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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[May 



1905. 



rubber associations. Notably among these are the British 

 and German, and in bur own country the Mechanical Rub- 

 ber Manufacturers' Association, the Rubber Sundries 

 Manufacturers' Association, and the New England Rubber 

 Club. Of these the oldest, most prosperous, and most 

 catholic by far is the last named organization. It has just 

 completed the fifth year of its existence, and a review of 

 its history and what it has accomplished is therefore 

 timely. ' 



To begin with, the Club is wholly and frankly a social 

 organization, admitting all interested in rubber manufac- 

 ture in New England as resident members, and those 

 eijually interested outside of New England, as associate 

 members. With small annual dues, no salaried officers, 

 and a committee organization that for effective work is 

 ideal. The Club now has a membership of over 200, and 

 is without doubt the best known trade club in the United 

 States. This latter fact is due to the public dinners that 

 it gives every year, which have called out some of the most 

 distinguished men in public life, together with an origi- 

 nality in its entertainments that has appealed to the news- 

 papers, and even to the foreign press to such an extent 

 that the organization has been remarkably well advertised. 

 A typical instance of knowledge of its existence on the 

 other side of the water may be cited in the request of the 

 librarian of the British Museum for a copy of a special 

 original menu for addition to the collection of gastronomic 

 literature gathered in that institution. 



The value of the New England Rubber Club has lain 

 chiefly in the fact that it has brought the whole New Eng- 

 land trade closely together under circumstances where 

 commercial differences were perforce laid aside and busi- 

 ness rivals became for the moment, at least, friends. With 

 its record of five successful years behind it and its ambi- 

 tions for even greater usefulness in future, the Club may 

 indeed be proud of the respect with which the trade re- 

 gards it and may well believe itself a necessary and per- 

 manent organization. 



RUBBER AND COUNTERFEIT MONEY. 



LIGHT is dawning on another mystery. We have wondered 

 what became of the enormous outturn of products of 

 "rabbit weed," under the operation of the numerous million 

 dollar companies in Colorado. No rubber manufacturer has 

 been able to supplj' any information upon the subject. But in 

 a booklet issued by one of the big Colorado " rubber com- 

 panies " to interest investors we read : 



Fourth. The pulp left over after the rubber is extracted makes the 

 finest kind of bank note paper, owing to the fact that it still contains 

 enough rubber to give it the required strength and durability. This be- 

 ing the case it will naturally make another source of revenue to the 

 company. 



We seriously doubt if the United States government buys 

 " rabbit weed " pulp for making bank notes. Hence a dark 

 suspicion already breathed in these pages may yet prove well 

 founded. We wrote in our issue of last January (page 126) : 



In response to many inquiries received by The India Rubber World 

 as to the product of the plant above referred to f" rabbit weed"], it 

 may be said here that the specimen photographed for the accompanying 

 illustration would appear to be equally fitted to yield rubber or goose- 

 berry wine or counterfeit money. 



The closing expression in the above paragraph has been ridi- 

 culed in letters received at this office, but ridicule is not al- 

 ways argument. The attention of the treasury secret service 

 is herewith invited to the fact that some of these ostensible 

 makers of counterfeit rubber in Colorado may be in reality 

 turning out counterfeit bank notes. 



A CONFUSION OF NAMES. 



THE Tropical A^^w.f (Boston) prints the following item in 

 its March issue : 



Hacienda " La Esperanza," Tierra Blanca, Vera Cruz, Mexico. — 

 Private estate George C. Pearson, Editor India Rubber World. Had 

 in June, 1902, 50,000 rubber trees four years old, 100,000 ditto three 

 years old ; 200,000, two years old. Had tapped older trees, experi- 

 mentally, with satisfactory results. 



Lest the error contained in the foregoing be regarded as the 

 truth, the Editor of The India Rubber World is constrained 

 to state that he owns no private estate in Mexico, and that he 

 is not George C. Pearson — the Editor of The Tropical Niws 

 having contused two not altogether similar names. 



NEW TRADE PUBLICATIONS. 



EUREKA Fire Hose Co. (New York) have issued a Gen- 

 eral Catalogue of Fire Hose and Supplies for railways, 

 steamships, wharfs, factories, hotels, public institutions, etc., 

 which brings up to date the list of their products, which is con- 

 stantly becoming more extensive in view of the increasing de- 

 mand for hose for special situations apart from fire depart- 

 ment use. This catalogue has been issued in the " loose leaf 

 form," such as has been adopted by the Southern Supply and 

 Machinery Dealers' Association. The company request men- 

 tion ol the fact that copies of this catalogue are obtainable at 

 tiieir principal office in New York, or at any of their branch 

 offices. [7",<S'/z". 40 leaves.] 



The B. F. (Goodrich Co. (Akron. Ohio) have issued "The 

 Goodrich Handbook of Lawn Tennis for 1905," which embra- 

 ces, in addition to rules for playing, which are rendered more 

 practical by a number of illustrations of players in position, a 

 record of championship games in United States. The book 

 also describes the new " Goodrich " tennis ball. \_VA' y,(>'/i". 

 104 pages.] 



George Borgfeldt it Co. (New York), who include a variety 

 of rubber goods among the lines which they import, issue a 

 readable monthly publication, intended to interest buyers for 

 the retail trade, under the title Suggestions, the April number 

 of which is attractive in appearance and interesting as reading 

 matter, though this number is not devoted to rubber goods. 

 [Sn' X 7li"- 16 pages.] 



ALSO RECEIVED. 



Sprague Electric Co.. New Vork.=Flexible Steel Armored Hose. 

 8 pages. 



The Joseph Dixon Crucible Co.. Jersey City, New Jersey. =Pencil 

 Geography, Designed for Boys and Girls of All Ages. 



The Whitman & Barnes Manufacturing Co., Chicago. =The " W. & 

 B." Rubber Horse Shoe. 4 pages. 



Flemish Art Co., No 45 West Twenty-first street. New York. — Illus- 

 trated Catalogue No. 3. Pyrographic Novelties [including rubber bulbs 

 and tubing]. 44 pages. 



Firestone Tire and Rubber Co. (Akron, Ohio).= [Booklet describing 

 the varied uses of the Firestone " side wire " tire in St. Louis during 

 the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, at which a Gold Medal was awarded 

 for it] 16 pages. 



The Ohio Rubber Co., Cleveland, Ohio.^The Cable Trace. 8 pages. 



