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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[February i, 1903. 



NEW TRADE PUBLICATIONS. 



THE United States Rubber Co. (New York) issued their 

 illustrated Catalogues and Price Lists of Rubber Boots 

 and Shoes this year on January i, as was the case last year, 

 after having previously issued them annually on April i. These 

 catalogues are of the usual character, and their contents will 

 be referred to in greater detail in another part of this paper. 

 As in the past, these catalogues are got up with a view to at- 

 tractiveness in appearance, and the company's advertising 

 manager, Mr. John P. Lyons, deserves renewed mention for 

 the success which he has maintained in bringing out original 

 and pleasing features with each new season. The catalogues 

 received are those of the American Rubber Co., the L. Candee 

 & Co., Woonsocket Rubber Co., Goodyear's Metallic Rubber 

 Shoe Co. (Wales Goodyear), a catalogue of the "Jersey Co." 

 brand, and another of "Meyer" and "Jersey" brands com- 

 bined. These catalogues are 3;''s" X S" in size, and from 16 

 pages (Jersey) to 63 pages (Wales- Goodyear). 



Boston Rubber Shoe Co. begin their fiftieth year with the 

 issue of an illustrated Price List arranged on new lines, but 

 embracing the usual details in convenient form for reference. 

 It has a tasteful cover and calls attention to the growth of their 

 daily production from 600 to 55,000 pairs of boots and shoes. 

 [6U" X 6." 32 pages.] 



Goodyear's India Rubber Glove Manufaci ur'ng Co. 

 (New York) issue an illustrated priced catalogue of rubter 

 boots and shoes. [3'/s"X^' 64 pages.] 



Lycoming Rubber Co. ( WiUiamsport, Pennsylvania) in their 

 Catalogue and Price List of "Lycoming" and "Keystone'' 

 brands of rubber footwear, call special attention to the addition 

 of "extension heels" to new lines. [zH" X (>". 64 pages.] 



The Joseph Banigan Rubber Co. (Providence, Rhode 

 Island) issue ah illustrated catalogue of" Banigan " and " Woo- 

 nasquatucket " brands, with net prices. l37s'X6". 48 pages.] 

 Also, a gross price list of 16 pages. 



Hood Rubber Co. (Boston, Massachusetts), in their illus- 

 trated catalogue of rubber boots and shoes, mention the growth 

 of their production from 3000 pairs daily in 1896 to ten times 

 that figure at present. [3X" X 6}$". 64 pages.] An accom- 

 panying price list fills 16 pages. 



Beacon Falls Rubber Shoe Co. (Beacon Falls, Connecti- 

 cut), include in their new net Price List of rubber boots and 

 shoes, a very full line of " Combinations." [^''X?". 31 pages.] 



Ai'SLEY Rubber Co. (Hudson, Massachusetts), pending the 

 issue of their illustrated catalogue, have sent out a gross Price 

 List, dated January I. [3)4^''X6". 12 pages.] 



Lambertville Rubber Co. (Lambertville, New Jersey) 

 issue an illustrated net Price List of E. Stout's patent " Snag- 

 proof " rubber footwear for 1903. \2}i" X (>"■ 24 pages.] 



The Gutta Percha and Rubber Manufacturing Co. 

 of Toronto, Limited, are sending out a handsomely got up 

 priced catalogue of Yachting, Tennis, and Lacrosse Shoes. 

 [3}rXSJi". 12 pages.] 



The B. F. Goodrich Co [Akron, Ohio) issue a catalogue 

 of Goodrich Clincher Tires for automobiles and other vehicles, 

 which is fully illustrated with sectional views, showing all the 

 details of construction, and other illustrations indicating the 

 proper method of applying these tires with a view to obtaining 

 the best service from them. Is^/^" X^J4". 28 pages.]==Also 

 a catalogue of Palmer Tires, Goodrich Tires, and Rubber Bi- 

 cycle Sundries. The Goodrich company manufacture a number 

 of tires — M & W. and G & J., for example — under license, so 

 that this firm is prepared to fill any want in the way of bicycle 

 tires and sundries. This catalogue embraces the Pickett all 



rubber valve, which has been fully described in The India 

 Rubber World. \sH"X^yi"- 24 pages ] 



The Eureka Rubber Manufacturing Co. (Trenton, New 

 Jersey), lately organized, issue a Preliminary Catalogue of 

 India-Rubber Goods for Mechanical Purposes (belting, hose, 

 tubing, packing, etc.), with prices. [3/^" X 6^s". 24 pages.] 

