April i, 1901.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



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OUTLOOK OF THE RUBBER INDUSTRY. 



WPtBtf' 



Published on the Ist of each Month by 



THE INDIA RUBBER PUBLISHING CO. 



No. 150 NASSAU ST.. NEW YOEK. 



HENRY C. PEARSON, 



EDITOR. 



HAWTHORNE HILL, 



ASSOCIATE. 



Vol. 24. 



APRIL 1, 1901. 



No. 1. 



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TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



Editorial : 



Outlook of the Rubber Industry 



Rubber Shoe Prices^.' 



Growth of Mam'ios as a Rubber Center. 

 The Obituary Eecord. 



[With Portraits of Alexander Henderson, James P. Laagdon, and 

 Benjamin F. Taft.] 



The Manufacture of Rubber Packings John S.McClnrg, M. S. 



TheElectricDrivingof Rubber Mills J.U.DeWulf 



Qualifications of Salesmen 



[Contributed by " Men on the Road. "J 



The India-Rubber Industry in Great Britain 



Our liegular Correspondent. 



1 Longevity of Rubber Goods. Cycle and Motor Show. Card Cloth 

 Manufacture. Rubber Footwear in Persia. New Cable Companies. 

 Recent Dividends. Personal Notes,] 



India-Rubber Goods in Commerce 



[American Iinp)ortsand Exports. German Exports.] 



The Rubber Tire Interest (f(iH.'i()-rt(ed). 



[Descriptions of New Tiies. Factory Notes.] 



New Goods and Specialties in Rubber (/((ustroted) 



[The " Horseshoe " Air Cushion. Nonintlammable Rubber Tubing. 



Greenwood Rubber Heeled Horseshoe. Tlie Davidson Nebulizer. 



New " American " Windsor Toe for Women.] 



Jotted Down at Random 



Canada Imports More Rubber Goods 



Recent Rubber Patents [American and English] 



M lellaneous : 



ubber (lathering in Bolivia 



•rying Washed Rubber An English Contribuior. 



i'he Goodyear Curios Were Saved 



Unjust Claims and Allowances 



American Bicycle Co. 'a Affairs 



British Rubber Manufacturers. '.. 



Rubber [and Gutta-percha] in the Philippines 



British Trans- Pacific Cable 



Rubber Industry In Portugal 



The Pickett Valve in Tire Repairs 



Talc From H New Source 



Rmpire Automatic Time Recorder i i;;u8(ro/ed) ....'...'. 



Some Wants of Tlie Rubber Trade 



News of the American Rubber Trade 



Literature of India-Rubber 



The Rubber Planting Companies 



New Trade Publications 



Beviewofthe Crude Rubber Market 



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■XirHILE the consumption of crude rubber in the United 

 States within a year past has fallen below the 

 highest figure previously reached, there have not been for 

 decades more manifestations of activity in the industry, or 

 of preparation for increasing business than now. The re- 

 duced consumption of rubber may be attributed in part to 

 the reduced demand for rubber footwear during recent sea- 

 sons unfavorable for that line. Another reason why last 

 year's consumption was less than during the year before — 

 when the " high water " mark was reached — was that 1899 

 was a year which witnessed complete recovery from a 

 period of business depression, and during which all lines 

 of production became more active. Delayed purchases of 

 rubber goods were made then, and depleted stocks were 

 filled out. For a brief time, perhaps, the rubber business 

 may have been overdone ; at any rate there were conserva- 

 tive manufacturers who did not, twelve months ago, look 

 for an immediate repetition of such a year's trade. Yet 

 no complaint has been heard of the results of succeeding 

 business. 



It is worth noting that now practically no rubber fac- 

 tories in the country are standing idle. There are not 

 even any factories for sale, except in the sense that most 

 businesses can be bought, if the offer is high enough. 

 There is even a scarcity of second hand rubber machinery 

 in the market. These are all indications of a favorable 

 condition, both existing at present and for prospective 

 trade. There is also to be taken into account the new 

 factories, the planning or opening of which have been re- 

 ported lately in our pages, pointing to confidence in a con- 

 tinued good demand for rubber goods, and that on an 

 increased scale. 



Not the least interesting feature of the industry, however, 

 is the evidence at every hand that long established factor- 

 ies, even where no particular extension of capital or 

 facilities is reported, are alert to improve their methods or 

 their plant to the utmost, realizing that only by such 

 measures can the most strongly intrenched firms hope to 

 meet the keen competition in selling goods which nowhere 

 has been more marked than in the rubber line. The 

 question of cost of production is being studied more 

 thoroughly, and more attention is given to the saving of 

 time or of labor, or to preventing waste of material — all of 

 v/hich tend ultimately to a better showing on the balance 

 sheet. 



All in all, the rubber industry is on a good basis. With 

 constantly improving processes, with frequent betterments 

 in mechanical appliances, and with more economical 

 methods in management — with the advantages of produc- 

 tion on a very large scale, and the specialization of work 

 by which a given factory is devoted constantly to the pro- 

 duction of a single line of goods — every condition points 

 to the future manufacture of rubber at prices calculated to 

 extend consumption, while assuring the producers a suf- 

 ficient profit. This will have an ultimate favorable bear- 

 ing upon the exports of American rubber goods, which 

 lately have begun to expand at an encouraging rate. 



