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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



September 1, 1921 



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Vol. 64 



SEPTEMBER 1, 1921 



No. 6 



TABLE or CONTENTS 



Editorials Pages 



The Passing of a Great Leader _ 877 



Shortage of Cotton Imminent. 877-878 



Higher Rubber and Soon?.... 878 



The Nation's Highway 878 



The Straight-Side Winning 878 



Minor Editorials • • 878 



The Rubber Sole Turn Shoe Perfected. .. .Ilhistratcd 879-881 

 A Glossary of Words and Terms Used in the Rubber 



Industry— VII. By Henry C. Pearson 882-887 



Ten Years' Experience With Aging Tests. By Will- 

 iam C. Geer and Walter W. Evans. .. .Illustrated 887-892 

 The Rubber Association of America — Activities of.. 893 



Judicial Decisions ...•• 893 



Chemistry 



What the Rubber Chemists Are Doing 894-896 



Chemical Patents 896-897 



Laboratory Apparatus 897 



Basic Causes of Stickiness in Crude Rubber. By 



Andre Dubosc 897-898 



American Chemical Society — Fall Meeting of....... 898 



The Manufacture of Rubber Stamps. .. Illustrated 899-900 



Rubber-Set Fur, or "Artificial Fur" Illustrated 900-901 



Circular Looms for Weaving Tubular Fabrics. 



Illustrated 902-904 



New Machines and Appliances. . . . • Illustrated 905-906 



Adjustable Tire Spreader. Lifting Truck Which 

 Turns in Own Length. Single Tire Wrapping 

 Machine. New Expansible Tire Vulcanizer. 

 Circular Mandrels. Reliable Temperature Reg- 

 ulator. Staples for Electric Wiring. Polishing 

 and Finishing Machine. Testing Tire-Bundling 

 Paper. 



Machinery Patents Illustrated 906-907 



Tire Building Machine. Sponge Rubber Balls. 

 Machine for Dipping and Solvent Recovery. 

 Other Machinerj- Patents. 



Process Patents 907 



Effect of Limited Hours for Women Rubber Workers 908 



-New Goods and Specialties Illustrated 909-911 



Bureau of Mines .\pproves Gas-Mask for Ammonia 

 Fumes. Xasal Syphon. Unique Suction-Cup 

 Sole. Windshield Wiper of Rubber and Felt. 

 Two New Blowout Patches. Rubber Overshoe 

 for Children's "Xature"-Last Shoe. Do you 

 Wear a Collar When You Swim? Cleaner for 

 Rubber Stamps and Pads. Kit-Box for Motorists. 

 A Doll That Weeps. Slicker Boot and Rubber 

 Container. Football Shoe With Rubber Sole and 

 Calks. Sugar-Server with Rubber Foot. Use 

 Rug-Liner and Slip No More. Wooden Pony 

 with Rubber-Capped Tail. Hope for Fat .Ankles 

 in •Pillow-Welt" Boot. 



The Plantation Rubber Crisis • 912-913 



The Rubber Crisis in Malaya 913 



Colonel Samuel P. Colt— Obituary Portrait 914-915 



The Editor's Book Table 915-916 



■ The Diseases and Pests of the Rubber Tree." 

 "Brown Bast — .\n Investigation Into Its Causes 

 and Methods of Treatment." "Chemical Tech- 

 nology and Analysis of Oils, Fats, and Waxes." 

 '■Developments in Industrial Technology." 

 'Standard Cotton Mill Practice and Equipment." 



Pages 



Interesting Letters From Our Readers 916 



Inquiries and Trade Opportunities 916 



American Rubber Trade — News and Personals 



Financial Notes 917 



Dividends 917 



Rubber Stock Quotations 917 



New Incorporations 917-918 



George K. Gulp Evolves Novel Plan Portrait 918-919 



East and South ;...By Our Correspondent 919-921 



'New Jersey By Our Correspondent 919-920 



George S. Shugart Portrait and Sketch 921 



Cutting Out Non-Essential Lines Illustrated 921 



American Society for Testing Materials Elects 



Officers 922 



Rhode Island By Our Correspondent 922-923 



Massachusetts By Our Correspondent — Illustrated 923-924 



Ohio By Our Correspondent— Illustrated 924-926 



The Buckeye Rubber Products Co. .. .Illustrated 926 



Mid- West By Our Correspondent 927 



Pacific Coast By Our Correspondent 927-928 



Foreign Rubber News 



Great Britain By Our Correspondent 929-930 



The International Rubber E.xhibition. By 

 George M. Naylor, with portrait of Professor 

 Wyndham R. Dunstan, C.M.G., LL.D., F.R.S .931-932 



Foreign Tariffs 932-934 



Europe 934-936 



Planting 



Far East By Our Correspondent 936-938 



South .American Notes 938 



Patents Relating to Rubber 939-940 



United States. Canada. LTnited Kingdom. New 

 Zealand. Germany. 



Trade Marks 940-941 



United States. Canada. United Kingdom. New 

 Zealand. 



Designs Illustrated 941 



United States. Canada. German}'. 

 Markets 



Crude Rubber 942 



New York Average Spot Rubber Prices 943 



Highest and Lowest New York Prices 943 



Amsterdam Rubber Market 943 



Antwerp Rubber Market 943 



Hamburg Rubber Market 943 



Singapore Rubber Market 943 



Reclaimed Rubber 943 



Rubber Scrap 951 



Cotton and Other Fabrics 951-953 



Chemicals and Other Ingredients 953-955 



Statistics 



Canada, Statistics for May, 1921 949 



Ceylon Rubber Exports 944 



Federated Malay States Rubber Exports 944 



Italy, Statistics for Two Months Ended February, 



1921 951 



Java Rubber E.xports 944 



Malaya Rubber Exports 943 



Netherlands, Statistics for Eleven Months Ended 



November, 1920 950-951 



Straits Settlements Rubber Exports 944 



Lhiitcd Kingdom, Statistics for June, 1921 950 



United States: 



Crude Rubber Arrivals at .\tlantic Ports as 



Stated by Ships' Manifests 944-945 



Custom House Statistics 948-949 



Exports of India Rubber Manufactures During 



May, 1921 ( By Countries) 946-947 



Imports by Months for 1921 944 



Statistics for May, 1921 947 



Ocean Rates from New York on Tires, Tubes, Mechani- 

 cal Goods, Clothing, Footwear, and Druggists' 

 Sundries 955 



