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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[February 1, 1914. 



FOREIGN TRADE OPPORTUNITIES. 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD TROPHY AT THE 

 LONDON RUBBER SHOW. 



A REPORT from an American consul states that a business 

 firm in his district desires to enter into correspondence 

 with manufacturers of rubber overshoes with a view *o securing 

 an agency. As overshoes coming from Boston have a certain 

 trade, it is preferred that manufacturers from that city or vicin- 

 ity who use this word in letterheads or goods answer. Corre- 

 spondence must be in Spanish, prices in gold pesetas c. i. f. 

 some Spanish port should be quoted, and weights and measures 

 of goods ready for export should be metric. Report Xo, 12,277. 



A European business firm informs an American consular ofticer 

 that it wishes to secure the agency of American manufacturers 

 of a single-tube bicycle tire. The firm is prepared to give ref- 

 erences. Report No. 12,290. 



An American wholesale dealer in technical wares in a Euro- 

 pean city wishes to be placed in communication with .'\merican 

 firms manufacturing cotton for electrical insulating purposes. 

 The cotton must be spun on warp cops and must unwind easily. 

 The dealer intends making considerable purchases, and desires 

 offers at once. The consular officer who forwarded this infor- 

 mation states that good references can be furnished. Report 

 No. 12,301. 



.An inquiry has been received by an .American consul in Ger- 

 many from a local business man who is desirous of securing 

 the names of American manufacturers of all kinds of rubber 

 goods. He would like eventually to represent such firms in Ger- 

 many, and states that he will be glad to furnish satisfactory ref- 

 erences. Correspondence is solicited, and may be in either Eng- 

 lish or German. Report No. 12,302. 



A business man in Australia has requested an American consul 

 to supply him with the names of the leading American manufac- 

 turers of tennis racquets (frames only), gut for stringing the 

 same, and tennis balls used in the international tennis matches. 

 Report No. 12,354. 



.■\ report from an .-\merican consular officer contains a copy of 

 a letter from a business firm in his district asking to be put in 

 touch with American manufacturers of vulcan fiber. The com- 

 pany states that it purchases large quantities of this material, 

 but most of the purchases at present are made through European 

 middlemen, and the firm is anxious to make direct connections 

 for its supplies. It is stated that over 220,000 pounds of this 

 material are imported annually. Copy of the complete report 

 giving further details will be sent to interested firms, as well as 

 a .sample which was furnished by the concern in question. Re- 

 port No. 12,394. 



,\n .'\merican consular officer in Canada reports that a resident 

 of his district intends in a short time to establish a factory for 

 the manufacture of rubber gaiters, and he desires to get in touch 

 with American dealers in materials suitable for this purpose. 

 Report No. 12,400. 



A report from an American consular office states that a dealer 

 in electric appliances in England desires to be brought into touch 

 with American manufacturers of India rubber hose, armored 

 with spiral steel wire, covered in turn with a cotton webbing, 

 the hose to be such as is used in connection with vacuum cleaners. 

 Report No. 12,417. 



-Sealed proposals for furnishing and delivering about 69,400 

 pounds of manila rope and 1,000 feet of rubber hose will be re- 

 ceived at the United States Engineer Ofiice, Custom House. 

 Memphis, Tenn., until February 16. Information on application 

 to E. M. Markham, Major, Engineers. Report No. 1.628. 



In the United States alone there are manufactured annually 

 about 10,000,000 automobile tires and about 2,000,000 motorcycle 

 and bicycle tires. According to these figures, each automobile 

 in this country — there are nearly 1,200,000 cars — uses two sets 

 of tires each year. 



■ I 'ME management of the Fourth International Rubber and 

 ■*• -Mlicd Industries Exhibition — to be held in London from 

 June 24 to July 9 next — has distributed a 24-page pamphlet 

 descriptive of the competitions to be held in connection with 

 that exhibition and the various prizes and trophies to be awarded 

 to the successful competitors. It devotes an entire page to the 

 $1,000 silver cup offered by The India Ruuber World for "The 

 r.est Process for Extracting Latex from wild Hez'ca, Castilloa or 

 Manihot." The description of the cup and the conditions under 

 wliich it will be awarded, as they appear in this pamphlet, are as 

 follows : 



"This Trophy of silver is a Cup fifty inches in height, and is 

 of most artistic design and workmanship. The stem of the Cup 

 represents a trunk of the Rubber Tree, beside which is depicted 

 a man with a rubber-tapping knife in one hand and a calabash 

 in the other, tapping the tree in the destructive manner common 

 to wild-rubber gatherers. The upper part of the tree trunk 

 terminates in a cluster of rubber leaves, which hold a vase, 

 graceful in form, the center panel bearing the inscription : 



"The India Ri-hber World Trophy, for the Best System of 

 Extracting Latex from the Hcvea, Castilloa or Manihot. In- 

 ternational Rubber Exhibition. London, 1914." 



The India Rubber World Cup. 



"This Cup is offered for the best process for extracting the 

 latex frorii either the Hevea, Castilloa or Manihot wild rubber 

 trees. (Note: Not Plantation or Cultivated trees.) The 

 word 'best' is not meant to imply a process that is the best for 

 only one of the three, but one that is relatively of the greatest 

 value to the rubber-producing indu.stry in countries where the 

 above-named trees grow in their wild, not cultivated, state. 



"Entries for this Competition may be in the form of an essay, 

 with or without diagrams or illustrations, or they may be ac- 

 companied by tools and appliances for the purpose of further 

 demonstrating the advantages of the suggestions made. All 

 Essays must be legibly written or typed on one side of the paper 

 (foolscap size preferred). 



