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are what is known as " duck slitters." Reference to the illus- 

 tration of the Farrel duck slitter will show any one familiar 

 with the rubber business how the roll of duck is put in the ma- 

 chine, run over the grooved rolls, and slit by the knives that 

 fit into these grooves. These knives, by the way, are adjusta- 

 ble, so that strips of various widths can be made. The cutting 

 roll of the Farrel machine is 44. inches long and is designed to 

 cut cloth up to 42 inches wide, and into strips from r inch 

 wide upward, varying by eighths of an inch. It is furnished 



RUBBER NOTES FROM EUROPE. 



THE FARREL DUCK SLITTING MACHINE. 



with a friction brake for holding the cloth roll, with a geared 

 friction wind-up and two cloth bars each iX inches square, and 

 nine knives and knife holders. 



It is interesting to note in this connection, that manufactur- 

 ers of paper boxes use almost an identical mechanism for cut- 

 ting paper into strips; indeed, a very simple adaptation of the 

 Robinson machine, shown in the illustration, makes a duck 

 slitter that is used by certain of the large mills. While in ordi- 

 nary practice the duck slitter has rigid knives, the Robinson 

 cutter is fitted with double knives which make a shear cut. 



THE balance sheet of the Leyland and Birmingham Rub- 

 ber Co., Limited (Birmingham, England) for the year 

 ending June 30, 1902, shows a profit of £27.608 i^s. ^d. After 

 paying a total dividend for the year of y}i per cent, (on ^233,- 

 557 share capital), and placing a liberal sum to the reserve ac- 

 count, the balance carried forward is ;^6i5i, against ;^4369 last 

 year. 



= The Dunlop Pneumatic Tyre Co., 

 Limited, announce that a reduction in the 

 price of their tires will date from October 

 I, due to the fact that the company now 

 manufacture the whole of their require- 

 ments, instead of having to pay, as form- 

 erly, intermediate profits to other firms. 



= Imports of rubber goods at Bordeaux 

 during 1901 amounted to 61,936 pounds 

 (including 5488 pounds of rubber boots 

 and shoes), and in 1900 to 34,384 pounds. 

 = The Norddeutsche Seekabelwerke, 

 Actiengesellschaft, cable manufacturers 

 at Nordenham, Germany, have decided to 

 increase their capital from 4,000,000 to 

 5.000,000 marks, by the issue of new shares 

 at a premium of 2>^ per cent., to enable 

 the company to construct the new Atlantic 

 cable. The company have placed an order 

 for a second cable steamer, of 5000 tons, 

 to be employed m laying the cable. 



moseley's a limited liability 



COMPANY. 



' ' David Moseley & Sons, Limited, is 



the name of a new company registered 

 under the Public Companies act, in Eng- 

 land, to acquire the business of India-rubber manufacturers and 

 merchants, carried on by the brothers David, James F., and 

 Oswald G. Moseley, as David Moseley & Sons, at the Chapel 

 Field works, Ardwick, Manchester. The capital is _^30o,ooo 

 ( = $1,459,950), in /io shares, of which 14.000 are preferred and 

 16,000 ordinary. The three brothers are named as permanent 

 governing directors. It was in 1857 that David Moseley began 

 business in a primitive way, by proofing cloth in a small room 

 off Rusholme road, Charlton-on-Medlock, assisted by his two 

 sons, Joseph and Charles, then respectively 19 and 17 years of 

 age. While they were still young men the death of the 

 father left them with the responsibilities of a growing business, 

 which they met so successfully that the firm of David Moseley 

 & Sons grew to be one of the most important in the rubber in- 

 dustry in Great Britain, its output embracing nearly the whole 

 list of rubber products. Charles Moseley died in 1887 and 

 Joseph Moseley ten years later. The present heads of the firm 

 are the sons of Joseph Moseley, and have been actively asso- 

 ciated with the conduct of the business for years. 



THE ROBINSON DUCK SLITTER. 



M. H. Lewis has resigned as vice president and general 

 manager of the Mexican Gulf Agricultural Co., taking effect 

 August I, and on January i will enter a New York banking 

 firm handling Mexican and South American securities. In 

 August, 1894, Mr. Lewis formed a planting corporation, with 

 $50,000 capital. At the end of eight years the capitalization 

 had increased to $950,000, on which 8 per cent, was paid last 

 year. While coffee has been the principal interest, the work 

 done under Mr. Lewis's supervision has helped not a little in 

 advancing the rubber planting industry. 



