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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[December 1, 1912. 



A CANADIAN CEMENT HOUSE. 



P KOBABLY few rubber factories make the same quantity and 

 * variety of cement as The Canadian Consolidated Rubber 

 Co. of Montreal, Limited. The company being a manufacturer 

 of shoes, waterproof clothing and general mechanical goods, 

 uses an immense quantity of cement. In addition to these lines. 



An Interior View or the Can.api.\n Cement House. 



the company supphes large quantities to the leather boot and 

 shoe factories, of which ^Montreal is the centre for Canada. 



The Cement House is probably not excelled in America. It 

 contains 52 churns of various sizes, the largest having a capacity 

 of 5,200 pounds. The method of supplying naphtha is by pumps. 

 The tanks are buried in the yard. Bowser pumps are placed in 

 the Cement House, and an exact amount taken as required. 

 Great care is taken to insure the correct quality of naphtha. On 

 arrival of a tank, a telephone message brings an assistant from 

 the laboratory, who immediately makes the usual hydrometer 

 tests. Afterwards evaporation tests are carried on in tlie lab- 

 oratory. This applies to every tank. 



The building is constructed, on a principle particukirly suited 



A.voTHER View ok the C.nn.mhax Cement House. 



for a business of this character. Should an explosion take place, 

 it would take the roof off the supporting walls, leaving the walls 

 intact, but owing to the use of the Bowser Pump no clear naph- 

 tha is ever lying around, which of course reduces the chance of 

 an explosion to a minimum. Perfect cleanliness is the order of 



the day, and instead of being the usual dirty, untidy corner, the 

 cement department of the Canadian Consolidated Rubber Co. is 

 one of the cleanest, and is a pleasure to the eye of any rub- 

 ber man. 



THE RUBBER TRADE IN CANADA. 



^.XNADIAN imports of manufactures of india-rubber and 

 ^^ gutta-percha for the fiscal year ended March 31, 1912, by 

 countries, are officially stated to have been in value as follows : 



United Great Other Total Duties 



States. Britain. Countries. Value. Collected. 



Boots and shoes... $40,614 $53 ... $40,667 $10,166.75 



Belting 46,578 185 $578 47,341 13,018.91 



Clothing and water- 

 proof cloth .... 30.564 4,495 367 35,426 12,399.10 



Hose 100,495 .... 51 100,546 38,191.10 



Packing and mats.. 70,206 606 465 71,277 24,946.95 



Vehicle tires 651,316 70,849 16,212 738,377 258,431.95 



All other 644,983 12,290 51,371 708,644 194,879,78 



Total, 1911-12... $1,584,756$88,478 $69,044$1.742.278 $552,034.54 



There may also 

 by the customs as 

 industry: 



Webbing, elastic 

 and non-elastic 

 Stockinettes for 

 rubber footwear. 

 Duck for rubber 

 belting" and hose. 

 Rubber thread.. 



be noted the following imports, not classified 

 "rubber goods," but having a relation to the 



United 

 States. 



Great Other 



Britain. Countries. 



Total 

 Value. 



Duties 

 Collected. 



$265,794 $8,244 $24,801 $298,839 $59,767.80 

 Mn^ 1,760 49,487 7,423.05 



106,960 6,776 

 21,853 



151 



113,887 

 21,853 



free 

 free 



Exports of C,^N.-\ni.\N Rubber Goods. 



All other $80,666 



Behing ............... $60,613 



Hose *........ 6,517 



Footwear 122,613 



Clothing 91 



Total $270,500 



Distribution of Rubber Goods Exports. 



To 



V.\LUE. 



Great Britain $38,743 



Bermuda 450 



Australia 48,277 



British Guiana 277 



B. South Africa .... 14,143 



B. India 38 



B. West Indies : • 43 



New Zealand 34,814 



Other British Posses- 

 sions 513 



Newfoundland 63,431 



Alaska 4 



Argentina 545 



Belgium 8.790 



To 



V.^LUE. 



Chili $215 



Denmark 1,311 



France 7,195 



French Africa 2,116 



Germany 10,556 



Italy 



Japan 



Miquelon & St. Pierre. 



!\Iexico 



Norway 



Spain 



Sweden 



520 

 82 

 59 



884 

 164 

 4,281 

 1,493 

 United States 31,556 



Imports of R.wv Materi.als. 



Pounds 



Iiidia-ruljlicr and gutta-percha 4,431,335 



Rubber recovered : rubber substitute ; 



hard rubber in sheets 4,870.394 



Rubber, powdered, and rubber waste.. 2,452.944 

 Rubber thread not covered 11,289 



$270,500 



Value 

 $4,250,269 



792.444 



289,814 



21.853 



Total, 1911-12 11,765.962 $5,354,380 



ITHACANS TO PLANT RUBBER IN MEXICO, 



The American-Mexican Rubber and Coffee Corporation, with 

 principal office at Ithaca, was incorporated in New York State 

 November 12 with a capital of $2,000,000. to cultivate rubber 

 and coffee lands in Mexico. The directors are: William C. 

 Douglas. Isaac K. Bernstein, Fred H. Smith, Arthur N. Gibbs, 

 Benjamin Johnson, Robert A. Heggie, E. D. Button, Edwin S. 

 Banks, .■\lfonso R. Swayer, Ithaca ; Joseph Bondy, Syracuse, and 

 Frank E. Pino. Tapachula, Chiapas, Mexico. 



