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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[Mf 



1914. 



Vol. 50. 



MAY 1. 1<^14. 



No. 2. 



TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



Editorials: 



The Tremendous Toll That Rubber Has Paid 397 



George P. Whitniore — An Appreciation 397 



The Great Increase in Foreign Cotton 397 



The London Rubber Show in June 398 



Turning Philanthropy Into Profits 399 



Minor Editorials 399 



What the Rubber Chemists Are Doing 400 



The Rubber Crisis in Brazil— II 



By Ihe Editor — Illustrated 401 



Rubber Gathering in the Peruvian Montana 406 



Colonel Chaves and the Acre Rubber Tax 406 



[With rnrtr.-iil.l 



Dr. Ruber's Last Four Articles on Hevea 407 



Report of the Brazilian Mixed Commission 408 



Official India Rubber Statistics for the United States 409 



Shall We Lose the Panama Trade? 



Illustrated 413 



The Only Heveas in Panama 



Illustrated 415 



Annual Meeting of Rubber Club of America 416 



Rubber Club Wants Further Statistics 419 



Rubber Sundries Manufacturers Dine 



Illustrated 420 



The Editor's Book Table 421 



New Trade Publications 423 



The Rubber Trade in Akron 



By Our Corresf>ondent 424 

 The Rubber Trade in Boston 



By Our Correspondent 425 

 The Rubber Trade in Chicago 



By Our Ctirrcspondcut 426 



Using Candy Molds of Rubber 



By Our Ciuciiinati Correspondeut — Illustrated 427 

 The Rubber Trade in Rhode Island 



By Our Correspondent 427 



The Rubber Trade in Trenton 



By Our Correspondent 428 

 The Rubber Trade on the Pacific Coast 



By Our Corrcspoudeut 429 



India Rubber Goods in Commerce 430 



The Development and Design of a Machine for Producing 

 Plantation Rubber by the Brazilian Smoking Method. . . 



Bv //. ir. F.u-„'-!l. .I.H-, auj _M. II. Korn. C.E. 



Illustrated 431 



Rubber Goods Manufacturing Co.'s Fifteenth Annual Meeting 433 



The Obituary Record 434 



IVVitli Portraits.] 



Latest Report on Navy Specifications 435 



News of the American Rubber Trade 



Illustrated 436 



New Rubber Goods in the Market 



Illustrated 442 

 New Machines and Appliances 



Illustrated 444 



The India Rubber Trade in Great Britain 



Bv Our Correspondent 446 

 Prizes at the London Rubber Show 



Illustrated 447 

 Some Rubber Interests in Europe 



Illustrated 448 



The Rubber Trade in Japan 



By Our Correspondent 449 



Rubber Notes from British Guiana 



Bv Our Correspondent 449 



Some Rubber Planting Notes 451 



Recent Patents Relating to Rubber 453 



! United Stairs. Groat Britain. France. Germany. Belgium.] 



Review of the Crude Rubber Market 456 



Plantation Rubber from the Far East. 



l^xi'dkT;; OK Cevlon Growx RunBEK. 



[From January 1 to March 16, 1913 and 1914. Compiled by the Ceylon 

 Chamber of Commerce.] 



1913. 



To Great Britain poiiuds 2,436,562 



To "" " 



To 



To 



United States 1,840,795 



Belgium 457,506 



Australia 74,871 



To Japan 



To 

 To 

 To 

 To 

 To 

 To 

 To 

 To 



50,978 



Germany 23,479 



' ■ 22,460 



20.419 



500 



Italy. 



Austria 



Holland 



Russia 



France 



Straits Settlements. 

 India 



1914. 



3,832,503 



1,390.780 



1,432.240 



20.160' 



96.803 



352,128 



Total 4,927.570 



98.482 



58,096 



35.815 



500 



7,317.507 



(Same period, 1912—2,812.384; same period, 1911—1,105,293 pounds.) 

 The export figures of rubber given in the above tabic include the imports 

 re-exported. (These amount to 505,361 pounds — 376.392 pounds from the 

 Straits and 128,969 pounds from India.) To arrive at the appro.ximate 

 quantity of Ceylon rubber exported to date, deduct the quantity of imports 

 shown in the import table from the total exports. 



fFrom January 1 to December 31, 1912 and 1913. Compiled by the Ceylon 

 Chamber of Commerce.] 



To Great Britain /•oiiiids 



To United States 



To Belgium 



To Australia 



To Germany 



To Austria 



To Japan 



To Canada 



To France 



To Italy 



To Russia 



To Holland 



To India 



To Norway and Sweden 



To Straits Settlements 



153.795 



Total 15,001.075 28,033,345 



The export figures of rubber for 1913 given in the above table include 

 the imports re-exported. To arrive at the approximate quantity of Ceylon 

 rubber exported for 1913 to date deduct the quantity of imports shown in 

 the import table from the total exports. In previous years the exports of 

 Ceylon ruljber only were given. 



T()T.\L E.XPORTS FROM Mv\L-\V.\. 



(From January 1 to dates named. Keiiorted by Barlow & Co., Singapore. 



These figures include the production of the Federated Malay 



States, but not of Ceylon. J 



Port Swet- 

 Singapore. Malacca. Penang. tenham. 

 To— March 11. Feb. 28- Feb. 28. March 15 



Great Britain. . .fioiinrfj 4,383,308 886,290 3,243,867 5,309.005 



Continent 335,992 



Japan 194,844 



Ceylon 71 ,027 



United States 2,149,661 



Australia 10,741 



116,400 689,046 



174,000 

 182,933 



Total. 1914 7.145.573 886,290 3,717,200 



Total, 1913 4.806,621 2,110,666 



Total, 1912 2,161,478 847,722 



Total, 1911 1,266.855 330,267 



363,594 



6,361,645 

 6.520,463 

 4,687,124 

 2,479.933 



Total. 



13.822.470 



1,141,438 



194,844 



608,621 



2,332,594 



10.741 



18,110,708 



13,437,750 



7.696,324 



4.077,055 



LOCK THE TIRES OR WATCH THEM. 



It is apparently a dangerous thing tn leave tires unwatclied 

 on Broadway, New York. A few nights ago an automobile 

 dealer left his car unattended for a few minutes on upper Broad- 

 way to run into his office. When he returned to the car he 

 found that two spare tires had disappeared. This occurred in 

 one of the lightest spots along that well lighted thoroughfare 

 and within easy observation of several traffic policemen. When 

 the ow-ner of the car entered his complaint with the nearest 

 police officer, who was standing not far away, he was told, by 

 way of consolation, that he had no business to leave his car. 

 It is a good idea, in most large cities, to have spare tires chained 

 to the car or else duly watched. 



