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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[July 1, 1913. 



Vol. 48. 



JULY 1, 1913. 



No. 4. 



TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



Editorial: 



Welcoming the Brazilians 503 



The House of Commons on tlic Putumayo Honors 503 



Why This Discrimination ? 504 



How Will Mr. Redtield Do It? 504 



College Men in Rubber I'actories 504 



To Do the Atlantic by Dirigible 504 



The Rubberizing of City Noise 505 



Plenty of Potatoes for the Synthesists 505 



Minor Editorials 505 



Dr. Miiller, Special Ambassador from Brazil 506 



[With Portrait of Dr. Mullcr and J Illustrations.] 



Problems in Vacuum Drying 



By J. P. Dei-ine 508 



A Brazilian's Commentaries on the Akers Report 511 



Important Meetings at Para 514 



Washing Rubber at Manaos 515 



[With 1 Illustration.] 



Minor Editorials 505 



The Rubber Trade in Akron 



Onr Correspondent 516 



The Rubber Trade in Cincinnati 



Our Correspondent 517 



The Rubber Trade in Chicago 



Our Correspondent 518 



The Rubber Trade in Rhode Island 



Onr Correspondent 518 



The Rubber Trade in San Francisco 



Our Correspondent 530 



The Rubber Trade in Trenton 



Our Correspondent 521 

 [With Portrait of R. Paddock.] 



India-Rubber Goods in Commerce 521 



News of the American Rubber Trade 522 



[Witll 6 Illustrations.] 



The Rubber Club Outing 527 



[With 1 Illustration.] 



The Tyer Rubber Co.'s New Factory 528 



I With 1 Illustration.) 



Obituary Record 532 



Prospective Effects of Tariff Reductions on Rubber Goods. 532 



Comparison of Payne Tariff and New Senate Tariff Bill... 532 



New Rubber Goods in the Market 533 



[With 4 Illustrations.] 



New Trade Publications 534 



The Editor's Book Table 535 



The India Rubber Trade in Great Britain 



(Jay Regular Correspondent 536 



The Rubber Trade Association of London 537 



Some Rubber Interests in Europe 538 



German Exports of Crude and Waste Rubber 530 



Central Association of German Manufacturers 539 



Rubber Trade in Japan 



Our Regular Correspondent 540 



Progress of the Rubber Industry in Dutch Guiana 



A Resident Correspondent 541 



Notes from British Guiana 



Our Regular Correspondent 542 



Some Rubber Planting Notes 543 



Recent Patents Relating to Rubber 545 



[United States. Great Britain, France, Germany, Belgium.] 



Sanitary Drinking Cups 547 



[Illustrated..] 



Pneumatic Treads for Human Feet 547 



Report of the Crude Rubber Market 550 



Anliverp. 



Rl-bber St.mistics for M.\y, 1913. 



Details. 1913. 1912. 1911. 1910. 1909. 



Stocks, April 30.. kilos 990,270 437,513 599,114 470,468 607,787 



Arrivals in May — 



Congo sons 241,989 152,024 187,106 128,052 442,098 



Other sorts 3,205 12,902 29,125 17,969 64,728 



Plantation sorts 184,398 107,367 41,754 44,037 8,235 



Aggregating 1,419,862 709,806 857,099 660,526 1,122,848 



Sales in May 365,869 265,369 243,089 116,663 433,610 



Stocks, May 31 1.053,993 444,437 614,010 543,863 689,238 



Arrivals since Jan. 1 — 



Congo sorts 1,318,775 1,243,101 1,259,621 1,299,338 1,443,130 



Other sorts 46,521 58,637 235,093 138,138 433,700 



Plantation sorts 868,109 514,692 299,316 222,131 96.600 



Aggregating 2,233,405 1,816,430 1,794,030 1,659,607 1,973,430 



Sales since Jan. 1 1,690,472 2,046,531 1,768,232 1,657,256 1,879,927 



Rubber Arrivals from the Congo. 



June S. — By the steamer Elisabethville: 



Kilos. 



Bunge & Co (Societe Generale Africaine) 51,600 



do (Chemins de fer Grands Lacs) 7,900 



do (Comptoir Commercial Congolais) 15,000 



do (Beige du Haut Congo) 750 



do (Intertropical) 4,800 



do 5.500 



Societe Coloniale Anversoise (Comminiere) 11,400 



do (Haut Congo) 11,100 



do (Cie. du Kasai) 91 ,400 



Credit Colonial & Commercial (Anc. L. & W. Van de Velde 



S. A.) (Uele) 4,200 



do (Comfina) 9,700 



do (Velde) 3.300 



Osterrieth & Co (Lubefu) 4,500 



Willaert Freres 2,000 223,150 



Plantation Rubber From the Far East. 



Exports of Ceylon-Grown Rubber. 



(From January 1 to May 19, 1913. Compiled by the Ceylon Chamber of 

 Commerce.) 



1912. 1913. 



To Great Britain pounds 2,205.112 3.980,582 



To United States 1,268.902 2,599.367 



To Belgium 489,501 1,055.089 



To Germany 41,978 97,306 



To Australia 37,655 220,151 



To Canada 12,121 



To Austria 11.920 26,075 



To Japan 5.708 81.461 



To Italy 4,692 22.460 



To Norway and Sweden 39 



To Holland 992 



To India 209 



Total 4,077,628 8,083,692 



("Same period 1911—1.796.522; same 1910—838,280.) 



The export figures of rubber for 1913 given in the above table 

 include the imports re-exported. (These amount to 754.967 lb. — 

 613.780 lb. from the Straits and 141,187 lb. from India.— Ed. C. O.") 

 To arrive at the approximate quantity of Ceylon rubber exported 

 for 1913 to date, deduct the quantity of imports from the total ex- 

 ports. In previous years the exports of Ceylon rubber only were 

 given. 



ToT.AL Exports from Mal.\y.\. 



[From January 1 to dates named. Reported by Barlow & Co., Singa- 

 pore. These figures include the production of the Federated Malay States, 

 but not of Ceylon.] 



Port Swet- 

 Singapore. Penang. tenham. Total. 

 May 7. March 31. May 14. 



Great Britain. .. ./'oioid.f 5.861.565 



Continent 67.850 



Japan 305.600 



Australia 43,629 



Cevlon 



United States 2,336,054 



Total 



Saine period. 1912. 

 Same period. 1911 . 

 Same period, 1910. 



8.614.698 3.503.067 10.530.769 22.648,534 



4.169.266 2.434.719 7.382.645 13.986,630 



1.903.169 1.187.438 4.494.251 7,584,858 



1.012.863 489,755 2,622,166 4,124,784 



