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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



Apru. 1, 1921 



Wp**^ 



Vol.64 



APRIL I, 1921 



No. 



TABLE OF CONTENTS 



Editorials Pages 



The Rubber Association's Educational Plan 475 



Forty-three Million Tires? •• 475 



British Rubber Men Very Much Awake 475-476 



Rubber and Fireproof Lumber. ...• • 476 



How About Idle American Spindles? 476 



French Progress • • 476 



Repairing Rubber Footwear — II Illustrated 477-480 



A Glossary of Words and Terms Used in the Rubber 



Industry— IV. By Henry C. Pearson 481-482 



Artificial Lighting in the Rubber Industry— IV. By 



E. Leavenworth Elliott Illustrated 483-486 



Rubber Shoe Soling. By B. W. Elberson 486 



Solvents and Thinners Used in the Rubber Industry. 



By Frederic Dannerth, Ph.D. 487-489 



Paints and Rubber Pigments • • . . . 490 



Vulcanized Rubber Energy — II. By William B. 



Wiegand Graphs 491-494 



Chemistry 



What the Rubber Chemists Are Doing. 495-496 



Chemical Patents • • 497 



Laboratory Apparatus Illustrated 497 



New Machines and Appliances Illustrated 498-501 



i'lieuinatic Tube Steam Splicer. The Yarway 

 Seatless Blow-off Valve. Experimental Rubber 

 Machinery. Machine for Wrapping Coils of 

 Wire. A Quick Closing Vulcanizer Head. Wood 

 Apron Conveyors. A British Machine -for Build- 

 ing Solid Tires. Steam Turbine for Pumps and 

 Blowers. Toy Balloon Inflating Device. Self- 

 Loading Electric Truck. Overhead Carrying 

 System. Fabric Knife for Tire Repair. Cutting 

 Pure Rubber Sheet. Device for Separating Mois- 

 ture from Steam, Gas and Compressed Air. 



Machinery Patents Illustrated 501-502 



Vacuum Process of Molding Hollow Rubber 

 Goods. Apparatus for Weaving Multiply Tubu- 

 lar Fabrics. Other Machinery Patents. 



Process Patents 502 



New Goods and Specialties Illustrated 503-505 



Respirator with Hood for Fumes and Dust. 

 Good-Looking Baby Pants. Rubber-Tired Auto- 

 mobile for Little Folks. "Nu-Seal" Glass Jar 

 Storage Battery. Hard Rubber Handle for the 

 Micro-Telephone. The "Error-No" Copyholder. 

 Toys to Go with Nursery Rhymes. Interchange- 

 able Rubber Heels. The First Toronized Tire. 

 New Blow-Out Boot. Rubber-Soled Shoes Ad- 

 vocated for Golf. Golf Without Links. Rubber- 

 Tired Wheels for "Kiddie-Kar." 



Editor's Book Table 506 



"Estate Rubber, Its Preparation, Properties and 

 Testing." "Rubber Manufacture." "Times of 

 Ceylon Green Book, 1921." "What a Cost Sys- 

 tem Should Do for You." "Safety Lessons for 

 Automobile Drivers," "Grain's Market Data 

 Book and Directory of Class, Trade and Techni- 

 cal Publications." 



Pages 



New Trade Publications 506-507 



Interesting Letters from Our Readers 507-508 



Inquiries and Trade Opportunities 508-509 



Obituary Record 509 



i;, J. I.eiKrle. J. Hasslacher. J. W. Chamberlain. 



Adjudicated Patents 509 



Judicial Decisions ■ • 509 



History of The Goodyear Company. .... .Illustrated 510-512 



American Rubber Trade — News and Personals 



Financial Notes 513-514 



Dividends 514 



Rubber Stock Quotations 514 



New Incorporations 515 



R. J. Caldwell Portrait and Sketch 516 



East and South By Our Correspondent 516-517 



National .Association of Waste Material Deal- 

 ers Illustrated 517-518 



Frederick A. Seaman Portrait and Sketch 518 



New Jersey By Our Correspondent 518-519 



Massachusetts By Our Correspondent 519-520 



Charles B. Raymond Portrait and Sketch 520 



Ohio By Our Correspondent— Illustrated 520-523 



Mid- West . ...By Our Correspondent — Illustrated 523-525 



James P. Matthews Portrait and Sketch 525 



R. H. Geier Portrait and Sketch 525 



Pacific Coast By Our Correspondent 525-526 



Canada 526 



Rhode Island By Our Correspondent 527 



The Rubber Association of America — Activities of . . . 528-529 



Rubber Executives Predict Early Business Recovery. 529 



Foreign Rubber News 



Great Britain By Our Correspondent 530-531 



Europe . • • 531-532 



Planting 



Rubber Trade in the Far East. 



By Our Correspondent 532-534 



Patents Relating to Rubber 535-536 



United States. United Kingdom. Canada. 



Trade Marks 536-537 



United States. Canada. 



. Illustrated 



Designs 



United States. 



Markets 



Crude Rubber 



London View of the 1920 Crude Rubber Mar- 

 ket Graph 



Antwerp Crude Rubber Market During 1920... 



Highest and Lowest New York Prices 



Amsterdam Rubber Market 



Antwerp Rubber Market 



Hamburg Rubber Market 



Singapore Rubber Market 



Reclaimed Rubber 



Rubber Scrap 



Cotton and Other Fabrics 



Chemicals and Other Ingredients 



Statistics 



Canada, Statistics for December, 1920 



Ceylon Rubber Exports, 1911-1920 



Federated Malay States Rubber Exports, 1915- 



1919 



Italy, Statistics for Eight Months Ended August, 



1920 



Java Rubber Exports 



Penang Rubber Exports, 1919-1920 



United Kingdom, Statistics for December, 1920.. 

 United States: 



Crude Rubber Arrivals at Atlantic and Pacific 



Ports as Stated by Ships' Manifests 



Custom House Statistics 



Exports of India Rubber Manufacture Dur- 

 ing December, 1920 (By Countries) • • 



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