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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[April 1, 1914. 



Vol. 50. 



APRIL 1, 1914. 



No. 1. 



TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



Editorials: 



The Awakening of the Amazon 337 



The Responsiveness of the Dump Heap 337 



Four Months of the New Tariff 338 



The American Consumption of Rubber 338 



A Genuinely Helpful Sort of Help 338 



The Annual Show Losing Favor 339 



The Latest E.xploit of Inventive Genius 339 



What the Rubber Chemists Are Doing 340 



Manufacture and Properties of Sublimed White Lead 340 



The Rubber Crisis in Brazil 



Illustrated 341 



Dr. Jacques Huber's Busy and Useful Life 



Illustrated 348 



Gold Coast Rubber and Water 350 



Another American Speaks His Mind About Mexico 351 



The Editor's Book Table 



Illustrated 352 



New Trade Publications 



Illustrated 355 



The Rubber Trade in Akron 



By Our Correspondent — Illustrated 357 



The Rubber Trade in Boston 



By Our Correspondent 358 



The Rubber Trade in Chicago 



By Our Correspondent — Illustrated 359 



The Rubber Trade in Rhode Island 



B.v Our Correspondent 359 



The Rubber Trade in Trenton 



By Our Correspondent 360 



The Rubber Trade on the Pacific Coast 



By Our Correspondent 361 



Rubber Consumption Per Head of Population 362 



India Rubber Goods in Commerce 362 



The United States Rubber Annual Meeting 362 



The Report of the United States Rubber Co 363 



Poel & Arnold's Judgment Affirmed on Appeal 365 



Action of Acid Mine Water on Insulation of Electric Con- 

 ductors . . 365 



The Waste Material Dealers Dine 366 



IWitli Portrait of Theodore Hofeller.] 



The Obituary Record 367 



[With Portraits.] 



News of the American Rubber Trade 



Illustrated 369 



New Machines and Appliances 



Illustrated 376 



New Rubber Goods in the Market 



Illustrated 378 



The India Rubber Trade in Great Britain 



By Our Correspondent 379 



Some Rubber Interests in Europe 381 



Ritter, Ritter & Co.'s Review and Forecast. . . .' 383 



Rubber Growers' Association 383 



A New Pacific Source of Rubber 



By Our Correspondent 384 



Rubber Notes from British Guiana 



By Our Correspondent 386 



Some Rubber Planting Notes 387 



Notes from the Cotton Trade 388 



Recent Patents Relating to Rubber 389 



[I'nited States. Great Pritain. France. Germany.] 



Review of the Crude Rubber Market 393 



Antiverp. 



Rubber Statistics for February, 1914. 



Details. 1914. 1913. 1912. 



Stocks, January I.. kilos. 420,958 463,752 586,056 

 Arrivals in February^ 



Congo sorts 135,680 197.713 331,775 



Other sorts 9,056 5.818 16,781 



Plantation sorts 230.415 145,907 117,747 



Aggregating 796,109 813,190 1,052.359 



Sales in February 426,607 251,901 530,403 



Stocks, February 28 369,502 561,289 521,956 



Arrivals since January 1- — 



Congo sorts 422.253 519.320 558.023 



Other sorts 34,655 18,463 22,976 



Plantation sorts 439,897 284,212 206,737 



Aggregating 896.805 821,995 787,736 



Sales since January 1 1.086.584 771.766 940,518 



1911. 

 645,419 



172,078 

 18.621 

 45,617 



881.735 

 342,528 



1910. 

 482,162 



454.116 

 43.047 

 17,461 



996,785 



480.252 



539,207 516,534 



575.499 

 100,835 

 109,938 



656,663 

 48,703 

 71.125 



786,272 776.491 



835.277 801,469 



RUBBER ARRIVALS FROM THE CONGO. 



February 11. ISy the steamer Lli:abctliville: 



Messrs. Bunge & Co (Cie du Congo beige) kilos 780 



do (Belgika) 3,100 



do (Grands Lacs) 5,700 



do 1,000 



Societe Coloniale Anversoise (Kasai) 40,400 



do (Comminiere) 12,700 



do (Intertropical) 13,600 



Credit Colonial & Commercial (Anc. L. & W. Van de 



Velde) (Comfina) 15,600 



do (Crevelde) 4.350 



do (Velde) 780 



Comptoir Colonial franco-beige (Charles Dethier) 180 



do (American Congo Cy) 1.025 99,215 



M.\RCH 3. — By the steamer Anvcrsvillc : 



Bunge & Co (La Kotto) kilos 3.070 



do (Comp. Commercial Congolais) 27,600 



do (Cie du Congo beige) 270' 



do (Forminiere) 4,600' 



do (Grands Lacs) 1,180 



do (Comfina) 5,300 



do (Intertropical) 12,700 



Societe Coloniale Anversoise (Comminiere) 5,000 



Credit Colonial & Commercial (Anc. L. & VV. Van. de 



Velde) (Kasai) 38,900 



do (Crevelde) 8,900 



Comptoir Colonial franco-beige (Charles Dethier) 



(American Congo Cy) 4,900 



Willacrt Freres : 3,000 



Compt. d'Irebu ,.. 600 116,020 



A HIGH PRESSURE PATCTH CLAMP. 



While good cement and patches or rubber compound are 

 essential to efficient tire repairs, a certain amount of pressure 

 is also necessary where heat by means of a vulcanizer is not 

 applied. The illustra- 

 tion shows a high pres- 

 sure clamp which is 

 used in connection with 

 a rubber compound 

 called "Tire-Sav," a 

 substance of about the 

 consistency of dough. 

 A patch of this com- 

 pound is soft and plia- 

 ble when applied and 

 makes a very close un- 

 ion with the surface of 

 the inner tube. The 

 outer edge of the patch 

 is pressed out so thin 

 by means of the clamp 

 that it cannot catch on 

 the casing and be torn 

 off if the tube should 

 creep in the tire. The 

 ontht consists of a sup- 

 ply of "Tire-Sav" self- 

 curing cement, the clamp, and a die on the lower end of the 

 screw to give shape to the finished patch. [National Cement & 

 Rubber Co., Toledo, O.] 



