September i, 1901.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



347 



TWELVE YEARS OLD. 



Fablished on the Ist of each Month by 



THE INDIA RUBBER PUBLISHING CO. 



No. 150 NASSAU ST.. NEW YOEK 



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 Publishinc.Ck.mpanv. Remittances for foreign subscriptions should 

 be sent by luteruatioual Post order, payable as above. 



Discontinuances : Yearly orders for subscriptions and advertising are 

 regarded as permanent, and after the first twelve months they will 

 be discontinued only at the request of the subscriber or advertiser. 

 Bills are rendered promptly at the beginning of each period, and 

 thereby our patrons have due notice of continuance. 



Entered at New York Post Office as mail matter of the second-class. 



TABLE OF CONTENTS 



Editorial : 



Twelve Years Old 



The Other Side of the Question 



An Improving situation 



Minor Editorial 



Obituary- Stephen Ballard ( With Portrait ) 



The India- Rubber Trade ia Great Britain 



Our Regular Correspondent. 



[Position of the Trade. Wicks's Patems. Naphtha Recovery in Rub- 

 ber Works. Rubber in I'ganda Glasgow Exhibition. Dent 1 Rub- 

 ber. Sublimed White Lead. Personal Mention.] 



Solubility of Caoutchouc and Gutta-Percha Dr. Theodore KoUer 



Planting " Castilloa Elastica " in Open Pathways 



t'ranenf Child Nirhola», Ph. D. 



[Followed by Notes on Rubber Planting. Ortg lllustralion.] 



The Large Movement of Eubber Scrap 



Hecht, Levis & Kahn's Review 



Heard and Seen in the Trade. 



New Goods and Specialties in Eubber (f/iKstrofed) 



[" Imperial " Rubber V'ehicle Tire. Large Rubber Hose. The Game 

 of ■' Ping Pong." French Automobile Horn. Venn's Patent Shoe 

 Marker. Bown Automatic Tire Valve. New Clifton Iron Armored 

 Conduit. Double Locked Compressed Tire. Rubber Bucket for 

 Automobile Use. A Successful Double Tube Tire. " Standard 

 Oil" Duck Hoot.] 



Exports of American Eubber Goods 



Literature of India-Eubber 



New Trade Publications 



Recent Rubber Patents [American and English] 



Midsummer Outing of the New England Rubber Club 



[Witli Five Portraits and \ icw of Misery Island.] 



Propagating Rubber Trees in Europe 



[With an illustration.] 

 Miscellaneous : 



The New Rubber Trust 



" Pacific Rubber ' Still at Work 



The Kccles Cycle and Rubber Co '. 



Turkey to Have a Rubber Factory 



The Late Henry F. Durant 



Rubber Industry In Massachusetts 



\ New Mexican Rubber Plaut 



Rubber on Ships' Screw Propellers 



Lugo Rubber as Known in Europe A Factory Manager 



Not Much of a Rubber Monopoly 



Brazilian Exchange and Rubber 



Lost 111 Brazilian Wlkis .' ■".'.' 



King Leopold, Rubber Merchant 



Some Wants of the Rubber Trade 



Insulation for a Great Power Plant 



Rubber Tires on Fire Engines 



Buttonholes in Mackintoshes ' . 



Rubber Shoes in the World's Trade 



A New Tire Fabric [ 



Chemistry of India Rubber 



Rubber Notes from Europe , 



News of the Amerian Rubber Trade 



Review of the Crude Eubber Market 



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^^MTH this issue The India Rubber World com- 

 pletes the twelfth year of publication. In this era 

 of constant change, it is something of an achievement to 

 keep a newspaper going for twelve years, under the same 

 name, in the same form, and without departure from its 

 original policy, and especially without change in its edito- 

 rial control. 



Last, but not least, among the elements of continuity 

 in the career of this journal, is that part of its patronage 

 which dates from the first issUe. We have more sub- 

 scribers and advertisers to-day, but none whose support 

 is more cordial, or more highly appreciated, than that of 

 the original band, recorded on the books of this office 

 before there really was an India Ruep.er World. The 

 fact that this support has been unfailing, we cannot regard 

 otherwise than as evidence that the paper has lived up to 

 its program, and this of course is more important than the 

 mere fact of having kept the paper going all these years. 



While congratulating ourselves, we must also congratu- 

 late the trade upon its generally prosperous condition, its 

 marked growth since this date in 1889, and the promise 

 which exists of continued development. The demand for 

 rubber goods grows all the while, not only for the older 

 staples but for new classes of goods — not only in the old 

 consuming districts but in new markets. As the world 

 grows older there is room for more rubber factories, there 

 are new problems to be worked out in the manipulation of 

 rubber, and there is new work to be done in supplying the 

 increasing demand for rubber. It is a good business, all 

 around, for those who are qualified for it, and such con- 

 ditions are most gratifying to the journalist whose busi- 

 ness it is to record the progress of any industry. 



THE OTHER SIDE OF THE QUESTION. 



TT is borne upon one frequently, no matter how strong 

 one's prejudice may be, nor how firm one's faith, that 

 there are two sides to every question. Take, for example, 

 the question of allowance of unfair claims. Any rubber 

 manufacturer who makes an ironclad rule that no allow- 

 ance shall ever be made, is quite likely to be the loser 

 thereby. For example, a company whose business runs 

 into many millions yearly, received a claim from one of 

 their most important customers, amounting to thousands 

 of dollars. It was wholly unfair, and the moving spirits 

 in the company were exceedingly indignant. A junior 

 official was sent down to reason with the claimant, but 

 made no impression. At the same time he was convinced 

 that they were conscientious in their attitude, even if mis- 

 taken. On returning with his report, the majority of the 

 board were most decided in their decision that no such 

 claim should be allowed. The actual head of the concern, 

 however — a silent, reserved man who rarely took part in 

 discussion — had been figuring busily meanwhile, and was 

 able to show that the refusal to grant the claim would re- 

 sult in the loss of business exceedingly profitable, and 

 amounting to more each month than the amount repre- 



