SEPTEJifBER 1, 1911.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



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The United States patent on Mr. Shepard's invention was 

 secured in September, 1910, and the Canadian patent in March, 

 1911, and, as far as he knows, there is only one other similar 

 key on the market. He is manufacturing them in Provident^e, 

 where he is also doing a commission rubber business. 



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The shutdown of the whole factory of the National Inuia 

 Rubber Company at Bristol, which threw some 1,6CX) hands out 

 of work, did not continue as long as was generally expected. 

 The entire plant was closed for two weeks, beginning on July 

 15; on July 31 three departments — wire insulating, mechanical 

 fabric and druggists' sundries — were opened, giving employment 

 to about 400. It is now announced that the departments at 

 present idle will start up at once. By that time it is expected that 

 the ei'tire 1,600 or more hands will then be at work again. 



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The International Rubber Company, at West Harrington, is ex- 

 tending its equipment in various ways, and its shops are now 

 said to be fully fitted for the curing of manufactured goods, 

 principally sheeting. Superintendent Newell is having orders 

 filled rapidly. A new departure is the printing of cotton cloth, a 

 machine for this purpose having recently been installed. It is 

 stated that should the scheme prove to be successful, other 

 machines mav be installed later. 



Charles. O. F. Thompson, who until recently was employed by 

 the National India Rubber Company at Bristol, has removed his 

 family from that town to Trenton. New Jersey, where he is now 

 employed by the Thermoid Rubber Company of that city. 



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Health Officer Thomas E. Robbins, of Harrington, is investigat- 

 ing the conditions surrounding the disposal of sewage at the 

 plant of the International Rubber Company. Similar investiga- 

 tions are being made with regard to other concerns in that town. 

 A modern filtration plant which will care for the sewage of the 

 several concerns has been suggested. 



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The Consumers' Rubber Company, at Bristol, is now transfer- 

 ring its raw material and manufactured product between its plant 

 and the railroad station by means of large motor trucks. In 

 this manner it is possible to accomplish the work in one half the 

 time required by horses. Large shipments of footwear are now 

 being made from their factory. It is stated, however, that the 

 wire insulation business of this concern is not as brisk as it was 

 at the first of the vear. 



E. S. Huxley, for the past ten months assistant general man- 

 ager and sales agent of the National India Rubber Company, re- 

 signed that position recently to accept one of a similar nature in 

 New York City. 



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Miss Caroline Hanger, head of the pay office of the National 

 India Rubber Company, has resigned her position. She has been 

 employed by the company for the past 18 years. 



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Rubber companies doing business in this State, whether incor- 

 porated under the laws of Rhode Island or not, will have to pay 

 a tax to the State if the recently drafted tax bill becomes law. 

 This measure provides, among other things, for a State tax on 

 the excess valuation of corporate property, applicable to all 

 corporations generally, at the rate of 30 cents on each $100. 

 Rhode Island's net revenue will be increased by more than 

 $600,000 if this bill is passed at a special session of the Legislature 

 which may be called by the Governor within a short time. 



RUBBER IN THE 1912 CONGRESS OF APPLIED 

 CHEMISTRY. 



IN accordance with the resolution adopted in London at the 

 1909 International Congress of Applied Chemistry the 1912 

 Congress will take place in the United States. The opening 

 meeting will be held at Washington on September 4, next year, 

 while the other meetings, both business and scientific, will take 

 place in New York, beginning September 6 and ending September 

 13, 1912. The honorary president will be Dr. Ernest W. Morley, 

 of West Hartford, Connecticut ; the acting president being Dr. 

 William H. Nichols, of New York. There will be 24 sections 

 and sub-sections. 



"India Rubber and other Plastics" four sections, the following 

 comprising the Executive Committee and Sectional Committee : 



Executive Committee. 



President— L. H. Baekeland, Sc. D., Yonkers, New York. 



Vice-President — C. C. Goodrich, 25 Broad street. New York. 



Secretary — Jasper E. Cuane, M. S., The Arlington Company, 

 Arlington, New Jersey. 



Harold van der Linde, Ph. D., Ill Broadway, New York. 



D. Spence, Ph. D., The Diamond Rubber Company, Akron, 

 Ohio. 



Business address of Section Vb. : Yonkers, New York. 



Sectional Committee of Section Vb. 

 india rubber and other plastics. 



J. W. AiNSWORTH, Thomas A. Edison, Inc., and Condensite 

 Company, East Orange, New Jersey. 



W. C. Gear, Ph. D., B. F. Goodrich Company, Akron, Ohio. 



Byron B. Goldsmith, American Lead Pencil Company, 

 Hoboken, New Jersey. 



Clarence M. Joyce, S. B., Arlington Company, Arlington, New 

 Jersey. 



George Oenslager, A. M., The Diamond Rubber Company, 

 Akron, Ohio. 



Robert C. Schueffhaus, Ph. D., 175 Pearl street. New York 



Frank Vanderpool, Ph. D., 175 Park avenue. Orange, New 

 Jersey. 



Theodore Whittelsf.y, Ph. D., Rubber Regenerating Com 

 pany, Mishawaka, Indiana. 



Edward C. Worden, M. A., Clark Thread Company, Newark, 

 New Jersey. 



And the Sectional Executive Committee. 



Topics of Rubber Section. 



The topics of Section Vb. will include : 



1. The chemistry of the production and utilization of rubber 

 gutta percha and substances having allied uses. 



2. Plastic cellulose compounds, or compounds containing esters 

 of cellulose; as for instance, its nitrates, acetates, etc. 



3. Synthetic and resinous plastics. 



4. Casein and gelatine plastics. 



5. Linoleum, oil cloth, artificial leather, artificial silk and films 

 for photographic and other purposes. 



This triennial International Congress is one of the most notable 

 and important technical gatherings of a periodical nature. It will 

 be noticed that the scope of discussion in the india rubber section 

 is sufficiently wide to cover the various chemical questions now 

 occupying the attention of the industry. As the attendance of 

 many leading European scientists is looked for the meetings of 

 the India Rubber Section will practically be another "International 

 Rubber Congress." It is therefore to be hoped that the various 

 chemical questions so ably treated at the recent London Congress 

 will be again brought forward and discussed with a view to their 

 early solution. The opportunity could be still further utilized 

 if arrangements were made for the chemical exhibits represent- 

 ing the processes of rubber cultivation and manufacture being 

 shown here in connection with next year's Chemical Congress. 