 They announce that a very complete catalogue is in course of 

 preparation, and invite requests for it. 



Goodyear Rubber Co. (St. Paul, Minnesota) devote their 

 Catalogue No. 194, to "Gold Seal" and "Goodyear" Over- 

 shoes — brands which have long beer, in the market, maintain- 

 ing a high position in the face of the strongest competition. 

 The catalogue includes also rubber heels and soles. [Aji" X 7"- 

 40 pages ] 



North British Rubber Co , Li.mited, (Castle Mills, Edin- 

 burgh, Scotland) issue a Price List of mechanical rubber goods 

 which covers a very wide line, including, besides belting, hose, 

 and packing, many such articles as railway buffers, gas bags, 

 golf tees, press rolls, billiard strips, carriage brake blocks, rub- 

 ber buckets, bellows strainers, strips for ship port lights, horse- 

 shoe pads, tires and so on— covering practically the whole line 

 of rubber goods in the mechanical branch. Prices are given in 

 great detail, and the book is amply illustrated, but it lacks 

 much of the descriptive matter which it is customary to include 

 in the lists of American manufacturers. [7}i" X 9H"- 3^ 

 pages]. =--=^The illustrated catalogue and price list of Over- 

 shoes, Boots, and Canvas Shoes issued by the same company 

 comes to us with amended prices. It also includes waterproof 

 goods in extensive variety, especially mackintoshes for men 

 and women. [7yi" X 9H"- 32 pages.] 



We have i eferred already to the compleeness and general 

 excellence of the catalogue of the Leipziger Gummiwaaren- 

 Fabriken, Aktiengesellschaft, vormals Julius Marx, 

 Heine & Co. (Leipsic), a long established firm whose specialty 

 is the class of goods known in the United States as druggists' 

 sundries. It is interesting to note, as an indication of the 

 growing importance of the export trade of this house, that they 

 have just issued an edition of their entire catalogue in French, 

 comprising 400 large pages, and listing 7440 items of goods, 

 with many hundreds of illustrations of typical articles in the 

 various lines manufactured by them. The Leipsic firm are rep- 

 resented in Paris by Mons. S. Walter, 7, Passage Saulroier. 



The export house of A. Baumert (Miihlenstrasse 68a, Ber- 

 lin, Germany), established in 1859, sends an illustrated price 

 list of rubber goods devoted chiefly to what are called drug- 

 gists' sundries in the United States, and embracing not a few 

 articles of American manufacture, including water bottles, 

 syringes, and the like. l7}4'' X n". 24 pages.] 



The Durham Rubber Co., Limited (Bowmansville, On- 

 tario), in addition to a new edition of their full catalogue of 

 mechanical rubber goods, preceding issues of which have been 

 noticed in The India Rubber Word, send us a Hose Price 

 List 16X" X 3/4'^- 12 pages] and a folder describing their 

 "Durham " and ' Czar " rubber heels. 

 also received. 



Boston Belting Co. (Boston )=Fire Hose for Factory and Mill Pro- 

 4 pp. 



Akron, Ohio. = [l 'escriptive 



taction. 



I'he Stein Djuble Cushion Tire Co. 

 pamphlet]. 8 pp. 



R. D. Swisher Manufacturing Co., Nos. 152 154 Fifth avenue, Chi- 

 cago. = Special Catalogue and Net Price List of Rubber Stamps. 48 pp. 



The La Crosse Rubber Mills Co., La Crosse, Wisconsin ==[Foldtr 

 describing the " Indian Hill " brand of mackintoshes ] 6 pp. 



L. E. Waterman & Co., No. 157 Broadway, New York ==A Book 

 About [Fountain] Pens. 24 pp. 



