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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[January 1, 1914. 



ITALY. 



Eqiihiilcnis. 

 Lira, 19.3 cents; 100 kilos, 220 lbs. 



The rates shown in the cohinm below designated as "Gen- 

 eral Tariff" are applicable to imports from the United States, 

 except in a few instances that come under the "Conventional 

 Tariff" rate, as shown in the second column. The figures 

 appearing in this column apply to imports from the United 

 States instead of the corresponding figures in the general 

 column. 



General Conventional 

 Tariff Tariff 



Tariff Per 100 Kilos Per 100 Kilos 



No. CIU'DK KimiKR. in Lire. in Lire. 



365a Raw. solid and li(|uid Free 



\ .\RIOUS FORMS OF KURIiKK. 



36.Sb In thread 75.00 



365c In sheets: 



( 1 ) Sawn 60.00 



(2) Combined with tissues.... 60.00 



(3) Containing wire or wire 



gauze 40.00 



(4) Other, including plates of 



hard rubber 50.00 



36Sd In tubes or pipes: 



(1) Of sawn sheet.... 60.00 



(2^ Combined with tissues.... 60.00 



<.?i Otlier 40.00 



BF.LTIXG, HOSK .\XI) P.VCKIXG. 



366 Transmission belts of india 



rubber or gutta percha com- 

 bined with tissues 60.00 



268 Belting for machinery finished 100.00 85.00 



367 Gummed tissues in the piece. 



for the manufacture of card 



clothing 20.00 



BOOT.S .\XD SHOES. 



368 Footwear of india rubber: 



(a.) Lined, covered or trimmed 



with another material. .. 200.00 125.00 



(b) Other 50.00 



OTHF.R (lOOnS. 



369 Elastic trimmings, ribbons and 



tissues 140.00 130.00 



370 Articles of clothin.g and travel] Duty on 



of india rubber or gutta J-tissues plus 

 percha nii-xed with tissues..] SC/'f 



,,.,.,. ^ 1 Duty on 



(1) ;\li.\ed with tissues of cot- . ' , 



, .,, > tissues plus 



ton and silk ._ „ 



J 409f 



/-. >f I ■ , ■ A Duty on 



(2) Mi.xed with tissues of! . , 



, !■ tissues plus 



^''"' J 35% 



461a F.lectric wires and cables com- 

 posed of one or more metallic 

 conductors, covered with 

 textile materials and varnish. 

 even with gutta percha or 

 india rubber 60 (K) 50.00 



4611) Electric cables composed of 

 one or more metallic con- 

 ductors, even covered with 

 insulating material, strength- 

 ened and protected with iron 

 <'r any other metal, includin.g 

 submarine cables 30.00 2S.00 



General Conventional 

 Tariff Tariff 



Tariff Per 100 Kilos Per 100 Kilos 



No. OTIIFU GOODS— Contiiuicd. in Lire. in Lire. 



371 Articles of india rubber or 

 gutta percha not mentioned: 



(a) Of sawn sheet 60.00 



(b) Mixed with tissues 60.00 



(c) Other, including articles 



of hardened rubber not 



specified 50.00 



In the fiscal year 1912 United States exports of rubber 

 goods to Italy included: Belting, hose and packing, $2,237; 

 boots and shoes, $50,325; tires for automobiles, $2,387; all 

 other tires, $13,425; other goods, $43,917; total, $112,291. 



A LOWER PRODUCTION OF ASBESTOS. 



The frequency with which asbestos is used in combination 

 with rubber makes the supply and production of the former 

 article a subject of interest to the trade in general. Domestic 

 production of asbestos — confined chiefly to the states of Georgia, 

 Vermont and Wyoming — amoimtcd in 1912 to 4,403 .short tons, 

 valued at $87,959; and in addition to this there was imported 

 into the L'nited States from Canada (the greatest asbestos 

 producing country in the world) 71,426 tons, this being 67 per 

 cent, of the Canadian production for the year and more than 

 80 per cent, of the total Canadian exports of asbestos for 

 that period. A considerable proportion of the asbestos pro- 

 duced in the United States in 1912 was superior in quality to 

 the production of 1911, so that while actual production fell off 

 42 per cent, for the year 1912. the decrease in value amounted 

 only to 27 per cent. The United States remains supreme in 

 asbestos manufactures, and the productive resources of the 

 country in respect to this mineral would no doubt be developed 

 to a much greater extent were it not for -the nearness and 

 reliability as well as the extent of the Canadian deposits. The 

 best quality of asbestos found in the United States is a deposit 

 in Arizona, in the Grand Canyon of the Colorado, a point 

 so inaccessible as to very materially advance the cost of getting 

 it to market. 



A NEW RUBBER PLANT AT EAST LIVERPOOL. OHIO. 



The factory of the Morgan- & Marshall Rubber & Tire Co., 

 which has been mentioned in earlier issues of this publication 

 as in process of construction at East Liverpool, Ohio, has been 

 completed and the work of tire production is now going on. 

 The ultimate capacity of this plant is placed at 1.000 tires a day, 

 but its daily output at present is 265. The plant consists of three 

 buildings — a main building, 60 x 200 feet, a machine shop and 

 tire building shop, 50 .x 95 feet in size, and a boiler room, 40 x 60 

 feet. The company confines its attention to the manufacture of 

 one tire, namely, the "Laplock" tire, in which — as is implied by 

 the name — the two sides of the tire overlap at the rim. The 

 leading spirits in this new company are three doctors — which, 

 however, follows precedent, as the originator of the great Good- 

 rich company was a physician. The three East Liverpool doctors 

 are: R. J. Marshall, the president of the company; W. J. Hobbs, 

 vice-president, and Morgan Howells, genera! manager of sales. 

 The general sales offices are located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. 



The same people are interested in another new plant — almost 

 a duplicate of the East Liverpool plant — which is located just 

 across the Ohio river in the town of Chester, West Virginia. 

 This concern, the Chester Rubber Tire & Tube Co., is a distinct 

 corporation and makes a different style of tire. Its capacity is 

 the same as that of the Morgan & Marshal! plant and its tires 

 are distributed through the same selling force. 



