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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[January 1, 1913. 



another — whether he be a resident of this country or a for- 

 eigner. 



The Committee on Arbitration has been frequently asked con- 

 cerning its attitude toward the legal profession. The citing of 

 a case submitted to the Chamber of Commerce about a month 

 ago will answer : 



The disagreement concerned lawyer's fees a law firm could 

 not collect from its client. Both the lawyer and the client 

 submitted the case to the committee and were represented by 

 attorneys who argued the case for them. It was determined 

 in two hearings and both parties write that they cannot speak 

 too highly of the patience, ability and fairness displayed by the 

 arbitrators. 



The National Association of Credit Men are sympathetic in 

 this arbitration work, keenly realizing, as they do, that a busi- 

 ness man's assets are quickly vitiated by unsettled or pending 

 lawsuits tying up his capital. 



If the national, state and municipal governments will en- 

 courage arbitration in some form similar to that instituted by 

 the New York Chamber of Commerce, by providing for arbitra- 

 tion of the disputes or differences arising between it and those 

 furnishing supplies and labor, the number of bidders will be 

 vastly increased and the prices and terms necessarily become 

 more favorable to the Government. From 10 to 20 per cent. 

 can undoubtedly be saved in its operation in this manner. At 

 present the number of bidders on contracts is reduced because 

 the average competent merchant, through business prudence, 

 refuses to bid lest a dispute arise and leave him very little 

 redress except through a lawsuit. 



International commercial arbitration on its broadest basis 

 seems a fair possibility : a system whereby the award rendered 

 by a Chamber of Commerce of one country will be accepted 

 and enforced by that of any other signatory to this agreement — 

 as court decisions in one country are respected by the courts 

 of any other country with which it is at peace. 



In its very simplicity of procedure lies a great part of the 

 strength of our plan; for the legal technicalities that, to the 

 layman's mind so often obscure the real issue in litigation, are 

 entirely lacking. 



ONE REASON WHY SHOES BLOOM. 



A FINE CATALOG OF HYDRAULIC MACHINERY. 



R. D. Wood & Co., Phila., Pa., have recently issued their 

 catalog No. 7 descriptive of hydraulic machinery for rubber 

 mills. This is a handsome booklet of 36 large pages 8x11 inches 

 in size, with effective cover of heavy paper. The company 

 illustrates only one of its foundries — that situated in Camden ; 

 but practically all the entire 36 pages contain fine illustrations 

 of the different hydraulic tools and machinery manufactured 

 by this company for use in rubber mills. Among these machines 

 so illustrated are the following: Hydraulic Operating Valves, 

 two-pressure type; High-pressure Stop Valves, balanced type; 

 High-pressure Check and Stop Valves, unbalanced type; Pres- 

 sure Relief Valves; Closing Press; Heater Press, standard type; 

 Heater Press, Goodrich Patent; Tire Bead Press, eight-column 

 type; Tire Bead Press, goose-neck type; Tire Bead Press, two- 

 opening type ; Tire Bead Press, twin type ; 700 Ton Rubber 

 Press ; Steam Platen Press, single-opening type ; Steam Platen 

 Press, special type; Steam Platen Press, two-opening type; 

 Steam Platen Press, multiple-opening type; Die Chilling Press; 

 Laboratory Press, 100-ton capacity; Tire Forcing Press, hand 

 operated ; Tire Forcing Press, power driven ; Horizontal Two- 

 plunger Pump, cross-head pattern; and Hydraulic Accumu- 

 lators, inverted type. 



The illustrations are to be commended not only for the 

 artistic way in which the engraver and printer have done their 

 work, but for the exceedingly fine detail which enables the 

 prospective purchaser to get almost as good an idea as he 

 would if examining the machine itself. 



IF there is anything a rubber shoe manufacturer dreads more 

 than another it is "Bloom." It is certainly the worst fate that 

 can befall him. It is a continuous nightmare to know that even 

 one shoe taken out of stock shows signs of bloom. 



A frequent and most generally understood reason for this 

 trouble is that the shoes are under-cured, but there are instances 

 when it is quite certain that the cure is complete and correct, 

 and that shoes placed side by side in the same heater, and at 

 unquestionably the same temperature, show that something is 

 wrong, inasmuch as some show bloom, while on others there is 

 none. 



It usually takes a long investigation in a matter like this. Prob- 

 ably the very next heat will fail to show any trouble whatever. 



It is my purpose to show one of the causes. The temperatures 

 in the chamber were found to be correct, the varnish was right, 

 the compounds were chemically correct; and so I finally landed 

 where we frequently do land viz. : crude rubber. I found the 

 trouble. We were using Centrals,— "Esmeralda" in particular. 

 Examination of the rubber hanging up showed that about 10 per 

 cent, of it was soft and mucky. A sheet would show some usually 

 hard, and some soft; another sheet was all hard; while again 

 some was falling on the floor. I mixed three batches of shoe 

 upper stock, using three selections of the rubber, the hard, the 

 soft, and a combination of the two. The three sheets were cured 

 together, wrapped on a mandrel. The results were sufficient to 

 convince anyone. 



The hard rubber was what it should be — fully cured and elastic. 

 The combination of liard and soft was under-cured quite a little 

 in comparison, and bloomed in three days. The soft rubber 

 sample bloomed in two hours ; the elasticity was almost nil. 



Further work in the laboratory showed the sulphur in com- 

 bination varied greatly; the good sample contained practically 

 no free sulphur, while the soft rubber had taken up such a 

 small amount that 78 per cent, of the amount used was still in a 

 free state, and, of course, commenced to work its way out and 

 show in the form of bloom. 



Other rubbers than "Esmeralda" act this way. Ceylons in 

 particular need watching, while the sweated Congos are dan- 

 gerous, but not so much so as the Centrals and Ceylons. 



Superintendent. 



INDIA-RUBBER GOODS IN COMMERCE. 



EXPORTS FBOU THE DTflTED STATES. 



/^FFICIAL statement of the values of exports of manufac- 

 ^^ tures of india-rubber and gutta-percha for the month of 

 October, 1912, and for the first ten months of five calendar years : 



Belting, Boots All 



Months. Packing and Other Total. 



and Hose. Shoes. Rubber. 



October, 1912 $236,900 $134,028 $606,963 $977,891 



January-September . 1,888,433 1,014,688 0,016.371 8.919,492 



Total, 1912 $2,125,333 $1,148,716 $6,623,334 $9,897,383 



Total, 1911 1,909,150 1,487.563 5,935.113 9,331.830 



Total, 1910 1,759,590 1,906.961 4.687.399 8.353,950 



Total, 1909 1,469.272 1,288,705 3,478.438 6.236,415 



Total, 1908 1,049,(M1 1,157,136 2,940,309 5,147,086 



The above heading, "All Other Rubber," for the month of 

 October, 1912, and for the first nine months of two years, in- 

 clude the following details relating to tires : 



For All 



Months. Automobile. Other. Total. 



October. 1912 values $225,704 $42,465 $268,169 



January-September 2,533,635 443,443 2,977,078 



Total, 1912 $2,759,339 $485,908 $3,245,247 



Total, 1911 2,080,517 480,915 2,561,432 



