, illustrated in The Indi.\ Rubber World Sep- 

 tember I. 1908, (page 411). Mr. Palmer is president and general 

 manager, and A. W. Hawkins secretary and treasurer. 



The Calmon Asbestos and Rubber Works of America, the 

 incorporation of which has been recorded already in The Indi.\ 

 Rubber World, and of which Mr. Edward H. Garcin is president, 

 have established offices on the second floor of Nos. 100-102 Reade 

 street. New York. 



"Continental" tires were the equipment on the Fiat Cyclone, 

 which lowered the world's record for a circular track, making 

 one mile in 51 seconds, flat, at St. Paul, on September 5. 



PERSONAL MENTION. 



Mr. Willl\m W. Handlev, of the United States consular 

 service, sailed from New York on September 19 to succeed Mr. 

 James A. Smith, for some time past consul-general to the Conge 

 Free State, with headquarters at Boma, who has been trans- 

 ferred to a larger post. As a Belgian colony the Congo Free 

 State will doubtless have another designation in future, but the 

 American consular post in that territory will continue to be 

 maintained. 



Mr. Benjamin H. Ridgcly, United States consul-general for 

 some time past at Barcelona, Spain, has been promoted to be 

 consul-general at Mexico City. Mr. Ridgley has been in this 

 service since 1885, successively at Geneva, Nantes, and Malaga, 

 before reaching Barcelona, and became eventually one of the 



most experienced and competent members of the service. It is 

 interesting to notice that the first word from him in his new 

 post, in the Daily Consular and Trade Reports, relates to rub- 

 ber conditions in Mexico. 



Major J. Orton Kerbey, who attended the Brazilian national 

 exhibition at Rio as a representative of the International Bu- 

 reau of American Republics, was a visitor to the offices of The 

 India Rubber World, as this issue was going to press, on his 

 return to Washington. He visited Para and Manaos on his way 

 to Rio, renewing his acquaintances on the Amazon formed dur- 

 ing the period that he held the post of United States consul at 

 Para. 



THE SEA ISLAND COTTON CROP. 



IT appears that the yield of Sea Island cotton for the season 

 *■ 1907-08, though smaller than the average, exceeded by nearly 

 50 per cent, the crop of 1906-07. Messrs. John Malloch & Co., 

 Savannah, Georgia, estimate as follows : 



1902-03. 1903-04. 1904-05. 1905-06. 1906-07. 1907-08. 



Bales 105,955 76,414 102,191 123,789 58,932 85,024 



Reports on the new crop (1908-09) indicate an early harvest 

 and a fair sized crop. So far as indicated, the grade of this 

 crop is excellent. Malloch's quotations September 26 were: 

 Georgias — Extra fine 15 cents; choice 17; extra choice 175^; 

 fancy 19!^. Floridas — Choice 17; extra choice 17^; fancy 20; 

 fancy east 20@2i. 



NEW RUBBER GOODS. 



•■KANTCHOKE" SEAMLESS NIPPLE. 



THE shape of the seamless "Kantchoke" nipple is such that 

 when mounted on a nursing bottle it will not collapse, 

 and it therefore carries with it all the strong points of the 

 so-called non-collapsible nipples on the market, without the ob- 

 jectionable feature of a physical construction on the inside or 

 the valve arrangement, either of which affords good lodging 



"Kantchoke" Seamless Nipple. 



place for disease germs. Being perfectly smooth on the inside, 

 the "Kantchoke" is necessarily more cleanly and more sanitary. 

 The nipple clings to the neck of the bottle in such manner that 

 there is no danger of its pulling off while in use. It is made 

 from a high grade of non-blooming stock, in three colors — white, 

 black, and maroon. It has met with much favor wherever intro- 

 duced. [The Faultless Rubber Co., Ashland, Ohio.] 



SEMICIRCULAR AIR CUSHION. 



The right to manufacture a specially formed cushion of this 

 description has been acquired by Metzler & Co., of Munich, 

 Bavaria, under the German registered design patent No. 335,240. 

 Tlie peculiar form, and the novel arrangement of the aperture, 

 insures tlie secure and quiet position of arm, leg or foot after 

 operations. .Attempts to devise a suitable support for the above 

 named limlis, and especially, after operations, for the female 

 breast, are as old as surgery itself. Hitherto it has been neces- 



