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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



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though I live so far away from New York — that I am a regular 

 reader proves how I am attached to your paper. The title oi 

 your periodical could not be a better one; it gives one an exact 

 account what is going on in "the india-rubber world." 



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 "OF GREAT INTEREST." 



[From Julius K i lia-rubber goods, Copenhagen, Denmark.] 



I have pleasure in stating that The India Rubber World is a 



paper of great interest to me and has very often given me 

 valuable information, [Signed] julius kopp. 



■ THE BEST PAPER IN THE INDUSTRY." 



[From the American Association p ' ommerce and Trade, Berlin, 



Germany. ] 



T kinsidf.r The India Rubber World the best paper in the 



rubber industry and unsurpassed in neatness of dress and solidity 



of contents and richness of news. I trust that the paper may 



under your able management celebrate many more decades of its 



nee. [Signed] georce s. at wood. 



[Secretary.] 

 LOOKS FORWARD KEENLY FOR IT. 



[From J. L. Hermessen, a. m. 1. e. e , rubber planting expert, Tapachula, 

 Estado do Chiapas, Mexico.] 



I have pleasure in stating that I look forward keenly to every 

 issue of The India Rubber World, finding the information which 

 it gives from all parts of the world, and upon all phases of the 

 industry represented, as interesting as it is valuable. With so 

 much going on all the time in every direction, I do not know 

 how any one connected with rubber — whether as planter, mer- 

 chant or manufacturer — can keep au courant without reading 

 The India Rubber World. Speaking for myself, I know I can't. 

 Which is why I subscribe for it. [Signed] j. l. hermessen. 



"ALMOST INDISPENSABLE." 



[From G. van den Kerckhove, consulting india-rubber expert, Brussels, 



Belgium.] 



Upon the occasion of the twentieth anniversary of The India 

 Rubber World, I want to offer my most sincere congratulations. 

 The India Rubber World is not only a useful organ but, I might 

 add, has come to be almost indispensable, both to the manufac- 

 turer and the rubber planter. During the fifteen years that I 

 have been a regular reader, and sometimes a modest collaborator, 

 I have derived most valuable information from its columns. 



[Signed] g. v. d. kerckhove. 



AMERICAN RUBBER GOODS EXPORTS. 



/~\FFICIAL statement of values of exports of manufactures of 

 ^^ india-rubber and gutta-percha from the United States for 

 the month of October, 1909, and for the first ten months of five 

 calendar years : 



Belting Boots All 



Month- Packing, and Other Total. 



and Hose. Shoes. Rubber. 



October, 1909 $167,775 $160,899 $419,292 $747,966 



January to r 1,301.497 1,127,806 3,059,146 5,488.449 



Total $1,469,272 $1,288,705 $3,478,438 $6,236,415 



Total, 1908 1,049.641 1,157,136 2,940,309 5,147,086 



Total, 1907 1,168,648 1,401,980 3-345-209 5.QI5.747 



Total, 1906 994.88.3 1,077,009 2,702,861 4,774,753 



Total, 1905 958,660 1,056,458 2.373.841 4.388,959 



Red Rubber Stamps. — A maker of rubber stamps in St. Louis 

 recalls that in the early days of the industry there was a great 

 preference for red rubber stamps, and it was hard to convince 

 anybody that stamps other than red were of any account. 



New Tire Protector. — An invention by E. P. Curry, of Ho- 

 guiam, Washington, is thus described : It is a tire protector, 

 consisting of a thin band of steel which is fitted on the tire 

 before it is inflated. Inflation causes the steel band to cling to 

 the tire, thus saving it from wear. 



JOHN MURPHY, A PIONEER. 



"""pi IE reorganization of the Scottish Vulcanite Co., Limited 

 •*■ (Edinburgh, Scotland), of which an account was given in 

 this paper last month (page 75), recalls the connection with its 

 beginnings of John .Murphy, one of the oldest men in America 

 now connected or who has been connected with the rubber 

 industry. Mr. Murphy was bom April 4, 1824, and at the age 

 of 21 began work in rubber in the factory at Harlem, New York, 

 of the three Rider brothers, who in 1845 formed a copartnership 

 to manufacture under the patents of Charles Goodyear. 



There were various changes within a few years in the then 

 new rubber industry, and some time after the Rider and certain 

 other licenses were acquired by the Union India Rubber Co., in 

 1848, the Riders became independent and incorporated the North 

 American Gutta-Percha Comb Co., with a factory in East Thirty- 

 third street, New York, and under patents and processes of John 

 Murphy they began the manufacture of hard and soft goods of 

 gutta-percha, and especially gutta-percha combs. The new com- 



John Murphy, 



pany were proceeded against by the owners of the Goodyear 

 patents, which latter were finally successful. 



William Judson, who had been one of Goodyear's advisers, 

 and who had an interest in several American nibber factories, 

 had already become one of the founders of the North British 

 Rubber Co., at Edinburgh. It was at his suggestion that the 

 Scottish Vulcanite factory was begun, about 1861. The first 

 machinery used by the company was of American manufacture, 

 and the first skilled employes graduated from American factories, 

 The installation of the Edinburgh plant and its beginning of 

 operation were in charge of Mr. .Murphy, who remained in Scot- 

 land for two years. 



Later Mr. Murphy was one of the incorporators of the old 

 Manhattan Rubber Co., which for several years operated the old 

 H. H. Day factory at New Brunswick, New Jersey. After a 

 few years he sold out his interest and. in 1868, became factory 

 superintendent of the Gutta Percha and Rubber Manufacturing 

 Co. (New York), a position which he filled ably for more than 

 30 years, benefiting the business both by his skill as a manufac- 

 turer and his ingenuity as an inventor, and well earning the rest 

 which he has since enjoyed so philosophically. 



The Western Electric Co. announce a contract with the 

 Chinese government to equip a modern telephone plant in 

 the city of Pekin, at a cost of $150,000. 



