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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



Februaky 1, 1921 



Vol. 63 



FEBRUARY 1, 1921 



No. 5 



TAEILE Of CONTENTS 



Editorials: Pages 



The American "Rubber Trust" • • 313 



The Importance of Cable Systems 313-314 



American Overseas Plantations 314 



Rubber Plantation Conservation 314 



The Rubber Association's New President 314 



The Rubber Association of America, Inc.: 



Twenty-First Annual Banquet ..■•... .Illustrated 315-318 



Members and Guests Present 318-319 



Annual Meeting, Report of 320-323 



Portraits of Officers and Directors 321 



Program for 1921 322 



Divisions' and Committee Meetings 323 



Standing Committees • 323-324 



American Tractors on Rubber Plantations. . lllu>tr,itcil 324 



A Glossary of Words and Terms Used in the Rubber 



Industry— II. By Henry C. Pearson 325-327 



Specifications for Starting and Lighting Storage Bat- 

 teries for Military Automobile and Truck Service . 327-328 

 First Annual Highway Transportation Show, 1921 . . 328 



Artificial Lighting in the Rubber Industry — II. By 



K. Leavenworth Klli.itt Illustrated 329-332 



United States Import Duties on Rubber Goods 332 



A Ten-Year Survey of the Rubber Industry. By 



Richard lioadley Tingley Graphs 333-335 



Chemistry: 



What the Rubber Chemists Are Doing 336-337 



Methods of Analysis 337 



Aging of Vulcanized Plantation Rubber 338 



Chemical Patents 339 



Laboratory Apparatus 339 



New Machir.es and Appliances Illustrated 340-342 



.Sectional Vulcanizer and Retreadei .\ir Com- 

 pressor tor Giant Tires. Tire Repair Vulcanizer. 

 Repair Vulcanizer for Truck Tires. Rubber Foot- 

 wear Vulcanizer. Sanitary Rubber Cement Mixer. 

 Electric Tractor for Rubber Plants. Plantation 

 P.ark and Scrap Rubber Washer. 



Machinery Patents Illustrated 342-343 



Machine for Forming Battery Jars. Loom Ele- 

 ment for Making Cord Fabric. Machine for Pro- 

 ducing and Applying Foxing. Macliine for De- 

 liatinfj Inner Tubes. Other Machinery Patents. 



Process Patents 343 



New Goods and Specialties Illustrated. 344-346 



Kuldier h'aucet .\ccessory. A Hollow Expansible 

 Bottle Stopper. Rubber in the Mailing Machine. 

 Knife Sharpener Protected by Rubber. .\ Six- 

 Sided Rubber Pencil Tip. A Shower Bath With- 

 out Wetting the Hair. The "Marquette" Tire 

 Tool. .\n Electrical Pneumonia Jacket. Billiard 

 Cue With Vulcanite Butt. A Punctureless Cush- 

 ion Tire Filler. Protects the Ear Drum. To Cush- 

 ion Vehicle Seats. The "Jon-Con" Tire Protector. 

 .\n Intlatable .\utomol)ile Back Cushion. Rubber 

 and Leathcrboard Heel. Rubber .Aids When 

 .Awheel. The Morand Cushion Wheel. 



Holiday Greetings, Calendars and Souvenirs 347-348 



The Editor's Book Table 348-349 



"Yearbook of the Xetherlands East Indies, Edi- 

 tion 1920." ",\ederlandsch-Indisch Rul)berjaat- 

 l)oek (Netherland East Indies India Rubber Year- 

 book), Fourth Edition." "Noniinatieve Statistiek 

 der Rubberondernemingen in Ned. -Indie (Statis- 

 tics of Rubber Estates in Netherlands Indies.) 

 "Recommended Plan of Cost .Accounting' Control 



Pages 

 for Members of the Rubber Proofers' Division of 

 The Rubber .Association of America, Inc." "Pro- 

 ceedings of the Twenty-third Annual Meeting of 

 the .American .Society for Testing Materials." 



New Trade Publications 349 



The National Automobile Show 350 



American Rubber Trade — News Notes and Personals: 



I'inancial .Notes 351 



1 )i\ ideiuls 351 



Rubber Stock Quotations 351 



Xew Incorjxjrations 351-352 



Meeting of Rubberizcrs and Dyers of Raincoat 



Fabrics 353 



Motor and .Accessory .Manufacturers' .Association 353 



•I'.ast and .South By Our Correspondent — 



Illustrated 354-355 



.\e\v Jersey By Our Correspondent 355 



-Massachusetts By Our Correspondent — 



Illustrated 356-357 



Rhode Island By Our Correspondent 358 



< ;hio By Our Correspondent 358-360 



(joodrich Golden .Anniversary — With Portraits of 



B. G. Work and Dr. B. F. Goodrich 361 



Dudley M. Mason Portrait and Sketch 361 



The Record of Mason Tires Illustrated 362 



Mid-West 362-363 



Pacific Coast 363-364 



J. M. S. Carroll Portrait and Sketch 364 



Canadian Notes 364-365 



Inquiries and Trade Opportunities 366 



Foreign Rubber News: 



lireat Britain.. By Our Correspondent — Illustrated 367-369 

 The Rubber Trade in Europe 



By a Special Correspondent 369-370 



!■ oreign Tariffs 370-371 



Planting: 



Rnlihcr Trade in the Far East 



By a Special Correspondent 372-373 



Patents Relating to Rubber 374-375 



I nited States. Canada. L'nited Kin.sjdom. Ger- 

 many. 



Trade Marks 376-378 



l'nited .States. Canada. United Kingdom. 



Designs Illustrated 378 



l'nited States. Gennany. 



Pneumatic Tread Designs Illustrated 379 



Markets: 



Crude Rul)ber, .Annual Review Graph 380-382 



Xew York Spot Rubber Prices 1913-1920. Graph 381 



Highest and Lowest New York Spot Rubber 



Prices 1913-1920 382 



Montlily Review 383 



HiKhest and Lowest New York Spot Rubber 



Prices 384 



■ Xnisterdani Ruliber Market 384 



.\ntwerp Rubber Market 384 



1 1 anilnirg Rubber Market 384 



.Singapore Rubber Market 384 



Reclaimed Rubber 383-384 



Cotton and Other Fabrics 388-390 



Chemicals and Other Ingredients 390-392 



Rubber Scrap 393 



Xew York Rubber Scrap Market for 11 Years — 



Graphs 393 



Statistics: 



Brazil. Exports from Manaos and Iquitos During 



Xovember. 1920 388 



Cana<la. Statistics for October. 1920 387-388 



Ceylon Rubber Exports 382 



Federated Malay States Rubber Exports 384 



Ja\ a Rubber Exports - 384 



I'enang Rubber Exports 385 



.Straits .Settlements Rubber Exports 384 



United Kingdom, Statistics for November. 1920.. 388 



l'nited States: 



v'rude Rubber .Arrivals at .Atlantic and Pacific 



Ports as Stated by Ships' Manifests 385-386 



C'ustom House Statistics 386 



Imiiorts by Months for 1920 381 



Statistics for October and November. 1920.. . 386-387 



