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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



August 1, 1921 



advance in the general use of trucks within the next few years 

 than lias already taken place. "Truckportation" has, apparently, 

 come to stay. 



Next to the increase in the manufacture of automobile and 

 truck tires comes that of rubber belting, a 181 per cent advance, 

 from a value of $7,989,000 in 1914, to $22,436,000 in 1919. Rubber 

 belting is closely followed by rubber packing, with an increase 

 of 109 per cent, from a value of $3,508,000 to $7,317,000. 



Rubber hose maiuifactures rose from $16,854,000 to $26,998,000. 

 a total advance of 60 per cent for the period. 



The manufacture of rubber boots has shown a healthy growth 

 from 4.025,000 pairs to 9.208,000 pairs, and from a value of 

 $12,648,000 in 1914 to $26,067,000 in 1919, an increase of 106 



COMPARATIVE VAIUE OF 

 MANUFACTURES OF RUBBER GOODS 

 IN THE UNITED STATES 

 I9I4-I9I9 



Millions of Dollars 

 6 I? 16 ;4 }0 60 



13l9fcfcq3»/-;75e.a«7 ; InWease 



1914 



ife.9oe.ooo 



1919 

 1914 



Millions of Dollars 

 U G I? 18 14 10 60 90 



1 — I — r 



Molorc^cle and Bicycle 

 Inner Tubes and Casings 



i 



i»ie.998.000\ I I 

 .854.000 .Increase G0% 



Rubber Hose 



1919 [ . .vk'| ' 4 ' ,v i-4''{"i-, i vi »c7q77/7^^ 1919 



1914 



i'li.lie.OOQ Increas^TSn 



Solid Tires 



1919 

 19 



I9 l : l : 1 l..l.| g?6 

 14 ^Sif^MSA 



26,061.000^ i ' ' 



ri.648.000 Increase 106% 



1914 



1919 

 1914 



Rubber Packing 



■:±2\'l0.4i 

 ^*GJ33. 



-. . -- TTTTT 



733.000 Increase S4'l„ 



I0.4S0.000 



Rubber Boots 



Rubber Clo+hmg 



1919 

 114 



,|,,i. t,,y,,l, .[-f ujn^m 



'miiOOO Incirb 



1919 

 1914 



aii.834000 I I I I I I 

 *ISI2.000 I Increase84% 



RubberShoes ond Overshoes 



Druggis+s'and S+ationers' Sun dries 



1919^ 

 1914 



4=tl *Z5.m.000 

 Nof Reported 



1919 

 1914 



i2M»i4.2l0.O0O 



Nof Reported \ 



' I 1 ' I ■ I 



Convas Shoes with Rubber Soles 



Hard Rubber Goods 



1919 -.7^'* I4.7i'a.d0&. 

 1914 I -Not Reported 



1919 

 1914 



Rubber Heels 



All other Manufactures of Rubber 



1914 



1919 ■a.*4.Z2I.OO0 



Hot Reported 



I9IS 

 191 



19 ■■i'v -'-f^l jr 



14 ^|«/</55:( 



'2i.7ie.dob I I I I 



tl.llS.qOO I Increase IIIX 



Rubber and Fiber Soles 



Reclaimed Rubber 



1919 

 1914 



1914 



1919 = oe.eei.ooo 



\\tl0.li6.000 



Decrease 34% 



Rubberiied Fabrics of all kinds 



191^ 



g 



7383.000 I Increase 181%^ 



Rubber Belting 



All other Rubber Products 



From UnitedStafes Department 

 of Commerce- Bureau of the 

 Census- 



per cent. In rubber shoes and overshoes the advance has not 

 been so rapid, although the volume of business in these commodi- 

 ties is far ahead of that of rubber boots in both of the years 

 compared. The increase has been from 57,212,000 to 66,195,000 

 pairs, and from $37,858,000 to $64,713,000, or 71 per cent increase 

 in value. 



The volume of the country's business in druggists' and sta- 

 tioners" supplies has increased 84 per cent, from $7,512,000 to 

 $13,834,000. 



