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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[July 1, 1914. 



NEW JERSEY STATISTICS OF MANUFACTURES 

 FOR 1912. 



Vol. SO. July i; 1914. No. 4. 



TABLE or CONTENTS. 



Editorials: 



Has Successful Synthesis Arrived? 525 



The E.xport Burden Rubber Has to Bear 525 



Shall Labor Constitute a Privileged Class? 526 



Rubber Consumption Compared with Population 526 



The Binding Ties of Trade 527 



And Why Not Rubber Tennis Courts? 527 



Brazil to Borrow a Hundred Million More 528 



The Demoralizing Force of Holidays 528 



Minor Editorial 528 



New Uses for India Rubber 



By the Editor 529 



The Crude Rubber Export Ta.xes of the World 530 



The Making of a Fountain Pen 



Illustrated 533 



A New Slide Rule for Rubber Men 



Illustrated 536 



Foreign Commerce of the United States 537 



Editor's Book Table 



Illustrated 538 

 New Trade Publications 540 



U. S. Rubber Reclaiming Co 



Illustrated 541 



The Rubber Trade in Boston 



By Our Correspondent 542 



The Rubber Trade in Akron 



By Our Correspondent — Illustrated 542 



Growing Popularity of Tire Hospitals 



By Our Cincifinali Correspondent — Illustrated 542 



The Rubber Trade in Chicago 



By Our Correspondent 544 



The Rubber Trade in Trenton 



By Our Correspondent 544 



The Rubber Trade in Rhode Island 



By Our Correspondent 545 



The Rubber Trade on the Pacific Coast 



By Our Correspondent 546 



New Rubber Goods in the Market 



Illustrated 547 

 Manufacturers Protest Against Legislative Discrimination. .. 549 

 A Calender Mill Room Layout 



By IV. J. Billerlich— Illustrated 550 



News of the American Rubber Trade 551 



India Rubber Goods in Commerce 555 



New Machines and Appliances 



Illustrated 556 

 India Rubber Trade in Great Britain 559 



The London Rubber Show Opens Auspiciously 



Illustrated 560 



British Consular Report on Trade of Para 562 



German Rubber Export Statistics for 1913 564 



Some Rubber Interests in Europe 565 



The Akers Mission 



By Our Correspondent 566 



Some Rubber Planting Notes . '. 567 



Rubber Notes from Singapore 



By Our Correspondent 568 

 Present and Future Amazonia 



By Our Correspondent 570 

 Notes from British Guiana 



By Our Correspondent 571 

 Notes from Dutch Guiana 



By Our Correspondent 571 



Recent Patents Relating to Rubber 573 



[United States. Great P.ritaiii, France, Germany, Belgium.] 



Review of the Crude Rubber Market 576 



JN the compilation of New Jersey manufacturing statistics re- 

 *■ cently issued the results are presented for the calendar year 

 1912 in comparison with those of the preceding annual .period. 

 The principal features of a general character are shown as fol- 

 lows: ■., ' I ,. 

 TOT.\L.S FOR NEW JERSEY. 



1911. 1912. 



Number of cslablisliments 2,475 2,556 



Capital invested $848,600,943 $919,137,610' 



Increase of capital in 1912 $70,536,667 



Percentage of increase 8.3 



Consumption of material $565,946,362 $648,411,083' 



\a!ue of goods made (89 industries).. $940,760,552 $1,051,402,715 



Increased percentage of product 11.8 



Proportion of business done to ca- 

 pacity, per cent 73.03 74.10' 



In this result, which has brought New Jersey over the billion 

 dollar mark of production, the rubber industry has a prominent 

 position, as may be seen by the following figures : 



NEW JERSEY RUBBER INDUSTRY. 



1911. 1912. 



Number of establishments 53 5S 



Capital invested $30,140,119 $30,814,994 



Increase of capital in 1912 $674,875 



Percentage of increase 2.2 



Consumption of material $23,657,966 $24,864,760 



\ahie of goods made (hard and soft). $36,057,242 $38,527,590 



Increased percentage of product 6.9 



Proportion of business done to ca- 

 pacity, per cent 78.77 77.91 



Total horse power 24,541 28.225 



It will thus be seen that the proportion of business to capacity 

 in the rubber industry for 1912 was 77.91 per cent., against an 

 average percentage for the whole of New Jersey of 74.10 per 

 cent. The industry occupied eightli place in the table of pro- 

 portion between business done and capacity. 



That employment has remained at about the same level through- 

 out the year is illustrated by the number of hands employed in 

 the rubber industry of New Jersey, which varied between 8,321 

 and 9,393. The total amount paid in wages for 1912 was 

 $4,859,100, representing average yearly earnings for employes 

 of $547.75. 



This report is considerably fuller than any of its predecessors, 

 and gives a good deal of additional information of interest, 

 especially to manufacturers. In Part III there is an industrial' 

 chronology of New Jersey, covering the year ending September 

 30, 1913. This includes changes in hours and in w-ages, acci- 

 dents, strikes and lock-outs, and also reports of new factories, 

 improvements in existing works, and any tires that occurred in 

 the different manufacturing plants. Among the improvements 

 and additions to existing mills might be mentioned constructive 

 work amounting to $18,000, done by the W. A. Clark Wire 

 Co.. and improvements amounting to $20,000 at the plant of the 

 Woven Steel Hose & Wire Co., Trenton. The rubber company 

 that suffered most from fire was the Harmer Rubber Reclaiming 

 Works, of East Millstone, where the damage amounted to $65,000. 



.\ccording to a late report, rubber cultivation at Samoa is being 

 slowly but steadily developed. The principal companies engaged 

 in the industry are four English organizations, with an aggregate 

 capital equaling $900,000, and eight German ones with a total 

 capital representing about $1,750,000. The trees are in general" 

 too young to give a large yield. 



