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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[February r, 1909: 



cotton fabrics which find separate markets. The most promising 

 reclaiming, or rather rubber scrapping, process in recent years, 

 as far as the sale of the canvas fabric is concerned, is certainly 

 the Penther patent machine now working at Leyland. Here the 

 fabric is completely separated in tlie form of fluff from the 

 rubber, and it was understood that it found a ready market at 

 a satisfactory price. To a certain extent this has been the case, 

 but I understand that for certain reasons, which it might not 

 be altogether p<ilitic to give in detail, the fluff is now no longer 

 sold. Unlike certain chemical manufacturers, the Penther proc- 

 ess is not dependent on the sale of a low class by-product for 

 its continued existence, and in the light of what has occurred at 

 Leyland it may reasonably be assumed that there is more senti- 

 ment than commercial importance about the whole question of the 

 sale of the fabric as well as the rubber by reclaimers. Of course, 

 at first sight it does seem wasteful to destroy apparently valuable 

 matter, but when we consider the restricted market for second- 

 hand fabric, and the fact that the buyers as a class are without 

 the financial resources of a Rothschild, those chiefly concerned 

 may not be worthy of blame after all. Certain enthusiasts are 

 always cavilling at the loss of ammonia escaping up the chimney 

 of a fire place or stove while ignoring the difficulties and expense 

 involved in its recovery. Ammonia will continue to run to waste 

 from this source, and it looks as if the fabric in rubber reclaim- 

 ing may be expected to continue for much the same reason, to 

 run to waste. 



Colonel Richard K. Birlev, whose connection with Charles 

 Macintosh & Co., Limited, is known throughout the rubber trade, 

 has been appointed by the Lord Lieu- 

 COLONEL BiRLEY. tenant of Lancashire as a deputy lieu- 

 tenant for the county. It is now a very 

 long time since the Lord Lieutenant of a county and his deputies 

 had any real concern with the defense of the countrj', but under 

 the new Territorial army scheme the positions are to be held 

 by men who have had military training or are concerned in some 

 capacity with the new home army. Colonel Birley, who is a 

 c B., and has the v. d., has long been associated with the Man- 

 chester artillery volunteers (now Territorials), and has a son 

 in the Royal artillery — the regular army. The uniform of a 

 D. L. is a somewhat striking one, a sort of compromise between 

 that of an admiral and a general. 



BALATA IN BRITISH GUIANA. 



THE history and economy of the balata industry in British 

 Guiana during the past year derive much of their interest 

 and importance from the fact that the licenses have been 

 extended from one, two, and three years to fifteen years, thus 

 affording a more fixed tenure. This concession was made on 

 the application of the holders of licenses, who hope that 

 thereby capital will be attracted more readily. The weather 

 was favorable during the year; operations were more ex- 

 tended; more laborers were employed, with the happy result 

 that the export for the year has been larger than it ever has 

 been. Colonel Link, who represents English capitalists, has 

 been negotiating with a view of buying out a good many 

 properties, and it is entertained that if he succeeds in 

 amalgamating them he will put the industry on a sounder 

 economic basis. There would be a saving in carriage and 

 supervising expenses, and there is the probability that the 

 management would be able to put up the price in England, 

 where the demand for balata during the year has been 

 moderately good. All has not gone well with the laborers, 

 and the feeling is that the labor laws should be more 

 stringent. Many of the best laborers have been attracted, by 

 promises of better pay, to Surinam (Dutch Guiana), where 

 the laws are so strict that the men, it is said, are little better 

 than slaves, and can only leave with the greatest difficulty. 

 The balata exported the calendar year 1908 amounted to 



1,124,958 pounds, as against 991,280 in 1907. The exports for 

 the past five financial years were: 



In 1903-04 pounds 531,399 



In 1904-05 " 501,509 



In 1905-06 " 550,691 



In 1906-07 " 634,242 



In 1907-08 " 973,269 



NEW TRADE PUBLICATIONS. 



" A IRSHIPS" is a title of a brochure describing the application 

 •**■ to the balloons and aeroplanes which have figured largely 

 of late in the public mind of the rubber balloon fabric made 

 at the Continental works at Hanover, Germany. Incidentally, 

 the qualities of "Continental" tires are mentioned. The booklet 

 comes from the London branch, The Continental Tyre and 

 Rubber Co. (Great Britain), Limited. [8" x 5". 16 pages,] 



The annual installment of Price Lists of the various Boot and 

 Shoe companies subsidiary to the United States Rubber Co. 

 was distributed early in January. The matter of prices is 

 treated on another page of this paper. New illustrated cata- 

 logues have not been issued this season, last year's edition hav- 

 ing been designed to serve for two years, and a sufficient num- 

 ber having been printed to last over. 



Hood Rubber Co. (Boston), issues an illustrated catalogue 

 on Rubber Boots and Shoes, dated January i, 1909. covering 

 all their products under "Hood" and "Old Colony" brands, 

 [3%" hi. X 6". 61 pages.] Also gross price list, of 12 pages. 



Kaufman Rubber Co. (Berlin, Ontario), issue their first 

 trade publication, net price list of "Life Buoy" rubbers, for 

 the 1909 trade. It covers a very full line, and only net prices are 

 quoted, [syi" x 6J^". 20 pages.] 



D.woL Rubber Co. (Providence, Rhode Island) have issued 

 a new illustrated catalogue of Davol rubber goods, for I909-'io, 

 which is the most extensive and complete list of the kind yet got 

 out by his long established and yet most progressive house. 

 It is devoted to druggists' sundries and surgical goods, and articles 

 for household use in connection with these lines. It is interest- 

 ing, in comparing this new catalogue with its predecessors for 

 10 years past, to note not only the additions to the old lines, 

 but new features in pyrographic outfits, camera bulbs, gloves 

 for tanners' use, veterinary goods, and distinctly new forms 

 of water bottles, syringes, air cushions and the like. The size 

 of the Davol catalogue has been increased 50 per cent, since 

 10 years ago, when they were already among the largest published 

 in the sundries trade. [9" x 6". 146 pages.] 



A. Schrader's Son, Inc. (New York), issue an illustrated cata- 

 logue of improved diving apparatus and submarine appliances, 

 a class of goods rendered serviceable solely by reason of 

 the incorporation in them of many items of rubber — diving 

 dresses, air hose, gaskets and the like. [6" x 9J4"- 16 pages.] 

 Also, a price list of general hose fittings and diving apparatus, 

 the hose items being for various purposes, from fire department 

 use to bathroom fittings. [4%" x 6H"- 30 pages.] 



Continental Caoutchouc Co. (New York) issue an inter- 

 esting booklet devoted to their demountable "ready flated" tires, 

 which is amply illustrated. [9^2" x 7". 40 pages.] 



ALSO RECEIVED. 



George P. Clark Co.. Windsor Locks, Connecticut. =Clark's Wheels and 

 Casters [with rubber tires]. 24 pages. 



Joseph Dixon Crucible Co., Jersey City, New Jersey.=Dixon's Graphite 

 Lubricants. 8 pages. Dixon's Motor Lubricants. 20 pages. 



The Seamless Rubber Co., New Haven, Connccticut.="Kantleck" Auto- 

 mobile Rubber Sundries. 11 pages. 



The Fisk Rubber Co., Chicopee Falls, Massachusetts.=Fisk Bicycle Tires. 

 Price List. 20 pages. 



G & J Tive Co., Indianapolis. Indiana. =Motorcycle Tires, 1909, 22 

 pages. 



The Allen Auto Specialty Co., New York.=:Allen's Specialties for the 

 Motor Car. 16 pages. 



