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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



February 1, 1921 



facturer cannot get out of his mind tlic tact that with the old 

 source of supply he never had any trouble. Newcomers have not 

 had things all their own way, however, because the conservatism 

 of our rubber manufacturers has become almost proverbial, but all 

 the same a good many changes have been made, and not always 

 with the concurrence of the works or consulting chemist, and the 

 change has not always proved advantageous. 



THE DUNLOP PICTURE AGAIN 



In the litigation between J. 11. Dunlop and tlie Dunlop Rubber 

 Co., Limited, concerning the company's pictorial advertisements 

 of the former, the House of Lords has dismissed the appeal from 

 the decision of the Irish courts to the effect that Mr. Dunlop be 

 at liberty to issue the writ of summons and serve it on the com- 

 pany in London. This has reference to the use of the advertise- 

 ment in Ireland. 



BRITISH RUBBER TYRE MANUFACTURERS' ASSOCIATION 



The fourth annual general meeting of the British Rubber Tyre 

 Manufacturers' Association was held in London in December. F. W. 

 Hinde. who presided, said a good deal on the acute question of 

 imported tires, the value of which, he said, would probably exceed 

 £5,000,000 in the current year. He predicted an even more vigorous 

 export campaign on the part of the American manufacturers, 

 ■besides the serious competition from France, Italy, and shortly 

 from Germany, owing to the favorable exchanges of these coun- 

 tries. It was resolved that in future all labor questions be left 

 to the India Rubber Manufacturers' Association to deal with. 

 The following were reelected on the general committee for the 

 ensuing year : Lieutenant-Colonel J. Sealy Clarke, F. W. Hinde, 

 E. Healey, Alexander Johnstone, E. J. Mitchell, Reginald Moseley 

 and J. Traxler, Mr. Bond also being elected in place of Mr. Huet, 

 who had resigned. An illuminated address and a service of plate 

 were presented to Mr. Johnstone, chairman from 1916 to 1919. 

 TRADE NOTES 



The Federation of British Industries, an association of manu- 

 facturers of all sorts of commodities, keeps well to the fore in 

 Parliament and press in looking after the business interests of its 

 members. The fact that unity is strength in getting desired re- 

 sults is now generally recognized by masters and men alike, and 

 this has come to be the ordinary procedure since the war. In- 

 cluded in the present Grand Council of the Federation as repre- 

 senting the rubber manufacture sub-group, are the following: 

 Sir G. Charles Mandleberg, Hugh C. Coles, F. W. Hinde, Alex- 

 ander Jolinstone, P. H. Lockhart, Stuart A. Russell, C. T. Mabey 

 and W. Bond. Also on the Grand Council are J. A. Fisher and 

 Harold Jones, representing asbestos, and F. Lye, representing 

 machine belting. 



A meeting of creditors uiuitr the failure of British Rubber 

 Maiuifacturers, Limited, was held in London on December 2. 

 Founded as a war concern at Acton, near London, it made a 

 profit for one year, but has been in difficulties since 1916. The 

 total indebtedness is £110,149, and as the assets are valued at 

 £45,160 the deficiency is £69.508. The compulsory winding- 

 up order was obtained upon the petition of the Langham Steel 

 Co., which claims to be a creditor for £53,407, for tnoney lent to 

 the company in the last three years. 



The Peachey Process Co., Limited, which up to tlie present 

 lias had temporary office accommodations in Gerrard .street, has 

 now removed to new offices and showrooms at 83 Pall Mall, 

 London, W. E. The premises are spacious and comprise general 

 and private offices, board room, showrooms, etc., available for 

 the inspection of manufactured products. Mr. Peachey, who has 

 now removed to London, is succeeded at the Manchester College 

 of Technology by A. R. Kaye, who during the later stages of the 

 -wai was engaged on rubber work at the college. Formerly he was 

 associated with Dr. Schidrowitz' laboratory. Mr. Peachey's lec- 

 ture work in chemistry outside rubber is to be divided between 

 ■ Dr. J. K. Wood and Messrs. Craven. 



OBBYCORD TRUCK TYRkIP^ 



The L.\rgest E,xhibit of Gi.ant P.\eum.\tic Tires .vt the 



Lo.NDON C0MMERri.\L MoTOR VeHRI.E ShOW W'.\S Th AT OF THE 



United St.\tes Rubber Co. 



THE LONDON RUBBER EXHIBITION 



Tlie International Congress which will be held in connec- 

 tion with the Rubber Exhibition ;it London in June of this 

 year will liave as chairman Dr. Joseph Torrey, A. M., Ph. D., 

 who has served so ably in this capacity on previous occasions. 

 Although the rubber industry will be as usual the principal 

 subject of interest, the scope of the congress will include 

 other tropical products and industries and a special feature 

 will be made of papers dealing with cocoa and with vegetable 

 oils. 



The vicc-cliairmen, who are devoting their attention to 

 arrangements for papers concerning the industries of which 

 they have made a special study, include Dr. Philip Schidro- 

 witz, Ph. D., F. C. S., and H. H. Vasconcellos, who will assist 

 Dr. Torrey with the organization of the Rubber Section, Mr. 

 Vasconcellos being specially active in the interests of Bra- 

 zilian products; Emile Alleaume of the Portuguese Trade 

 Corporation and Hamel Smith, editor of Tropical Life, who 

 are looking after the Cocoa Section; E. Richards Bolton, 

 F. I. C, F. C. S., and Emile Baillaud, of the Colonial Institute 

 of Marseilles, who are working to insure the success of the 

 Vegetable Oils Section. 



Papers will be read by leading scientists and other experts 

 from all parts of the world. It is believed that the 1921 

 congress will be even more largely attended than its pre- 

 decessors by an internationally representative gathering of 

 scientists, producers, manufacturers, merchants and financiers. 

 .Among those who have already promised to read papers are: 



Edmond Leplae, Director of .Agriculture for the Congo. 

 Subjects: The Cultivation of Oil Palms in the Belgian 

 Congo. The Cultivation of Hevca in the Belgian Congo. 

 The Cultivation of Cotton in the Belgian Congo. .Auguste 

 Chevalier. Laboratoire d'.Argonomie Coloniale, Paris. Sub- 

 ject: Progress de la Culture de I'Hevea en Indochine. Dr. 

 P. J. S. Cramer, Amsterdam. Subject: New Species of 

 Hevea Cultivated in the East. E. W. S. Ventress, A. M. I. 

 M. E. Subject: The Amazon and its Vegetable Oils, etc. 



Other speakers who have not yet announced their sub- 

 jects include Henry P. Stevens, M. A., Ph.D., F. I. C; Dr. 

 .Andre Dubosc, Laboratoire de Recherches, Bapaume-les- 

 Rouen; Dr. O. de Vries. Director of the Central Rubber 

 Station, Buitenzorg, Java, all connected with the Rubber 

 Section: .\. W. Knapp. B. Sc. research chemist to Cadbury 



