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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[June 1, 1911. 



dustry, it would have been much more so if it had contained 

 the results of experiments testifying to any prospective ad- 

 vantages. Ihe members of the Congress were very largely men 

 interested in the preservation and transportation of food stuffs 

 and there would probably not be half a dozen present who would 

 be interested in the paper — except perhaps the refrigerating ma- 

 chinery manufacturers. With regard to cut sheet, I have never 

 heard it suggested that the freezing of the blocks had any effect 

 on the quality or life of the rubber. Such solidification is neces- 

 sitated in order that the cutting process may be effectively car- 

 ried out. If the freezing improves the rubber, how is it that the 

 sheets produced from blocks solidified in the air on a cold 

 winter day are considered if anything superior to those which 

 have experienced a lower temperature as the result of artificial 

 refrigeration? The suggestion to cool down the storerooms 

 where rubber goods are kept strikes me as tlie most important 

 suggestion in the paper, and a cheap way of testing this would 

 be to enlist the sympathy and services of some engineer con- 

 nected with one of the Siberian placer gold mines. With a box 

 of selected rubber goods to keep under observation he would 

 have a mental stimulant to while away the tedium of enforced 

 inactivity above ground. 



Sir Edward Tennant, Bart., whose name appears in the list 

 of vice-presidents of the Rubber Exhibition, is now entitled to 

 a slightly higher place on the list as he 

 BREVITIES. has recently been raised to the peerage 



under the title of Lord Glenconnor. 

 His father. Sir Charles Tennant, Bart., was prominently con- 

 nected with the alkali trade at Glasgow and with the ver'y suc- 

 cessful Indian gold mines. 



Sir H. H. Johnston, K. C. B., C. M. G., another vice- 

 president, has very readable articles in the April jiumbers of two 

 of what are usually considered the "heavy" reviews. In The 

 Nineteenth Century and After he discourses on '"The Seamy Side 

 of Travel'' to which no doubt the editor of The Indi.\ Rubber 

 World could add something from his experiences in the tropics. 

 His second and more important article is in the Quarterly Re- 

 view and is entitled "The Preservation of Fauna and Flora." It 

 is to be hoped that this article will receive more than passing 

 attention from those who are in a position to aid in the reforms 

 advocated though I am afraid that there is not much to be 

 expected from the sportsmen whose operations he, in my opin- 

 ion, so justly denounces. Probably the Quarterly Reviett.' has 

 not a very large circulation in African or Asiatic rubber planting 



sections, so these few lines of reference to the subject can hardly 

 be considered superfluous. 



Connolly Bros., Limited, of Vale Mills, Blackley, near 

 Manchester, have become involved in financial difficulties and a 

 receiver has been appointed. The business, which is an old es- 

 tablished one, is concerned with the production of rubber in- 

 sulated wires of the smaller diameters. The firm were not ac- 

 tually rubber manufacturers but contracted for their varied rub- 

 ber requirements with rubber manufacturers, a course of pro- 

 cedure followed by other firms in competition with them. 



The works of Hutchinson, Main & Co., Limited, of 

 Springvale, Glasgow, are offered for sale by auction. This 

 announcement was made shortly after the decision in the legal 

 case referred to in these notes last month. 



With reference to the action brought against the Rubber Re- 

 generating Co., Limited, Manchester, England, by the North- 

 western Rubber Co., Limited, Litherland, England, The India 

 Rubber World is advised that the matter has been settled with- 

 out .being brought into court — that is, satisfactorily to all con- 

 cerned, and that both companies will continue along the same 

 lines as heretofore. Incidentally, our English correspondent re- 

 ferred to the general manager as Mr. Mamsick, evidently meaning 

 M. H. MacKusick. 



BRIEF NOTES FROM JAPAN. 



M. Yoshida, manager of the important Japanese rubber manu- 

 facturing company. The Asahi Gomu Co., Limited, of Tokj'o, has 

 gone to the Federated Malay States, taking with him a number 

 of his associates, to take up land and plant Hez-ea for his com- 

 pany. This to our knowledge is the third enterprising rubber 

 company in Japan that has taken measures to plant Para rub- 

 ber, and thus ass;irc a cheap and constant supply, no matter 

 how the market goes. 



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K. Takahashi, rubber expert for the Kashima Gomu Co., 

 Tokyo, is the inventor of a machine for cutting rubber thread. 



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An association of Japanese rubber manufacturers has been 

 formed with a title which translated literally means "Japan 

 Rubber-Business-Circle." It has some 70 members. — The Gomu 

 Shimpo. 



JAPANESE IMPORTS OF INDIA-RUBBER. 



[From the Gomu Shimpo.] 



1908. 



1909. 



1910. 



Quantity. 



Crude Rubber ( 779,617 kin 



i 1,033,032 pounds 

 Rubber Boots ( 28,307 pairs 



Rubber Shoes ( 30.066 pairs 



Belting and Hose J 131.630kin 



1 174,410 pounds 



Cables, Insulated (1 ,826.660 kin 



\ 2,420,324 pounds 



Insulated Wire ( 3,592,575 kin 



( 4,760,361 pounds 



Waterproof Cloth f 212,928 yards 



Engine Packing ( .549,071 kin 



\ 727,519 pounds 



Plates and Sheets, Hard Rubber ( 31,034 kin 



'/ 41,130 pounds 



Tubes and Rods, Hard Rubber. \ 45.455 kin 



I 60.228 pounds 



Value. 



886,578 ven 

 $441,516 

 80.381 yen 



$40,030 

 38.215 ven 



$19,031 " 



11 7,369 yen 



$58,449 



420,277 yen 

 $209,297 

 1,446,852 yen 

 $720,530 



126,123 yen 



$62,809 



286,286 yen 

 $142,570 

 62.367 yen 



$31,059 



164,326 yen 



$81,848 



Quantity. 

 998,870 kin 

 1,321,463 pounds 

 8,975 pairs 



24,337 pairs 



69,106 kin 



91 ..566 pounds 

 2.040.789 kin 

 2,704.045 pounds 

 4.477.797 kin 

 5.933.081 pounds 

 280.120 yards 



430.069 kin 



569.841 i)ounds 

 45.448 kin 

 60.268 pounds 

 33,176 kin 

 43.958 pounds 



Value, 



1,465.292 ven 

 $729,715' 

 21.622 ven 



$10,768 ■ 

 24.763 ven 



$12,332 ■ 

 57,464 ven 



$28.619 " 



358,617 ven 

 $178,591 ■ 

 1.517.017 yen 

 $755,474 



173,248 ven 



$86,278 ■ 



228.444 yen 

 $113,765 

 99,473 ven 



$49.538 " 



127,721 ven 



$63,605 ■ 



Quantity. 

 1.193.146 kin 

 1.580.918 pounds 

 3,090 pairs 



16,625 pairs 



67.960 kin 



90.047 pounds 

 7.295.988 kin 

 9.667,184 pounds 

 5,386,662 kin 

 7,137,327 pounds 

 297,329 yards 



629.888 kin 

 834,602 pounds 

 74,195 kin 



98.308 pounds 



35.309 kin 

 46,784 pounds 



Value. 

 3,042,396 yen 

 $1,515,093 

 11,650 yen 

 $5,802 

 14,761 yen 

 $7,351 

 59,244 ven 

 $29,504 ■ 

 1.594,923 ven 

 $794,272 ■ 

 1,637,381 ven 

 $815,416 

 184,567 ven 

 $91,914' 

 342,586 yen 

 $170,608 

 160,178 yen 

 $79,769 

 93,535 yen 

 $46,580 



