July i, 1902.] 



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bailey's rubber massage roller. 

 The growing disposition of physicians all over the world to 

 recognize the value of the massage treatment for many ailments 



upon which drugs has no effect, has led to the 

 production of many appliances for use in such 

 treatment. One of the latest of these is illus- 

 trated in an accompanying engraving. It can 

 be used by any person without assistance and is designed to 

 give all the effects that any masseur gives, with addition of the 

 electrical effect caused by the friction of the roller over the 

 body. Besides the illustration of Bailey's patented rubber 

 massage roller, some illustrations are given of the various posi- 

 tions of the body in which this device is applied for the treat- 

 ment of the various muscles for different purposes. This list 

 might be extended almost indefinitely. This article retails at 

 $2. [C. J. Bailey & Co., Boston, Massachusetts.] 



GERMAN PRICES OF RUBBER SCRAP. 



TO THE Editor of The India Rubber World : In your 

 edition of May i , I noticed a report of an agent for rubber 

 scrap in Boston, who states that rubber goloshes have been 

 sold in Germany, at a price equal to 7 cents per pound ci.f. I 

 am confident that this agent's principals misinformed him on 

 the price of what the German manufacturers are paying for rub- 

 ber boots and shoes. 



I have a statement from one of the largest manufacturers of 

 reclaimed rubber in Germany, who told me in the early part of 

 April that he was buying goloshes at a price equal to (,}{ cents 

 per pound, delivered at his factory, and as there are only three 

 reclaimers of rubber boots and shoes in Europe, ou'.side of 

 Russia, I feel confident that the price which the manufacturers 

 in Germany claim that they are buying for are right. 



The American manufacturers of reclaimed rubber, to my 

 mind, make a big mistake in buying through agents and pay- 

 ing for their scrap by letter of credit. Were they to stand out 

 they could certainly have their material shipped to them on a 

 basis of from 75 to 90 per cent., sight draft, attached bill of 

 lading. 



The large dealers in Europe do not take into consideration 

 the price of crude rubber, on which the value of scrap is based, 

 and if the reclaimers of America would keep the dealers posted 

 as to the value of crude rubber, it would certainly help to keep 

 the price of rubber scrap down, which is no doubt too high, 

 based on the present value of crude rubber. 



The reclaimers should certainly not make any allowance for 

 tare. I think this would be a matter for the Reclaimers Asso- 

 ciation in America to look into. r. o. N. 



London, May 24, 1902. 



NEW TRADE PUBLICATIONS. 



THE Beacon Falls Rubber Shoe Co. (Beacon Falls, 

 Connecticut) have issued a catalogue and price list of 

 Fine Rubber Boots and Shoes for 1902, which is conveniently 

 arranged on larger pages than most of the rubber shoe cata- 

 logues, and is neatly printed and well illustrated. Several 

 pages are devoted to " Combinations," of which the company 

 make a large variety. [4^'X8^". 68 pages.] 



Massachusetts Chemical Co. (No. 200 Summer street, 

 Boston, Massachusetts) issue two booklets: (i) " What About 

 Tape.'" devoted to the quality and method of manufacture of 

 their " Electric " tape, and (2) " How to Insulate an Arma- 

 ture," devoted to their " Armalac " compound, tape, and field 

 coil duck — preparations especially adapted for electrical repairs. 



New York Belting and Packing Co., Limited (New 

 York) issue a new catalogue of Garden Hose, in which they 

 emphasize the fact that the various grades described and illus- 

 trated are not new, but have been known to the trade for so 

 many years as to have gained a thoroughly established reputa- 

 tion for quality. [3}4"XS%"- 12 pages.] 



Davidson Rubber Co. (Boston, Massachusetts) issue a gen- 

 eral catalogue of Druggists', Surgical, and Stationers' Goods, 

 in hard and soft rubber [3Ji"X^}i"- 96 pages] and a separate 

 catalogue of Family Goods in rubber, including the lines of 

 druggists' sundries in most general use. [S^'X^I/". 46 pages.] 

 Both catalogues are adequately illustrated. The company have 

 also sent us a number of circulars, each describing one of their 

 specialties. 



James Boyd& Brother (No. 14 North Fourth street, Phil- 

 adelphia) issue their Catalogue No. 8 of mechanical rubber 

 goods, which is larger and more complete than their previous 

 editions. The catalogue is devoted more especially to Fire 

 Department Supplies, and on the title page it is stated that the 

 firm are selling agents for The Boston Belting Co. and Eureka 

 Fire Hose Co., in addition to some firms making other fire de- 

 partment supplies than rubber. {syi"'^7%"- 128 pages.] 



RUBBER FLUX. 



AVERY interesting and cheap substitute for India-rubber 

 has for some time past been quietly introduced in the 

 trade under the above name. It is called a flux, for the reason 

 that it seems to have the faculty of welding together various 

 grades of crude rubber and reclaimed rubber, and also helping 

 them to carry more compound. This Rubber Flux is of dark 

 color, is a neutral body, and not only prevents oxidization, but 

 does away with a bloom in rubber goods to a marked degree. 

 It is said to be preferable to palm oil, because it does not escape 

 during vulcanization. Samples of reclaimed rubber with a 

 small percentage of the Flux mixed with it demonstrate that 

 the elasticity is much increased, that the reclaimed rubber is 

 softer, more pliable, and more capable of taking in compound. 

 Mixed with Pontianak, it keeps the latter from oxidizing, 



