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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[August 1, 1914. 



testing devices. He probably had as many visitors as the great 

 majority of the stands, and it was qnile manifest that most of 

 them were interested in his product. It was generally conceded 

 . that .Mr. Schopper was one of the busiest men at the show. 



Lehmann & Voss, of Hamburg, Germany, sliowed an extensive 

 and interesting line of compounding ingredients, well known and 

 extensively used both on this side of the water and in the L'nited 

 States. 



The Pulsometer Engineering Co., Ltd., e.\bibitcd its ".Xormair" 

 rubber drying plant, the special feature of wdiich is drying the 

 rubber at low temperature — claimed to be a safe and economical 

 method. 



What is known as the hard cure process, an invention of Mr. 

 n. .'\. Wickham, was the subject of much attention and interest 

 at the show. Mr. VVickham"s process deals with the treatment 

 of latex by the application of antiseptic smoke and heat. It is 

 claimed to be a mo.st convenient method and to economize both 

 time and cost, exerting at the same time a standardizing eflfect 

 on the grades. Sample blocks of rubber treated by this process 

 were shown and favorably commented upon. 



There were a number of interesting processes of curing rub- 

 ber, including those of Dr. Pinto, and the Byrne Process. 



Dr. Pinto's exhibit, located in the gallery, was among those 

 that attracted unusual attention. The Pinto process, it is claimed, 

 is a rapid coagulant, free from acids. .V number of articles were 

 shown that had been produced from rubber made by this process. 



David .Moseley & Sons, with works at .■\rdwick. Manchester, 

 and offices in London, had an effective display of tires made 

 from plantation rubber. 



l;i«'Ti! HK The l\m\ Ribber Wokld. 

 RUBBER EXHIBITION NOTES. 



.VdRTIl ilRITISH COMP.WY GETS TROPHY FOR liEST K.XHIP.IT. 

 nPHE North British Rubber Co., Ltd., of Edinburgh, was 

 awarded the President's Trophy at the Fourth International 

 Exhibition at London for the best exhibit of any kind. It also 

 was awarded the,- gold medal for its display of tiling. The most 



notable exhibit made by this company was a rubber room, in 

 which the whole setting of the room, and practically every arti- 

 cle of furniture in it, were made of rublK-r. 



There was a particularly line series of jjiclures dealing with 

 the factory life of the North British company, and the gather- 

 ing of rubber, etc., in British .Malaya. There were also films of 

 the Sao Paulo CofTec Plantation, in addition to some very ex- 

 cellent views of the Congo. 



The actual number of British and Foreign governments which 

 exhibited at the show was 54. 



.Among the well known .American visitors to the exhibition 

 were: .Mr Ceorge l'>. Hodgman. president of the Ilodgman Rub- 

 lier Co., New York; Mr. I-rederic Hood, president of the Hood 

 Rubber Co., Boston; Mr. J. II. McLean, of the Pequanoc Rubber 

 Co., Butler, New Jersey; .Mr. James T. John.stonc, of Johnstone & 

 Whitworth, crude rubber impf)rters. New York, and Mr. C. E. 

 Douty. of the United Slates Conditioning Co., New York. 

 KEPRESENT.VTION UY THE STATE OF P.-\RA. 



The following cable was sent from London to the "Folha do 

 Xorte," Para, on June 26: 



"The exhibit of Para products has met with evident success 

 at the Exhibition of Rubber and Tropical Products at the 

 Royal -Agricultural Hall. The managing committee, keeping 

 in view the efforts made by the government and commerce 

 of Para, is surrounding the Para delegates with every distinc- 

 tion, giving Para precedence at the festivities." 



These delegates were : Senhores Emilio Martins, secretary 

 of commerce ; Amando Mendes, secretary of the Para Commer- 

 cial -Association, and Dr. Souza Castro. The municipality of 

 Belem was represented by Dr. Bento Miranda and Colonel Ray- 

 mundo Brazil, while the delegates from Itaituba were Dr. 

 I beodore Braga and Dr. Jayme Abreu. 



(In the second day, considered as the "Para Day," there took 

 place at the stand a sympathetic meeting, presided over by the 

 Pirazilian minister and Dr. Jose Carlos Rodrigues, Brazilian 

 Consul General in London; all acting specially on behalf of Dr. 

 Eneas Martins, governor of the State of Para. -Among those 

 present were Sir Henry Blake, president general of the exhi- 

 bition, and a large committee, the staff of the Brazilian Con- 

 sulate, and a large number of Brazilians and persons of other 

 nationalities. 



The display of Para products, though modest in comparison 

 with those of Sao Paulo and other sections, aroused interest 

 for the variety of the exhibits and their artistic arrangement. 



.\ PI.E.\S.\NT COMPI.I.MENT FOR THE SECRETARY, MISS 

 FULTON. 

 One of the closing incidents of the rubber show, and an ex- 

 ceedingly pleasant and popular one. was the presentation to Miss 

 0. Fulton, the very efficient and charming secretary of the 

 exhibition, of a diamond ring, by the exhibitors and delegates, 

 in order that they might in some small degree testify their 

 appreciation of the uniformly courteous and helpful manner 

 shown tow-ard all by this lady. Sir Henry Blake, the president 

 of the exhibition, occupied the chair, and on behalf of the com- 

 mittee representing governments and exhibitors. Dr. -Argollo 

 I'errao made the presentation speech, while Dr. Carlos Pinto 

 made the actual presentati(m by placing the ring on the lady's 

 linger. The recipient made a brief and feeling response. 



TWO TIRES THAT RAN OVER 9.000 MILES. 



The Overman Tire Co., of New York City, recently received 

 a letter from a man who had used two of their tires on the 

 rear wheels of his 50 h. p. Simplex. He wrote them that one 

 of these tires had served him for 9.100 miles and the other for 

 9.200 miles before he found it necessary to replace them. As 

 this was a phenomenal record for any sort of tires, the Overman 

 company secured the tires and photographed them and has used 

 them cfTcctively in its newspaper display advertising. 



