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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[February 1, 1913. 



The life of the compound used in the new tire is regarded as 

 phenomenal. Tubes six years old made by the Empire company 

 are still in good condition and giving satisfaction. Auto dealers 

 and others interested in the industry are firm in the belief that 

 the Empire company has a "winner" in the new tire. 



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The Hamilton Rubber Co. is working full-handed in the effort 

 to keep pace with orders. The three-story new addition to the 

 plant is being used to its full capacity. 



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One of the busiest of the local manufacturing rubber plants is 

 that of the Essex Rubber Co., which concern employs close to 

 200 operatives. The plant is being operated day and night, with 

 orders enough to insure the operation of the factory with day and 

 night shifts for the next six months. 



The Essex Rubber Co. makes a specialty among other lines of 

 automobile accessories, and at the recent automobile show in 

 Madison Square Garden, New York, booked a large number of 

 orders. The display of the Essex Co. at the Garden auto show 

 attracted considerable attention. The company also exhibited 

 at the recent rubber show, being one of the few rubber concerns 

 of this section to make an exhibit. 



The Essex company the past year made a successful bid for 

 foreign trade, particularly in the Latin countries of South Amer- 

 ica. Large shipments to Cuba, Porto Rico. Panama, Brazil and 

 Equador attest the success of the company in this territory. 

 Rubber shoe heels and soles are some of the many specialties 

 manufactured by this concern. Shipments are made to all sec- 

 tions of the world. Molded specialties are also included in the 

 list of articles made by the Essex Co. In the past year the 

 company has materially improved its plant. 



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Though working day and night shifts the firm of John E. 

 Thropp's Sons is unable to keep pace with the many orders which 

 are coming in for the new patent automobile tire-making ma- 

 chines. The patents on the machines are held by the De Laski & 

 Thropp Circular Woven Wire Tire Co. of this city, the machines 

 being invented by J. K. De Laski. These machines for the making 

 of automobile tires have been on the market only a short time, but 

 judging from the demand for them, are a success in every par- 

 ticular. One of these machines will turn out more tires in a 

 single day than it is possible for four men to make in the same 

 space of time. 



Advices received at the local plant of the Thropp concern are 

 to the effect that one of the machines in use in the plant of the 

 Dunlop Tire and Auto Goods Company, Toronto, Canada, turned 

 out seventy tires in ten hours with one man operating the ma- 

 chine. The Dunlop concern declared that the services of five 

 men would have been required to make the same number of tires 

 in ten hours. Seven of the patent machines are in use in the 

 plant of J. Ellwood Lee, Philadelphia. In addition to the tire- 

 making machine, the Thropp company is making a machine for 

 the wrapping of tires and one for manufacturing tire molds. 



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The Thermoid Rubber Co. is making large shipments to France 

 of automobile tire brake linings, used on the rear wheels of the 

 machines. For the Paris market alone it is said the local con- 

 cern has orders for close to 20,000 feet of brake lining. The tire 

 department of the Thermoid plant is a particularly busy place 

 these days. The company has arranged for a big display at the 

 Chicago automobile show. The concern exhibited at the re- 

 cent Garden show. 



O. K. Patton, office manager of the Thermoid Rubber Co., 

 has been promoted to the post of assistant manager of the Chi- 

 cago branch, handling mechanical rubber goods. Frederick Wil- 

 son is in charge of the Chicago office. E. B. Knowles, of the 

 Ray 'Bestos brake lining concern, Bridgeport, Connecticut, suc- 

 ceeds Mr. Patton as office manager of the local plant. 



General C. Edward Murray, the guiding spirit of the Empire 

 Rubber and Tire Co., tendered a dinner to the managers of the 

 branch stores. The dinner was given in the Hotel Astor, Mon- 

 day evening, January 20. Those present were Ray Paddock, of 

 the Buffalo branch ; W. H. Chadwick, of Boston ; L. V. Richard- 

 son, of Philadelphia ; J. B. Frisbie, of Cleveland ; Charles Wy- 

 land, of Indianapolis; Howard Zclley, of Xewark; E. B. McKay, 

 of Chicago ; W. M. Perrett, of Detroit branch. 



The representatives attended the Garden auto show and made 

 an inspection of the Empire plant during their visit to this section 

 of the country, reporting the outlook for a big season's busi- 

 ness as most promising. 



British Crude Rubber Imports. 



C)ffici.\l statistics for calendar yearS; 

 Year. Imports. 



1898 54,833,072 



1899 50,360,912 



1900 57,593,312 



1901 52,245,088 



1902 46,970,000 



1903 54,443,760 



1904 55,555,584 



1905 66,464,944 



1906 67,992.624 



1907 74.736.928 



1908 64,407,392 



1909 78,406,944 



1910 98,220,528 



1911 101.466.400 



1912 123,252,752 



GUTTA-PERCHA. 



Year. Imports. 



1898 7,082,656 



1899 9,239,664 



1900 14,118,608 



1901 9,905,056 



1902 9,395,568 



1903 5,198,032 



1904 3,056,256 



1905 5,088,608 



1906 5,966,352 



1907 6,516,048 



1908 3.575,936 



1909 5.064,864 



1910 10,870.048 



1911 7.392.000 



1912 6.435.072 



INDIA-RUBBER GOODS IN COMMERCE. 



EXPORTS FROM THE UNITED STATES. 



/^FFICIAL statement of the values of exports of manufactures 

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

 ber. 1912, and for the first eleven months of five calendar years: 



Belting Boots All 



Months. Packing and Other Total. 



and Hose. Shoes. Rubber. 



November, 1912.... $217,405 $96,439 $681,900 $595,744 



January-October ... 2,125,333 1,148.716 6.623.334 9,897,383 



Total, 1912 $2,342,738 $1,245,155 $7,305,234 $10,893,127 



Total, 1911 2.085.613 1.565.146 6.528.022 10,178,781 



Total, 1910 1,918.611 2.094.016 5,193,806 9,206,433 



Total, 1909 l,637,01,s 1.474.559 3.978.186 7.089,763 



Total, 1908 1,131,272 1,224,799 3,255,507 5,611,578 



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

 November. 1912. and for the first eleven months of two calendar 

 years, include tlic following details relating to tires: 



For All 



.\utomobiIe. Other. Total. 



November. 1912 Values $275,360 $58,569 $333,929 



January-October 2,759,339 485,908 3,245,247 



Total, 1912 $3,034,699 $544,477 $3,579,176 



Total, 1911 2,257,727 526,653 2,784,380 



