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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



IMakch 1, 1914. 



NEW TRADE PUBLICATIONS. 



ELBERT HUBBABD PHILOSOPHISES ON THE REPUBLIC CLUB HOUSE. 



VVTHEN' Elbert Hubbard finds a sul)ject that necessitates the 

 ''' introduction of sonnets, and compels him to draw deep 

 draughts from his intimate knowledge of Plato, Aristotle. Emer- 

 son and Herbert Spencer, he evidently has struck quite a thenic. 

 But all these things he does in a little book entitled "Opportunity 

 —Being a Little Journey to the Republic Clul)house," in which 

 he describes, with tliat descriptive ability that belongs peculiarly 

 to hitii, the new clubhouse recently opened in Voungstown, Ohio, 

 b.\ the Republic Rubber Co. It is hardly necessary to make any 

 extended reference in these columns to this clubhouse, as it was 

 illustrated in the February number of The Indi.\ Rlbbkr World, 

 and has been described in earlier issues, liut Mr. Hubl)ard has 

 wriiten a very interesting little story about this new phase of 

 industrial development. Anybody who would like to see how a 

 literary man treats a commercial topic ought to write for a copy 

 of "Opportunity." 



THE DIAMOND BRAND OF RUBBERS. 



The Diamond Rubber Co.. of .\kron, Ohio, has hitherto been 

 chielly associated in the public mind with the manufacture of 

 tires and mechanical goods, but a 48-page catalog recently issued 

 by that company entitled "Diamond Brand Footwear" shows that 

 the company is making rubber boots and shoes on a very com- 

 prehensive scale. This catalog shows certain lines that are not 

 to be duplicated elsewhere, as, for instance, the "White Diamond 

 Line," including boots, lumbermen's and combinations, made in 

 pure white color, .\nother innovation is a line of boots and 

 lumbermen's in dark brown. This is called the "Tobasco" line. 

 The catalog is well illustrated and contains a full description of 

 the Diamond footwear line. 



■■EXTRA SERVICE. ■■ 



This bright and breezy niontlily publication (in its fourth 

 ^lumber) is avowedly published in the interest of every Federal 

 Rubber Manufacturing Co. employe. An interesting summary of 

 "'Plantation Rubbers of Today," from the pen of Mr. K. J. 

 Thompson, effectively opens the number, containing much in- 

 formation of interest to rubber mill employes on the cultivation 

 and preparation of plantation rubber. Among other articles is a 

 di.scussion of the labor situation in Akron, in comparison with 

 which the Federal company is faring extremely well, its sched- 

 ule steadily increasing each week. 



The personal element is strong in this interesting publication. 

 which is replete with local references, some of an obviously 

 satirical nature. 



GOODYEAR MECHAUICAL RUBBER GOODS. 



That uniform reliability characterizes the mechanical rubber 

 goods of the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., of Akron, is the 

 keynote of the attractive catalog lately issued by that depart- 

 ment, classified into belting, hose, packing, tiling, matting, etc. 

 The first section gives full descriptions of the eight standard 

 brands of rubber belting, while the exceptional merits of Good- 

 year balata belting are explained in detail, followed by particu- 

 lars as to oil well and conveyor belting. Next in order come 

 the price list of "Kant Kink" hose, and a general price list of 

 hose, followed by special lists of acid, water and suction hose, 

 and details of the application of various other descriptions. 

 Special prominence is given to garden hose. 



The completeness of the line of Goodyear hose is emphasized 

 by the fact of its occupying about 40 pages, or nearly half the 

 catalog : while a third section deals with the well know n Good- 

 year packing. 



In view of the interest now being taken in rubber floorings, the 

 details of interlocking rubber tiling, which, it is claimed, outlasts 

 marble, will be appreciated. The descriptions of Goodyear 

 jierforated mats will also be found useful. 



Among the attractions of the catalog is the number of artistic 

 illustrations by which the text is supplemented, including a 

 two-page cut showing tlie entire plant. 



THE GOULD COMMERCIAL CO. ANNUAL STATISTICS. 



With Its accustomed regularity, the valuable annual statistical 

 circular of the above company for 1913 has appeared. The tallies 

 show the world's total imports as 101,160 tons, against 97,950 for 

 the preceding year, while deliveries to consumption represented 

 100.535 tons, as compared with 95,204 in 1912. Deliveries in- 

 cluded: Paras, 40,216 tons, against 43,052; Plantation, 45.216, 

 against 27.070, and Miscellaneous. 15,103 tons, against 25,082. 



I'rom the aliove figures it will be seen that the falling off in 

 miscellaneous descriptions (chiefly wild rubber) was more than 

 offset by the large increase in plantation rubber. .\s to wild rub- 

 ber it is remarked that Anglo-Saxon mercantile sagacity had 

 been displayed in starting rubber plantations. Brazil and other 

 wild sections would never have been able to cope with the sud- 

 den great demand for rubber tires. The opinion is expressed 

 that the shipments of wild rubber will probably not cease alto- 

 gether, but will be largely succeeded by plantation rubber from 

 the same sections. 



.■\ccording to the tables there was an increase of consumption 

 of about 5 per cent, between 1912 and 1913; a 10 per cent, further 

 iircrease in quantity being regarded as a liberal estimate for 1914. 



Heavy reductions in the cost of plantation rubber are antici- 

 pated, until prices in the East and in other sections harmonize. 

 It is estimated that a saving of 50 per cent, can be effected in 

 the production of rubber in sections at present wild. The usual 

 chart of movements of prices serves to enhance the value of the 

 tables. 



THE WORLDS RUBBER POSITION. 



In a useful little hand book entitled "The World's Rubber 

 Position," published monthly by W. H. Rickinson & Son, of 

 London, there are gathered a number of interesting statistical 

 tables, as nearly up to date as possible, showing the movements 

 of rubber at various important centers of the world's trade. 

 .\nother feature of interest is the table with the imports and 

 exports of the leading European countries. The work has 

 evidently been compiled with much care, and reflects credit on its 

 authors. 



CALENDARS AND SOUVENIRS. 



THE FIRESTONE COMPANY ISSUES A FINE CALENDAR. 



"T^HE Firestone Tire & Rubber Co., Akron, has sent out a 

 ■^ handsome calendar, which differs from the ordinary offer- 

 ing of that sort in that it begins with February, 1914, and ends 

 with February, 1915. That is one difference. Another lies in 

 the artistic character of this calendar. It consists of four dif- 

 ferent leaves, each leaf being ornamented with a colored panel 

 about 10 inches square. These panels were all painted by Mr. 

 E. W. Pirson, an artist of repute. The first panel shows a comely 

 young woman clad in an ermine coat leaving an electric car, with 

 a city background suited to the subject. The second panel is dis- 

 tinctively spring-like. A touring car has stopped under a tree — 

 presumably an apple tree — while the occupants are busy helping 

 themselves to the blossoms — a very pretty suburban scene. The 

 third panel shows a pair of high-stepping bays drawing a trim 

 drag, with a millionaire's country palace in the immediate back- 

 ground ; while the fourth panel has caught a heavy-laden truck in 

 the act of making a steep ascent to the roadway from the dock. 

 These four panels show four different tires, viz., the cushion 

 electric, the pneumatic, the carriage and the truck. It is alto- 

 gether an artistic piece of work. 



The Katzenbach & Bullock Co., dealers in chemicals and colors, 

 with oflices in New York and works in Trenton, New Jersey, 

 have favored some of their friends with a solid brass letter-opener 

 bearing their trade mark and name enameled in black and red. 



