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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[September 1, 1911. 



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Vol. 44. 



SEPTEMBER 1, 1911. 



No. 6. 



TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



Editorial: 



Will Prices Ever Be Stable? 



The Rubber Market Changing 



Rubber Investors Frightened 



Synthetic Rubber Effects 



Nolo Contendere $1,000, Jackson, Nihil 



Lessons from Rubber Mill Fires 



Looking Ahead 



Efficiency and Oil 



The Cost of Isoprene 



Belgian Promises Fulfilled 



The Annual Inner Tube Crop 



Rubber Sidewalks First 



Hamburg Opinion Upon Trading in Rubber Futures. 



The Passing of the Ilorse 



Do Exclianges Minimize Speculation? 



The Free Belgium Congo. 



India- Rubber Trade in Great Britain. 



Our Regular Correspondent 

 [Reinforced Rubber. Transparent Rubber. International Con- 

 gress of Applied Chemistr>'. Synthetic Rubber.] 



Some Rubber Interests in Europe 



Japanese Rubber Statistics 



The Editor's Book Table 



Actual Synthetic Rubber 



Progress of Rubber Planting 



I With 3 Illustrations.] 



Shall Crude Rubber Be Listed? 



[With : Illustration.] 



New Rubber Goods in the Market 



[.Artistic Rubber Sundries. A New "Stepney" Tire. Yachting 

 and Polar Boots. The Fisk "Clincher" for Bicycles. A 

 Rubber Cigar Holder. Rubber Basin for Motorists. The 

 Victor Carriage Mat. Painting Rack for Golf Balls. Pneu- 

 matic Mattresses. Hard Rubber Tire Holders. Rubber Bands 

 Instead of Mat Pins. A New Woodworth Tread. Rubber 

 (ioods for Infants. The Ridge Okonite. For Cleaning Rubber 

 Tires. Hard Rubber Connectors. Rubber Makes it Safe.] 

 [With 23 Illustrations.] 



The "Akron" Dirigible Balloon 



[With 3 Illustrations.] 



Recent Patents Relating to Rubber 



[United States. Great Britain. France.] 

 Miscellaneous: 



Mr. Reimers Then and Now Illustrated 



Trade Notes from Japan 



lapanese Views of Rubber Culture 



Rubber Stamps in Pottery Decoration Illustrated 



"Para Versus Ceylon" Illustrated 



Brazil and the Middle East 



Balata and Rubber in British Guiana 



India- Rubber and Balata in Dutch Guiana 



Our Regular Correspondent 



Rubber Plantations for Boston 



A New Home for the United States Rubber Co Illustrated 



The Creation of the Firestone Company Portrait 



Rubber in the 1912 Congress of Applied Chemistry 



Detnountable, Dismountable, Detachable and Removable Rims... 



Illustrated 



Rubber Tire Protection 



India-Rubber rioods in Commerce : 



A Man in a Million Illustrated 



New Trade Publications 



.•\sbcstos Rubber Goods 



News of the American Rubber Trade 



The Trade at Akron Our Correspondent 



The Trade in San Francisco Our Correspondent 



The Trade in Rhode Island Our Correspondent 



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United States Imports of Crude Rubber. 



Official State.ment — Fiscal Years Ending June 30. 



1908-09. 1909-10. 1910-11. 



United Kingdoin pounds 12,825,192 15,556,981 15,953,233 



Helgiiim 3,635,990 3,813,702 4,473,202 



France 1,967,774 3,695,703 3,157,879 



Germany i... 4,503,286 6,528,147 6,151,752 



Portugal 1,882,882 1,996,530 1,752,468 



Central .\mcrica 861,636 1,424,449 1,342,939 



Mexico 15,460,365 23,486,384 853,805 



Brazil 43,993,670 39,510,920 31,020,764 



Other South America 1,964,114 2,503,683 2,506,875 



East Indies 1 ,127,686 2,419,956 4.624,457 



Other Countries 137,300 108,226 208,886 



Total pounds 88,359,895 101,044,681 72,046,260 



Import value $61,709,723 $101,078,825 $77,244,603- 



Average per pound 69.8 cents $1.00 $1.07 



Net Imports. 



Imports pounds &S,359,895 101,044,681 72,046,260- 



Exports 3,791,961 6,492,947 5,267,588 



Net imports 84,567,934 94,551,734 66,778,672- 



Other United States Imports. 



1908-09. 1909-10. 1910-11. 



Balata pounds 1,157,018 399,003 878,305 



Gutta-percha 255,559 784,501 1,648,921 



Waste rubber 20,497,695 37,364,671 26,948,000 



Gutta-jelutong 24,826,296 52,392,444 51,420,872 



Guayule gum 19,749,522 



Rubber Scrap Prices. 



L.\TE New York Quotations — prices paid by consumers for 

 carload lots, per pound — are unchanged : 



Aug. 1. Sept. 1. 



Old rubber boots and shoes — domestic. 9 @ 9^s 9 @ 9]/i 



Old rubber boots and shoes — foreign.... 9 @ 9% 9 @ 9J^ 



Pneumatic bicycle tires 4^@ 4^4 4J4@ 4j4 



Automobile tires 8M@ Wz 8^@ SVz 



Solid rubber wagon and carriage tires.. 9^4® 9J4 954@ 9Ji 



White trimmed rubber 11 ©W/z 11 @llj4 



Heavv black rubber Wa®. 5 4J4@ 5 



Air brake hose 4^4® 454 Wz® ^H 



Garden hose \H@ V/i Wa@ IH 



Fire and large hose 2J^@ 2^s 25^® 2^ 



Matting ^@ 1 H@ I 



RESULTS OF COFFEE VALOEIZATION. 



The message of the President of the State of Sao Paulo 

 shows that the Governinent has on hand 5,105,133 bags of coffee 

 and that the balance of bonds outstanding on July 1, 1911, was 

 equal to $46,735,400 gold. The Federal loan outstanding had' 

 been reduced on December 31, 1910, to the equivalent of 

 $13,961,970 gold. 



DEATH OF AN OLD EUFLOYE. 



As a mark of respect to the memory of the late Dennis 

 Mulquenney, more than thirty-two years in the employment of 

 the Voorhees Rubber Manufacturing Company, Jersey City, the 

 factory was shut down for the whole day of the funeral. 



1910-11. 



STATISTICS OF RUBBER, ETC., IMPORTS. 



[Fiscal years ending June 30.] 



1908-09. 1909-10. 



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Pounds. Value. Pounds. Value. 



Balata 1,157,018 $522,872 399,003 $196,878 



Gutta-percha 255,559 82,136 784,501 167,873 



Gutta-jelutong 24,826,296 852,372 52,392,444 2,419,223 



?ndra"'rub1j"e?*; } 88,359,895 $61,709,723 101,044,681 $101,078,825 



India rubber scrap! etc .".!!'..'!!!!'.'". ! 20,497,695 $1,543,267 37,364,671 $2,998,697 



•(Imports of Guayule gum were included in "India rubber" prior to July 1, 1910.) 



Pounds. 

 878,305 



1,648,921 

 51,420,872 

 19,749,522 

 72,046,260 

 26.948,000 



\'alue. 



$624,702 



390,548 



2,872,633 



$10,443,157 



77,244.603 



$2,334,870' 



