August i, 1901.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER V/ORLD 



315 



Pnblished on the 1st of each Month by 



THE INDIA RUBBER PUBLISHING CO. 



No. 150 NASSAU ST.. NEW YORK. 



HENRY C. PEARSON, 



EDITOR. 



HAWTHORNE HILL, 



ASSOCIATE. 



Vol. 24. 



AUGUST 1. 1901. 



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TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



PAGE. 



Editorial : 



Inspectors in Rubber Mills : 315 



The First Year's ProUts 318 



An Age of Expositions 315 



The Conquest of the Tropics 316 



In Connection with Rubber in Bolivia 31G 



Some Successful Rubber Men— II 317 



The Late .lolin H. Cheever ( With I'urlrail). 



The Rubber Planting Situation in Mexico C7ia.«. o. Canu, C E. 319 



[l'"ollowed by notes ul Rubber l laming Companies in Mexico; a Pio- 

 neer Shipment of Cultivated Rubber; Rubber Planting in the Malay 

 States, ett . With one Illustration. j 



Explosions of Volatile Vapors in Factories Jl. L. Terry, F.I.C. 323 



The India-Rubber Trade in Great Britain 



iiur Urgular i 'urrrspo/ulrtiL 325 



IThe Cable Manufacture. Rubber Shoe Varnish. Tennis IJalls. Re- 

 covered Rubber. The Motor Tire. Pegamoid. Dunlop Reorganiza- 

 tion. Brewers' Hose. The Bolivian Company. Non-Blooming Sul- 

 phur. Eccles Rubber Co. Substitutes for Rubber.] 



A Rubber Shipping Port in Brazil 327 



[With a View of San Antonio.] 



Some Memories of Goodyear L. Otto 1'. Meyer. 3£8 



Is " Pacific Rubber " a Fraud \ 329 



New Goods and Specialties in Rubber ( UluitU ated) 330 



[Sott Rubber Hair Curler. " Walkeazy *' Rubber Heel. Use of Rubber 

 in I'yrographic Binding. Whitcher's Rul)ber Golf Disks. " Buck- 

 skin Brand " Garden Hose. New Pure Gum Bladders. "Woman's 

 Delight " Hot Water Bag. Bennett's Patent Hose Patch.) 



Recent Rubber Patents [American and English] 332 



Many Rubber Species in Bolivia Sir Martin Conway. 335 



(■Incago-HuUvlaii Rubber Co 335 



Prospective Rubber Prices 337 



Heard aiid Seen.in the Trade 338 



Hiscellaneoas : 



Chicle and Chewing (Sum. 32i 



Rubber Industry In Portugal 326 



Para Rubber Estates Reorganized 328 



An Enemy of the Rubber Trust 328 



Machine for Mackintosh Sewing 331 



Count Waldersee's Asbestos House 332 



Some Wants of the Rubber Trade .332 



Vulcanite Month Pieces . ... 335 



BTre Department ^Snpplle3 In New York 3.'i6 



A German Factory Festival 88G 



Exports of American Rubber Goods 338 



The Boston Ubero Company 337 



News of the Amerian Rubber Trade 339 



Review of the Crude Rubber Market 343 



INSPECTORS IN RUBBER MILLS. 



jVrOT long ago a rubber factory was offered a contract 

 ^ for army ponchos, on condition that a government 

 inspector be allowed in the mill room to see that a certain 

 percentage of Pard rubber was put into every batch. The 

 idea was not favorably entertained by the manufacturer, 

 but it is evident that the present paternal government 

 (not that the writer is an anarchist) is on the right track. 

 But the system of inspection should be more complete 

 than that suggested. It should cover the refining, calen- 

 dering, and curing of the goods. Nor would it be com- 

 plete unless it embraced a critical knowledge of sulphur, 

 and a certain expertness in dry heat varnishes and dull 

 finish washes. If these and a few more of the vitals of 

 surface goods manufacture were shouldered by government 

 inspectors, much of the anxiety that clouds the life of the 

 superintendent would be removed. 



THE FIRST YEAR'S PROFITS. 



I N starting a new rubber factory, or rather in summing 

 up the results of the first year's business of a new fac- 

 tory, it often happens that larger profits appear than some 

 of the veterans in the trade can show, and the owners are 

 encouraged to believe that it is due altogether to newer 

 methods, up to date machinery, or individual acumen, 

 and it may be that all of these exist and that the good 

 showing will continue. The novice should remember, 

 however, that he has started without a dead stock of any 

 kind, in either manufactured or unmanufactured goods — a 

 condition that is unlikely to continue after even a twelve- 

 month — and on account of which a certain percentage 

 should be deducted from the first year's profits in predict- 

 ing a future yearly average. To this, also, the manufact- 

 urer should add a certain percentage for deterioration of 

 machinery, of buildings, and of tools. With these factors 

 intelligently considered at the starting of every new busi- 

 ness, there would be fewer disappointments in lines that 

 promise well at first, and there would be less price cutting 

 on the part of new manufacturers, who are honestly con- 

 vinced at first that they can make and market goods 

 profitably at prices much below those cjuoted by long 

 established houses. 



AN AGE OF EXPOSITIONS. 



TS the "World's Fair" — the " International Exposition," 

 industrial, artistic, amusing — to continue and increase, 

 or is it on the wane ? This is a question that many pro- 

 ducers would like to have satisfactorily answered. Did 

 the Chicago exposition of 1893 or the Paris exposition of 

 1900 register the high water mark of this form of in- 

 structive advertising, or will the future show still greater 

 triumphs — perhaps in New York, London, Mexico, and 

 other cities? 



A careful review of conditions at the Pan American fair 

 at Buffalo should in a measure give answer. While it is 

 too early yet to do more than generalize, there is no 



