August I, 1921 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



835 



"The Black Art of Rubber Compounding." Chat No. 6. 

 The sixth in the series which is being sent out to the trade by the 

 Binney & Smith Co., 81 Fulton street, New York, N. Y. It deals 

 with Microne.x as an ingredient in tire and shoe stocks and in 

 pressure-cure formulas. 



.\mong the new publications which are of interest to the 

 rubber industry is an illustrated pamphlet issued by Harrisons 

 & Crosfield, Limited, 1-4 Great Tower street, London, E. C. 3, 

 England. This pamphlet, entitled "Rubber, Tea and Other Trop- 

 ical Produce," furnishes much valuable information regarding 

 the commodities mentioned. Several statistical tables add much 

 to the importance of the pamphlet. 



An unusual and interesting catalog is that of the 

 Spreckels "Savage" Tire Co., San Diego, California. The author 

 and illustrator of this circular is a full-blooded Indian, brought 

 up among his own people, the Apaches, but later trained in the 

 white man's universities. The catalog sets forth not only some 

 of the curious Indian customs but describes also the important 

 features of the new "Savage" cord tires, the latest product of the 

 Spreckels company. 



RUBBER TRADE INQUIRIES 



rHE inquiries that follow have already been answered; never- 

 theless they are of interest not only in shoisnng the needs 

 of the trade, but because of the possibility that additional in- 

 fortnation may be furnished by those who read them. The Editor 

 is therefore glad to have those interested communicate with him. 



(893) A manufacturer requests the address of a New York 

 concern handling talc under the brand "600." 



(894) Request is made for the address of the manufacturer of 

 brown and gray good-quality rubber bathing caps having the edge 

 machine-stitched to resemble button-holing, and fastening under 

 the chin with adjustable strap. 



(895) The address of manufacturers of uncoated fabric for 

 dirigibles is desired by a reader. 



(896) A manufacturer desires the address of concerns manu- 

 facturing machinery for plaiting and crimping sheet rubber. 



(897) A manufacturer abroad requests the address of makers 

 of rubber drives suitable for motorcyclists. 



(898) A reader asks for the address of the manufacturer of a 

 green felt top rubber-base dice mat, 18 by 24 inches. 



(899) A reader in Japan requests the addresses of manufac- 

 turers of rubber footwear repair equipment and supplies. 



(900) An inquiry has been received for the addresses of manu- 

 facturers of knit jacket fire hose. 



(901) A reader desires to know what rubber specialty house 

 uses 00 as the trade mark on its products. 



TRADE OPPORTUNITIES FROM CONSULAR REPORTS 



Addresses may be obtained from the Bureau of Foreign and 

 Domestic Commerce, Washington, D. C, or from the following 

 district or cooperative offices. Requests for each address should 

 be on a separate sheet, and state number. 



District Offices. 

 New York: 734 Customhouse. 

 Boston: 1801 Customhouse. 

 Chicago: 504 Federal Building. 

 St. Louis: 402 Third National Bank 



Building. 

 New Orleans: 1020 Hibernia Bank 



Building. 

 San Francisco: 307 Customhouse. 

 Seattle: 848 Henry Building. 



Cooperative Offices. 



Cleveland: Cliamber of Commerce. 



Cincinnati: Chamber of Commerce: 

 General Freight Agent, Southern 

 Railway, 96 Ingalls Building. 



Dayton, Ohio: Dayton Chamber of 

 Commerce. 



I. OS Angeles: Chamber of Commerce. 



Phil.TdcIphia: Chamber of Commerce. 



Portl.ind, Oregon: Chamber of Com- 

 merce. 



(34,911) A merchant in Porto Rico desires to secure an agency 

 for the sale in Spain of tires and accessories. 



(35,085) A commercial agent in France desires to secure the 

 representation of firms for the sale of tires and accessories. 



(35,105) A mercantile firm in Catania desires to purchase first- 



grade automobile tires and pneumatic tires. Correspondence in 

 Italian. 



(35,133) An importer in Spain desires to be placed in com- 

 munication with maimfacturcrs not already represented in that 

 country, for the sale of rubber heels, automobile and motorcycle 

 accessories, etc. 



(35,153) A company of commission agents in the Maltese 

 Islands desires to secure an agency for the sale of raincoats. 

 Quote c.i.f. Malta for shipment direct from New York to Malta. 



(35,199) A merchant in Spain, now in the United States, desires 

 to purchase and secure an agency for the sale of novelties and 

 rubber goods. 



JUDICIAL DECISIONS 



SUIT BY L T. S. RUBBER CO. VS. ESSEX RUBBER CO. DISMISSED 



I. T. S. Rubber Co. vs. Essex Rubber Co. District Court, 

 District of Massachusetts, November 27, 1920. In Equity, No 

 1008. 



THE case in question had reference to an alleged infringement of 

 the Tufford patent on resilient heels. No. 14,049, reissued Jan- 

 uary 11, 1916. On the defendant's motion to dismiss this suit, 

 brought by an Ohio corporation against a New Jersey corpora- 

 tion, on the ground that it appears on the records that there was 

 no infringement in the district mentioned, the motion was granted 

 and for want of jurisdiction the bill was dismissed.— Federal Re- 

 porter, volume 270, pages 593-656. 



COMPLAINT AGAINST SUPER TREAD TIRE CO. DISMISSED 



Following the recent report of the Union Trust Co., receiver 

 for the Super Tread Tire Co., South Bend, Indiana, the case of 

 the Federal Trade Commission against the latter concern has been 

 dismissed. 



No evidence was found to substantiate the claim that the Super 

 Tread Tire Co. ever "sold rebuilt tires with the intent, purpose 

 and effect of deceiving and misleading the general public, or that 

 said company circulated or caused to be circulated advertisements 

 which stated that the Super Tread Tire Co.'s autotnohile tires 

 were new, when, as a matter of fact, they were reconstructed 

 and rebuilt." 



It was also found that this company in its advertising matter, 

 when offering its tires for sale, never concealed the fact that such 

 tires were rebuilt. The case against the company was therefore 

 set aside. 



CUSTOMS APPRAISERS' DECISIONS 



The United States General Appraisers, New York, N. Y., af- 

 firmed the decision of the collector in the matter of the protest of 

 Austin Baldwin & Co., Boston, Mass., against the assessment of 

 duties on printers' blankets by the Boston collector of customs. 



Printers' blankets composed of three layers of rubber and three 

 layers of cotton, were assessed for duty as a manufacture in chief 

 value of cotton, at 30 per cent ad valorem under Paragraph 266, 

 Tariff Act of 1913. It was claimed by the importers to be a 

 manufacture in chief value of rubber, with duty at the rate of 

 but 10 per cent ad valorem under Paragraph 368. 



THE EDGE LAW AMENDED 



The bill amending the Edge .Act. which has become law by 

 presidential signature, provides that after the required initial 

 payment on subscriptions to the capital stock of Edge Law cor- 

 porations, subsequent payments, with the consent of the Federal 

 Reserve Board, may be made upon call of the board of directors 

 of such corporations. It is believed that this amendment, doing 

 away with the 10 per cent installments at sixty-day periods for- 

 merly required, will greatly facilitate obtaining subscriptions by 

 giving assurance that funds will be acquired only as urgently 

 needed for safe and profitable employment in financing American 

 foreign trade. 



