October i, 1901.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



17 



NEW GERMAN RUBBER TARIFF. 



RUBBER SECRETS WILL OUT. 



THE German government has published the new tariff 

 schedules which it is proposed to put into effect on Jan- 

 uary I, 1904. The bill itself remains to be presented to the 

 Reichstag, and it is likely that many of the provisions may be 

 changed when the matter comes up for debate, but it is not 

 anticipated that the general character of the bill will be 

 changed, since sentiment among manufacturers for increased 

 protection appears to be growing throughout the country. The 

 principal items relating to India-rubber manufactures areas 

 follows, the rates being expressed in the equivalent in United 

 States gold, per 22046 pounds ("double hundred weight")^ 

 under the proposed bill and under the existing tariff ; 



Old Rate. New Rate. 



Rubber shoes, not varnished $9.52 $16.66 



Rubber shoes, varnished 14.28 13.80 



Rubber solution 7' 1-43 



Soft rubber paste .71 1.90 



Patent rubber plates 71 285 



Rubber threads, drawn or cut 71 9-52 



Rubber threads, covered with cotton .... 9.52 14.28 



Rubber threads, covered with silk 9 52 17.85 



Pneuinatic tires, inner tubes 9.52 2380 



Pneumatic tires, outer tubes 9-52 23.80 



Hard rubber, unvulcanized Free 1.90 



Hard rubber, dental. . . . Free 23.80 



Hard rubber, in plates, but not in the form 



of tinished goods Free 3.57 



Hard rubber tubes, not finished Free 10.71 



Other hard rubber. .. .- 9.52 10.71 



Rubber printers' rollers and blankets a 6.90 



Rubber flower stems a 13.80 



Rubber belting a b.90 



Other soft rubber go ids a 5-52 



[a Not stated in our report.] 



Goods of Gutta percha and Balata, not being specified sepa- 

 rately, are subject to the same rates as corresponding goods of 

 India-rubber. 



RUBBER CONSUMPTION IN RUSSIA. 



FROM the same official sources from which The India 

 RjBBER World has been accustomed to obtain statistics 

 relating to the rubber industry in Russia, figures have been re- 

 ceived for the year 1900. It must be said, however, that they 

 do not convey a very clear idea of the situation — particularly the 

 statement of values of crude rubber imports into Russia. Com- 

 pared with four years preceding, the figures for 1900 show im- 

 ports : 



Years. Pounds. Value. 



101896 16, 200. COO $4,877,000 



In 1897 14.572.280 4.707.446 



In 1898 16,159,360 5.763,944 



In 1899 11,268,000 7,149,492 



In 1900 9,432,000 9,641,612 



The exportation of Russian manufactures of India-rubber — 

 mainly "galoches " — has been as follows : 



iSqy. 1898, 189U. 1900. 



Cialoches $(,375,773 $1,395,839 $1.291. 395 1 



All other 71,001 70,647 93,639 1, j, 6,3 jg^ 



$[,446,774 $1,474,480 $1,385,034] 

 The latest figures available do not embrace imports of rubber 

 goods into Russia for 1900. The figures for 1899 were $451,731. 



The Mexican Mutual Planters' Association (Chicago) inform 

 The India Rubber World that a native rubber tree on their 

 plantation at La Junta a short time ago was tapped, yieldingin 

 44 minutes 14,'+ pounds of latex, from which was made glz 

 pounds of rubber, which is now on exhibition at their Chicago 

 office. Theageof the tree was supposed to be about 20 years. 



From the Philadelphia North American : 



THE Andes Rubber Company, recently incorporated with a 

 capital of $2,000,000, will build a large rubber factory in 

 Bait ore. 



From the Pittsburgh Gazette : 



O. S. OvERLiN, a prominent business man of McKeesport, 

 received a letter from the officials of a rubber company, the 

 name of which he refuses to disclose at present, who are seek- 

 ing a new location. They say that if McKeesport will donate 

 eight acres for a site, where they could purchase four acres 

 more, they would accept it immediately, and guarantee to em- 

 ploy at least 4000 hands, and probably 6000. The company is 

 capitalized at $2,500,000. 



From the Cincinnati Enquirer : 



A NEW industry has sprung up within the last few months 

 directly traceable to the advance in the price of rubber. Where 

 old rubber was formerly largely thrown away, or saved and sold 

 for a small price, it is now being saved and collected together 

 by those who know of the existing conditions. The handling 

 of old rubber has now come to be quite an industry, and, as 

 long as they can do so, the dealers are keeping rather quiet 

 about the business, because they see that when people become 

 acquainted with the value of old rubber it will not be as easy 

 to get for nothing. 



From the Delaware (Ohio) Gazette: 



After a contest of over two years with competing rubber 

 tire companies, William Kiteling, of Marysville, has secured a 

 patent which it is claimed will revolutionize the trade. Kitel- 

 ing is a blind man and a veteran of the civil war. 



From the Manchester (N. H.) Union : 



There is a woman in town who claims that she is really the 

 originator or the cause of the origination of rubber heels for 

 shoes. This person is Mrs. H. E. Chaffee. Fifteen years ago 

 she was residing in Boston, and her brother-in-law was pro- 

 prietor of a cobbler's shop. There are many kinds of rubber 

 heels in use to-day, but Mrs. Chaffee claims that the first rub- 

 ber heel was made for her from an old clothes wringer in her 

 brother-in-law's shop. 



EXPORTS OF AMERICAN RUBBER GOODS. 



THE values of exports from the United States of goods 

 classed as " manufactures of India-rubber " during the 

 first seven months of 1901, compared with former years, are 

 stated officially as follows : 



(a) Not separately reported prior to July i, 1899. 

 [Exports to Hawaii and Porto Rico not included.] 



There were exported in July 248,082 pairs of rubber foot- 

 wear, against 100,307 pairs in July, 1900, and bringing the total 

 exports for the present calendar year up to 634,339 pairs. Ex- 

 ports of reclaimed rubber, from January i to July 31 have 

 been : 



1899. 1900. 1901. 



Value $326,939 $329,297 $213,703 



