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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD. 



i October i, 1910. 



The price of "Fancy" Sea Island grades at the beginning of 

 September, igio, was 32 cents ; September, 1909, 22 cents ; and 

 September, 1908, 20 cents. 



The number of bales of cotton ginned from the growtli of 1910 

 to September I, 1910, and comparative statistics to the correspond- 

 ing date in three years preceding, is reported by the United States 

 census office : 



Bales 200,278 1908. 1909- •910. 



1907. 402,2^9 388,342 356,824 



THE HIGH PRICE OF COTTON GOODS. 



At the semi animal convention 01 tlic X;iti<Mial .\ssociation 

 of Cotton Manufacturers, held at Portsmouth. New 

 Hampshire, beginning on September 15. the opening ad- 

 dress by the president, Mr. Franklin W. Hobbs, asserted that in 

 the face of high prices for raw materials and high rates of wages 

 on one hand, and the insistence upon low prices for manufactured 

 products on the other hand, the cotton manufacturing trade 

 during the half year had witnessed troublous times. He in- 

 timated that there must be a gradual advance in the prices of 

 products until the manufacturers can make a fair return on the 

 capital invested in the business. Mr. Hobbs pointed out that 

 since the foundation of this association, 50 years ago, it had con- 

 sistently worked in the direction of improved conditions in the 

 conduct of the cotton trade as a whole, but many reforms remain 

 to be made. For instance, he said : 



"On an order for 100 bales, it may vary from 30,000 pounds to 

 60,000 pounds and yet constitute a good delivery on an order for 

 100 bales. Is it not time for us to insist that 100 bales of cotton 

 shall mean 50,000 pounds of cotton, and to so specify in our con- 

 tract and insist on delivery withm one per cent, of the weight 

 specified? Thus we would make the weight rather than the 

 number of bales the real basis. When we sell 50,000 pounds of 

 yarn we are expected to deliver that amount — why not buy our 

 cotton in a similar may?" 



NEW TRADE PUBLICATIONS. 



THF. newest catalogue of The B. F. Goourich Co. ( .\kroii, 

 Ohio) is devoted to their Druggists' Rubber Sundries. It 

 is not only artistically got up. but is otherwi>e perhaps the most 

 complete catalogue of its kind ever published. Touching on a 



few of the newest additions and imiirovements, one finds among 

 the hot water bottles one called the "Marathon," which is unique 

 as to shape, being perfectly elliptical. .Xnother which may be 

 mentioned, the "Gibraltar," is a new cloth insertion article with 

 a truly reinforced scam. The list of fountain and combination 

 syringes is probably the most complete manufactured by any firm. 

 A new and neat feature in connection with these, is the method 



of packing. Heretofore the syringe bag had to be doubled over 

 in the box which held it. By the new way, the box is used for 

 displaying as well as carrying. It has a false bottom which slides 

 out and which can be raised like an easel ; this shows the bag in 

 full length, with one end slightly raised, and with the appliances 

 alongside of it. This box is paper covered and the color schemes 

 used are very attractive. Another improvement is the new cov- 

 ering for air mattresses, which are made of ticking, and can 

 easily be removed, adding to the cleanliness. They are made 

 especially for hospital use and can be had in the regulation sizes. 

 Small air cushions too are made up in tapestry effect fabrics 

 or in a solid tan color. In the back of the catalogue, ingeniously 

 held by means of a pocket in the cover, is the firm's latest price 

 list. The booklet containing the prices can be removed, if de- 

 sired. The catalogue may be found of use in the household as 

 well as in the store. [5^" x 8". 51 pages.] 



The B. F. Goodrich Co. have just issued the most complete 

 catalogue of Mechanical Rubber Goods which they have vet got 

 out. It is notable for the variety of products described,, and for 

 the number of items that are new, or practically so, while the 

 staple lines to which they have devoted their energy for 40 years 

 continue to be listed. No fewer than 55 pages are devoted to 

 Hose, under 36 headings. This department is embellished with 

 57 illustrations, many of which relate to more than one grade of 

 hose — some of them to a half dozen. The prominence given to 

 paper mill equipment, conveyor belting, and vacuum hose, testify 

 to the growing importance of these newer uses of rubber. Special 

 attention is given to equipment for the beet sugar industry, and 

 the company have taken on the manufacture of interlocking^ 

 tiling [5J4" X 8". 172 pages.] 



W. D. Allen M.anvfacturing Co. (Chicago) devote their 

 Cicular No. 168 to Lawn Sprinklers for the seascm of 1911. 

 which shows that they are beginning in good time for ne.xt year's 

 trade. It is interesting to notice that they list a number of 

 novelties. [3^" X 6". 32 pages.] 



The United and Globe Rubber M.\NurACTUBiNG Cos. 

 (Trenton, New Jersey.) have issued a new catalogue of Me- 

 chanical Rubber Goods for the trade generally, which is very 

 complete and concise in style. It is likewise attractive 

 in appearance, being especially well illustrated, and will 

 prove a handy reference book for tlie company's many 

 customers. [6" x 9!4". 76 pages.] 



The McIlrov Belting and Ho.'^e Ci. t Hammond. Indi- 

 ana) issue a catalogue of their Rubber-lie Belting, with tes- 

 timonials from many users of this commodity. [4" x "". 

 12 pages.] 



The Miller Rubber Co. (Akron, Ohio) issue a new catalogue 

 of Druggists' Sundries and Surgical and Miscellaneous Rubber 

 Goods, illustrating attractively a very extensive line, including 

 several novelties of interest. [4H" ^ 8' 2". 94 pages.] 



National India Rubber Co. (Bristol, Rhode Island") present 

 a catalogue of "National" Packings and Mechanical Rubber 

 Goods, which is the fullest exposition of this branch of their 

 production that the company has yet issued. Though so long 

 established, the National company is thoroughly up to date in 

 the variety of articles which it manufactures, each new cata- 

 logue including something not offered before. [6" x 0". 101 

 pages.] 



ALSO REC?:iVED. 



C. W. Hunt Co., New York. = General Catalogue No. luj. [Conveying 

 and oilier nmrhinerv. I 112 page.s. 



The BlaisdcU Machinery Co., Bradford, Pa. = The Blaisdell System ot 

 Vacuum Cleaning. 31 pages. 



Blackstone Manufacturing Co., Chicago. = Blacksione Vacuum Massager. 

 .14 pages. 



.•\Wic Engineering Co., New York. = Abbe Ball and Tulic Mills. (For 

 grinding or pulverizing many materials, including guayule shrub.) 40 pages. 



The last edition of Ferguson's "Ceylon Handbook" shows 

 Liptons, Limited, to have, on one estate. 700 acres in rubber 

 alone and 304^2 acres in tea with rubber interplanted, while 

 another estate has fS.coo rubber trees, the acreage not being stated. 