There were $10,450,000 worth of rulibcr clothing manufactured 

 in 1919, as against $6,799,000 in 1914, the increase being 54 

 per cent. Of rubberized fabrics for automobiles and carriages, 

 14,429,0(X) yards were made in 1919, valued at $10,697,000 

 Rubberized fabrics for all other uses amounted to 17,630.000 

 yards, and in value to $13,712,000. The total of these two items 

 amounts in yards to 32,059,000, and in value to $24,409,000. The 

 1914 report is silent on both yardage and value and a comparison 

 of the growth of this branch of the industry cannot be made. 



Tlie manufactures of canvas shoes with rul)l)cr soles amounted 

 to 19,896,000 pairs in 1919, valued at $25,177,00(J, although no 

 1914 comparisons can be made. The same may be .said of rubber 

 heels and liber soles, the former aggregating a business of 

 126,572,000 pairs valued at $14,238,000 in 1919, the latter of 

 18,437,000 pairs, valued at $4,321,000. The fact that no report 

 for 1914 is available is not to be wondered at, because these 

 "human shock absorbers" had hardly found a place in the market 

 as far back as that time. 



The reclaimed rubber industry, which includes rubber pro- 

 duced and sold as such, or on hand, is also increasing rapidly — 

 113 per cent in the past five years, from $11,135,000 to $23,716,000. 



Strange as it may appear, also, the census report gives no 

 figures for 1914 on the manufactures of hard rubber goods, 

 although the 1919 volume of business amounted to $34,230,000. 



Classified under "all manufactures of rubber" the report lists 

 a total business in 1914 of $40,133,000, against $80,720,000 in 

 1919, an advance of 101 per cent. Under the caption of "all other 

 rubber products," the report notes a decrease in volume of 1919 

 business when it states that this item amounted to $10,136,000 

 in 1914 and to $6,663,000 in 1919, a decline of 34 per cent. It is 

 more than possible, however, that this decline may be accounted 

 for by differences in classification in the two years. 



The preliminary census report does not contain information 

 regarding the number of plants engaged in the manufacture of 

 this or that product, nor of the number of employes in the various 

 branches of the industry. Other statistical information is also 

 lacking which is contained in the final report for 1914. These 

 data will doubtless be forthcoming in the final 1919 report that 

 will follow. 



The preliininary report does, however, give the geographical 

 distribution of the 475 plants in operation in 1919 among the 

 states, which shows that Ohio, with 96 establishments, is the 

 leading rubber manufacturing state in the Union. New Jersey 

 comes next with 73 factories, followed by Massachusetts with 56. 

 Then follows New York with 43 and Pennsylvania with 32. 

 Connecticut, California and Illinois come into line with 26, 22 

 and 21 plants, respectively. Indiana has 16 and Rhode 

 Island 10. Iowa and Wisconsin each operate 9 factories. In 

 Missouri and Oklahoma there are 8 plants in each state. Michi- 

 gan has 7 and Texas 6. In Colorado and Washington there 

 are 4 each. In each of the states of Georgia, Kansas, Minnesota 

 and Nebraska there are 3. Maryland, North Carolina, Oregon, 

 West Virginia and Delaware each have 2 rubber factories, and in 

 Kentucky, Louisiana and Maine there is a single factory in 

 each state. 



RUBBER FINGERS IN ORANGE WASHING 



Rubber plays a new role in connection with machines used 

 for washing oranges by means of a series of revolving brushes 

 operating under running water. Vertical elevators which carry 

 the oranges to the washers have a series of curved, iron fingers 

 which, while they served their purpose very well, nevertheless 

 occasioned a large percentage of loss by bruising the fruit. 



.K rubber manufacturer recently came to the relief of the orange 

 packers with rubber tips like finger cots for the conveyor prongs, 

 and now the fruit passes to the washing machine undamaged; 

 and, it is stated, the cost of washing has been lessened and the 

 work expedited. 



Government roads buii.t in the Philippines have afforded 

 a good opportunity for the sale of automobiles and tires in these 

 islands, according to Harris Waite, Goodyear salesman, who 

 returned recently after a two years' stay in the Philippines. 

 Several truck fleets are being used by the planters and the auto- 

 mobile is growing in popularity throughout the islands, for both 

 business and pleasure. 



