NOV-EMBER 1, 1920 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



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of bales of the long-staple product which Europeans are unable 

 to buy. The Southwest cotton growers fear that the home mar- 

 ket will be demoralized if the Egyptian article is allowed to come 

 into this country duty-free, and they point to the fact that 

 Egyptian producers can not only sell the cotton cheaper than 

 the cotton of the Southwest as the labor cost is very much less, 

 but they can also make a good profit on American exchange. 

 Hence many cotton growers and factors are urging a protective 

 tariff to save the Southwest product, especially on Pima or long 

 staple cotton. Little competition is feared on the short staple 

 cotton, as the Southwest practically leads the world in producing 

 the latter, according to Secretary Robert C. Rowland of the Pa- 

 cific Cotton Exchange in Los Angeles. 



The .American-Egyptian Cotton Growers' Association of 

 Phoenix, .Vrizona, has been shipping 10,000 bales of Pima cotton 

 to Los .Angeles warehouses, where it will be stored until the 

 market regains its equilibrium. The growers state that many 

 of them would be almost bankrupted if forced to sell at present 

 prices. 



The International Cotton League of the West, which includes 

 growers in the United States and Mexico, is now fully organized, 

 and it intends to aid in getting federal legislation or other assist- 

 ance in stabilizing the industry, as well as in safeguarding crops 

 and seeds from pests. In the league are also state entomolo- 

 gists, state and county horticultural commissioners, and many 

 brokers. 



TYPES OF RUBBER FOOTWEAR ON THE PACIFIC COAST 



Rubber footwear is gaining decidedly in popularity on the 

 entire Pacific Coast, according to statements made by manu- 

 facturers' agents and the leading jobbers in that section. The 

 demand is actually 100 per cent over that of a year ago, say the 

 dealers, whose chief worry now is not so much to sell as to 

 deliver the goods. 



For the numerous beaches which line the 1,300 miles of Pacific 

 littoral, and which are available the greater part of the year, 

 there is a steadily-growing demand for women's canvas rubber- 

 soled bathing shoes. Hitherto, they were made almost wholly 

 in black and white uppers. This season, however, manufac- 

 turers have not only made the duck shoes more attractive, but 

 they have also introduced many novel effects in tinted satine 

 uppers with corrugated rubber soles. Women's white shoes hav- 

 ing a much longer season here, the wearers seek more variety in 

 them. The belter class of women's sport shoes are now made 

 quite as modish as leather footwear costing twice as much. 

 They have finely-woven duck uppers, very flexible rubber soles, 

 colored leather trimmings, and rubber-tipped high heels. An old- 

 time objection that rubber shoes made the feet "smart" is said 

 to be entirely removed by improved sole construction. 



The high cost of leather footwear is the reason why a great 

 number of men in towns and cities are wearing white duck 

 rubber-soled shoes. Not only have they found that they cost only 

 half as much as leather, but also that the white shoes deflect 

 the hot rays of the sun better than leather, that they are lighter 

 and give the wearer a springier gait. Demand runs strong, 

 especially among the younger men, for white duck shoes trimmed 

 with brown or black leather for every-day use. .Among tennis 

 players and athletes generally the canvas shoe with the suction 

 sole is gaining favor, although many wearers of shoes with 

 corrugated soles claim that when well made the latter are su- 

 perior to "suctions." 



In connection with rubbers worn in the rainy or winter season 

 here an cKid fact is noted. In the East, where downpours are more 

 general and snow and slush often abundant, low-cut rubbers are 

 in greatest detnand. Vet in tlie Pacific Coast cities where snow 

 is a rarity and the rainfall light high-cut or storm rubbers are 

 preferred by men, and skeleton or toe-hold rubliers by women. 



Rubber boots find ready sale among the fishermen who supply 



the great salmon canneries of the Northwest, the tuna packing 

 establishments of the Southwest, in the logging camps, and in 

 mining and rough construction work. 



A type of rubber boot which is being widely used for very 

 heavy service has an upper of coated duck with a rubber-fiber 

 composition sole, which, it is claimed has proved to be more 

 wear-resisting than the tougliest leather. For mining work 

 the boots are often ordered with the soles covered with 3/16-inch 

 flat steel studs. Many mining and contracting concerns also use 

 large quantities of rubber boots on wliich plain leather soles 

 are nailed. 



In the logging camps, as well as on the big ranches and in 

 tlie citrus groves where much irrigation is constantly carried on, 

 high and low red, brown, and black bootees are strongly favored 

 as light, tough, waterproof and durable footwear. They have 

 cither stout rubber or composition soles with a heavy mail-bag 

 duck upper, and with the toe given a 2-ply frictioned fabric 

 box. These shoes have either strong linen or leather laces. One 

 of the newer types of such shoes has a particularly well-made 

 sole. It is constructed first with a rubber tap, then an inner 

 rubber sole, two fillers, a treated shank and fiber sole, leather 

 sock lining, a hollow, air-vented rubber heel, and finally a strip 

 of light rubber, the whole being vulcanized to the canvas upper. 



CANADIAN NOTES 



Tlie luxury tax on shoes in Canada has been increased from 

 ten to fifteen per cent on all shoes retailing above $9, to become 

 effective when the entire budget with the proposed amendments 

 has been dealt with. 



Direct exchange of parcel mails between Canada and France 

 has now been resumed, Montreal and Havre being the terminals 

 of the Canadian Pacific Ocean Services steamship line which acts 

 as carrier. 



The United Rubber Co., Limited, Bathurst street, Toronto, 

 Ontario, was reorganized in March last, with capital amounting 

 to $1,000,000, and the following officers and directors: Henry 

 Stanyon, president and general manager ; C. H. Stanyon, secre- 

 tary-treasurer ; E. A. Pill, Dr. Shier, and G. Wooten, directors. 

 Henry Stanyon was formerly president and manager of the K. 

 & S. Tire & Rubber Goods, Limited, Weston and Toronto, 

 Ontario. The L'nited company will manufacture tires and tubes, 

 toy balloons, nipples and druggists' sundries. 



Professor A. B. Macallum has accepted the newly created chair 

 of biochemistry at McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, and has 

 resigned as administrative chairman of the Honorary Advisory 

 Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, to take effect as 

 soon as his successor is appointed. He will, however, continue 

 to be a member of the Council and take a considerable part in its 

 work. 



The Oak Tire & Rubber Co., Limited, 19 Dundas Street East, 

 Toronto, Ontario, has reorganized and increased its capital to 

 $3,000,000. It took over the .Acme Tire & Rubber Co. and F. D. 

 Law is managing director. The company's tires are sold under 

 the trade mark "Royal Oak." 



.Arthur H. Marks, formerly with the United States Rubber 

 Co., has acquired a large interest in the Van der Linde Rubber 

 Co., Limited, Toronto, Ontario, and besides being on the di- 

 rectorate is also vice-president of the company. Victor van der 

 Linde. manager of the factory, was formerly associated with The 

 B. F. Goodrich Co. as development manager. The Van der 

 Linde Rubber Co. is one of the most prominent Canadian or- 

 ganizations, and though it has other lines is particularly con- 

 cerned in the manufacture of V. D. L. tires, the highest-priced 

 made in Canada. The "V. D. L. Radio" cord made its first 

 appearance on the market in 1918, the 30 by 3J^ and 31 by 4 

 clincher • "Radio" cord being the original light-car cord made 

 in Canada. 



