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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD. 



[Janlarv 1, 1911. 



house containing the necessary steam engines, pumps and dynamo, 

 a machine shop and foundry, a carpenter shop, a splendid 

 modern labcratory, an ice plant, offices, storehouses, and drying 

 and packing sheds. Water is supplied by a pipe line some three 

 miles in length. The European staff includes a civil engineer, 

 mechanical engineers, a master titter and a master plumber, two 

 chemists, harbor master, office chief and others. Labor is rcadih 

 obtain.ible, partly Malay, partly Chinese. 



The company are erecting a second works on Karimnn Island, 

 some thirty miles from Singapore, at which it is proposed to 

 produce 30.000 pounds of rubber per day, making with Goebilt a 

 total of 40.000 pounds daily. The conditions of organization and 

 work there will be similar to what exists in Sarawak. 



SOME GOEBILT STATISTICS. 



The preceding paper by Dr. Schidriwitz may be supplemented 

 by some details supplied by this gentleman to the United Malay- 

 sian Rubber Co., Limited, for the information of their share- 

 holders. As for cost of the crude jelutong, he seems to regard 

 say 5 Straits dollars per pikul as the probable average, and this 

 works out at slightly more than 2% cents, gold, per pound. But 

 even if the cost should reach 6 Straits dollars, and allowing 10 

 pounds of jelutong for the production of one pound of finished 

 rubber, the cost of the latter would be slightly more than a 

 .shilling per pound. The factory product includes two pounds of 

 resin for each pound of finished rubber, and in the opinion of 

 Dr. Schidrowitz the resin should sell ultimately at about 2 pence 

 per pound, or enough to pay for the cost of factory operation. 

 These figures are given as to the shipments of rubber from the 

 Goebilt works : 



Previous to Jnlv. 1910 pininds 238,43.i 



Julv 115,000 



August 142,650 



September 1 55,383 



THE RUBBER TRADE AT TRENTON. 



KV .\ RESIDENT CORRESPONDENT. 



THE leading rubber factories of.Trenton have enjoyed of late 

 a period of marked activity, many of the mills being run 

 overtime. The impression seems general that the outlook 

 for the industry in the coming year is good. 



J. Russell Kelso, of the Woven Steel Hose and Rubber Co., 

 says that their business for 1910 exceeded that of the preceding 

 year, arid he feels encouraged over the prospect for 1911. The 

 company report the opening of two additional branches — in San 

 Francisco and at Phoenix, Arizona. 



A. Boyd Cornell, of the Empire Rubber Manufacturing Co. 

 and the Empire Tire Co., reports an increased business for the 

 year just ended in both mechanical goods and tires. The two 

 three-story additions to their buildings recently completed and 

 equipped have largely increased the manufacturing capacity of 

 Empire companies. 



C. E. Lambert, of the Acme Rubber Manufacturing Co.. re- 

 ports working 24 hours daily in their mill room for the past 

 month. 



John S. Broughton, of the United and Globe Rubber Manu- 

 facturing Companies, says that the demand for railroad goods is 

 exceedingly good. 



C. H. Oakley, of 'Hie Este.x Rubber Co., Inc., tells vour cor- 

 respondent that they have been working three nights a week for 

 some time. Their "Esse.x" rug is meeting with an encouraging 

 demand in various parts of the country, good orders having been 

 received from Washington for use in the United States capitol 

 and in several of the departments. 



The Ajax-Grieb Rubber Co, have been obliged to run con- 

 tinuously day and night, notwithstanding the important additions 

 made recently to their plant. These include two three-story 

 buildings, 200 x 60 feet, and 100 x 6 feet, and a one-story building 



200 X to feet. There are also additional carpenter and black- 

 smith shops, and they are now putting in a laboratory. The drug- 

 gists' sundries line taken on recently has exceeded their expecta- 

 tions in volume of business. 



Seymour Obermer, British representative of the Thermoid 

 Rubber Co., is over from London and will not return until after 

 the automobile shows in Xew York, at which the Thermoid 

 people are exhibiting a full line of their automobile rubber goods. 



George R. Cook, who is at the head of the Acme and Hamil- 

 ton rubber manufacturing companies, of this city, is largely inter- 

 ested likewise in other important Trenton industries, notably the 

 potteries and linoleum. He is president of the Trenton Oil Cloth 

 and Linoleum Co. and the Standard Inlaid Manufacturing Com- 

 pany. On December 21 Cook's Linoleum Co. was incorporated 

 under the laws of Xew Jersey, with $2,000,000 capital. While 

 Mr. Cook's name does not appear officially in comiection with the 

 new company, it is assumed that it will control the business of 

 the two companies named, and akso that of the new linoleum 

 plant in Chicago in w-hich he is interested. 



Fred R. Sayen, secretary of the ?\Iercer Rubber Co., returned 

 lately from a vacation, part of w-hich was spent in Panama along 

 the line of the canal. This company has already a considerable 

 Pacific Coast trade, which doubtless will be extended with the 

 opening of the canal. 



A piece of 27-inch suction hose made by The Combination 

 Rubber Manufacturing Co., at Bloomfield, while in use was 

 flattened by the accidental falling of a heavy crane. By the use 

 of a jack the hose, with the heavy spiral band iron lining, was 

 restored to shape and to working efficiency. 



Announcement is made of the engagement of Miss Haas, of 

 Philadelphia, to Mr. William Xelson Blodgett, a son of William 

 L. Blodgett, of the Hamilton Rubber Manufacturing Co., of 

 which Mr. Blodgett, junior, is chemist, having been graduated 

 from Princeton L'niversity with the degree of B. s. 



The engagement is also announced of Miss Hamill, of Trenton, 

 to Mr. Bruce Bedford, of the Luzerne Rubber Co. 



INDIA-RUBBER GOODS IN COMMERCE. 



EXPORTS FROM THE UNITED STATES. 



/^I'^FICLAL Statement of the values of exports of manufac- 

 ^-^ tures of india-rubber and gutta-percha for the month of 

 October, 1910, and for the first ten months of five calendar years: 



Belting, Boots All 



^loNTHs. Packing, and Other Total. 



and Hose. Shoes. Rubber, 



October, 1910 $166,996 $242,746 $428,431 $838,173 



January-September .... 1,592,594 1.664,215 4,258,968 7,515,777 



Total, 1910 $1,759,590 $1,906,961 $4,687,399 $8,353,950 



Total, 1909 1.469,272 1,288,705 3,478,438 6,236,415 



Total, 1908 1,049,641 1,157,136 2,940,309 5,147,086 



Total, 1907 1,168,648 1,401,890 3,345,209 5,915,747 



Total, 1906 994,883 1,077,009 2,702,861 4,774,753 



The above heading, ".Ml Other Rubber," for the last four 

 months includes the following details relating to Tires : 



For All 



.MoNTH.s. Automobiles. Other. Tot.\l. 



Julv values $146,080 $56,096 $202,176 



August 151,468 71.486 222,954 



September 133,735 39,457 173,192 



October 103,788 33,469 137,257 



.At the recent International Shoe and Leather I'air in London 

 important exhibits were made of the products of the United 

 States Rubber Co. and the Hood Rubber Co., by the foreign 

 branches maintained by these corporations. Another interest- 

 in.g exhibit was that of the L'nited States Shoe and Leather Co., 

 of Londcm, dealers in products of the United States Rubber Co. 

 (Jther .\merican products' were the shoe heels marketed by How- 

 ison & Co., Limited, of London. 



