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and the scale is shoved up until the stop just touches the carry- 

 ing lever, then the two screws are again fastened and the inde.x 

 hand placed opposite the number on the scale by means of the 

 spindle; that is, the number which indicates the thickness of 

 the rings to be cut. Special attention must also be called to 

 the following points : First, that when screwing the studs C, 

 the cog wheels A must be disconnected ; second, that the cog 

 wheels after being placed in mesh do not engage too hard ; 

 third, that both the index hands over the scales /are exactly 

 adjusted to the same relative position. [Max Miiller, Hanover- 

 Hainholz, Germany.] 



RUBBER AT A CARRIAGE SHOW. 



IN connection with the fifteenth annual convention of the 

 National Carriage Dealers' Protective Association, held at 

 the Grand Central Palace, New York, October 10 15, there was 

 neld the eleventh annual exposition of vehicles and accessories. 

 In this exhibition, spread over several floors of the great build- 

 ing. India-rubber was in evidence everywhere, but chiefly on 

 the hundreds of finished vehicles on display, and in the shape of 

 tires. Some of the carriage dealers seen stated that at least 90 

 per ce'it. of their orders to day, whatever the type of vehicle, 

 specify rubber tires. The exhibits made by the tire manufac- 

 turers were good, but seemed fewer in number than at some 

 former conventions, which is probably due to the fact that the 

 trade has not now so many novelties to exhibit as in earlier 

 years, besides which there is a tendency among the rubber man- 

 ufacturers, on account of the heavy cost of making displays, to 

 comply less freely with invitations to place their goods on ex- 

 hibition. The tire manufacturing companies making displays 

 were the following : 



The Diamond Rubber Co. (Akron, Ohio).— Solid pneumatic 

 tires ; especially solid tires of the " 417 " compound. 



The Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. (Akion, Ohio). — Solid 

 and pneumatic tires, tire applying machinery, and a new wire 

 drawing machine. 



The Hartford Rubber Works Co. (Hartford, Connecticut). — 

 Solid and pneumatic tires, and rubber prop blocks. 



India Rubber Co. (New Brunswick, New Jersey). — Solid and 

 pneumatic tires. 



Morgan & Wright (Chicago, Illinois). — New three wire solid 

 tire, standard solid and pneumatic tires, horseshoe pads, two 

 types of tire applying machines, and a joint closing machine. 



Milwaukee Rubber Woiks Co. (Cudahy, Wisconsin). — The 

 Fawkes tire, and standard solid tires. 



Pennsylvania Rubber Co. (Jearnette, Pennsylvania).— Solid 

 and pneumatic tires. 



The Sweet Tire and Rubber Co. (Batavia, New York).— Solid 

 tires, and machine lor applying thtm. 



Voorhees Rubber Manufaclurirg Co. (Jersey City, New Jer- 

 sey). — Solid tires. 



Most of the solid tire manufacturers who are leprestnttd 

 showed tire stock on reels in 250 feet and 500 feet, which prac- 

 tice seems to appeal strongly to the carriage tire trade at this 

 time. 



The Fairfield Rubber Co. (Fairfield, Connecticut) exhibited 

 rubber carriage cloth ; The L. C. Chase & Co. (Boston), carriage 

 cloth and Chase leather; Vehicle Apron and Hood Co. (Col- 

 umbus, Ohio), rubber storm fronts; The Fabrikoid Co. (New- 

 burgh, New York), carriage cloth of "Fabrikoid." 

 RUBBER TIRE STOCK ON REELS. 



Ten years ago the head of the leading carriage building firm 

 in New York, though interested in a solid rubber tire patent 

 and prepared to execute orders for rubber tired carriages, as- 



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sured a representative of The India Rubber World that rub- 

 ber tires on vehicles could never come into wide use, for the 

 reason that there were insuperable difficulties in the way of re- 

 taining such tires in their channels, and for this reason owners 

 of carriages could not afford to use rubber tires very far from 

 the factory. The idea was that the tires might require to be 

 returned to the factory very often, and that only an expert 

 could replace a tire which had slipped from its channel. This 

 gentleman is no longer alive, but if he were he would see that 

 it has become not only possible to put on rubber tires that will 

 remain in place until worn out, but that all over the country 

 there are shops, large and small, prepared not only to make re- 

 pairs of rubber tires, but to make the original application of 



them to wheels. 

 A carriage can 

 be equipped 

 with rubber 

 tires to-day at 

 Los Angeles, 

 California, 

 quite as well as 

 at the Eastern 

 factories which 

 supply the ma- 

 terial, and any 

 repairs which 

 may later be 

 needed can be 



made in the remotest town where any carriage trade exists as 

 well as if the wheels were shipped to the factory where first 

 equipped. 



These lines are suggested by the growing practice of the 

 manufacturers of solid rubber tires of putting up tire stock in 

 lengths of several hundred feet, and shipping tocarriage makers 

 and repair men in the form indicated by the accompanying il- 

 lustration from a recent catalogue of Morgan & Wright (Chica- 

 go). Besides being a great advantage to the user from the 

 standpoint of economy, say this firm, this method enables 

 workmen to handle tires more conveniently, thus saving time 

 and labor. Wound neatly on a reel and placed in a wooden 

 rack, tires take up much less room in the store or shop, which 

 is an object of interest to those who are obliged to economize 

 in space. 



INDIA-RUBBER GOODS IN COMMERCE. 



EXPORTS FROM THE UNITED STATES. 



OFFICIAL statementof values of exports of manufactures 

 of India-rubber and Gutta percha, lor the month of Au- 

 gust, 1904, and for the first eight months of five calendar years : 



500 FEET OF TIRE ON REEL. 



The number of pairs of rubber boots and shoes exported dur- 

 ing eight months was 1,228.475, against 1,036,335 pairs for the 

 first eight months last year and 1,124 463 pairs in 1902. 



Exports of reclaimed rubber for eight months were valued 

 at §237,890; same months last year, §287,561. 



