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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD. 



[October 1, 1911. 



\'ol. 45. 



OCTOBER 1, 1911. 



No. 1. 



TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



Editorial : 



Brnzilian Plans 



What Higher Kiibber Means 



Malaya Five Years from Now 



The Washini! of Wild Rubber 



"CastiHoa" Cojiiing Into Its Own 



Secrets in Rubber Manufacture 



Retailers Waul Lower Shoe Prices 



The Self-Deceivetl Suggestor 



A Decade of American Rubber Exports. 



Golf Balls $6.000,000 



Minor Editorial 



Page. 



The Brazilian Rubber Congress 7 



The India-Rubber Trade in Great Britain 



Our Regular Correspondent 9 

 [The New York Produce Exchange. Leyland. The Strike 

 Fever.^ Strengthening Rubber Sheet. Rubber from Natal. 

 Brazilian Plans. London \"enture CoriJoration, Ltd. J 



Some Rubber Interests in Europe 1 1 



The Rubber Opportunity in Brazil 



By the Editor 12 



Some Notes on Rubber Planting , 14 



The Obituary Record 22 



IWith Portrait (if James II. Stearns. I 



Rubber Testing at Gross- Lichterfelde 23 



The German Rubber Industry 25 



[With 3 Illustrations. [ 



Recent Patents Relating to Rubber 27 



[Uniterl States, (ireat Diitain. France. Germany.] 



The Editor's Book Table 29 



Crude Rubber Imported Into Japan in 1910 30 



.Illustrated 



New Rubber Goods in the Market 



[One Piece Motor Truck Tire. Motorcycle Lamp Covers and 

 Wind Shield. Lamp Covers That Fit. Something New in 

 Wind Shields. The Goodrich Tennis F.all. Lin-Rhuber Floor- 

 ing. A New Sji'ortsman's Jacket. Tank for Testing Leaky 

 Tubes. Indicator to Show Gasoline Consumption. New 

 Styles in .Mackintoshes Men. .\ Self-Filling Fountain Pen. 

 The Presto Collar. Waterproof Skirts. Ruboilin for Covers 

 and Aprons. 1 



[With 16 Illustrations.] 



Miscellaneous : 



A Great Loss in Selling Force 



Man and Rubber 



"The First Domestic Rubber"' 



Castilloa Culture in Java 



Rubber and Balata Notes from British Guiana. . 



Our Special Correspondent 



Rubber in the Republic of Honduras Illustrated 



The Future of Guayule Illustrated 



Exports of Rubber Goods Tripled in Ten Years 



Spreading with an .Atomizer Illustrated 



How the Japanese Incorporate 



New Tennis Shoe Lists Illustrated 



India-Rubber Goods in Commerce 



.Shipments to Non-Contiguous Countries 



New Trade Publications 



Over Ten Million Pairs of Rubber Heels a Year Illustrated 



Motorcycle Tires Illustrated 



A Pneumatic Suspension Wheel Illustrated 



Scrap Rubber and the 10 Per Cent. Duty 



News of the American Rubber Trade 



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The 

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Trade in San Francisco Ou) 



Trade at .\kron Illustrated Olli 



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Antiuerp. 



Rubber St.\tistics for .Vcglst. 



Det.mls. 1911. 1910. 1909. 1908. 1907. 



Stocks, July 31 kilos 465.734 319,965 524.312 695,351 931,336 



Arrivals in August 396,141 423,246 229,260 640,712 309,667 



Congo sorts 299,703 338,797 147.313 522,847 232,522 



Other sorts 96,438 84,449 81,947 117,865 77,145 



Aggregating 861,875 943,211 753.772 1,336,263 1,241,023 



Sales in August 339,474 406,651 508,921 461,749 500,509 



Stocks, August 31 . 



522,401 336,560 244,851 874,514 740,514 



Arrivals since January 1.. 2. 880. 214 2,758,353 3.162,684 3,473,730 3.301,463 



Congo sorts 2,140,816 2,139,120 2,323.028 2,953,211 2,986,244 



Other sorts 739,393 619,233 837,656 520,328 515,221 



Sales since January 1 . 



!,946,025 2,763,303 3.513,568 3,606,119 3,419,135 



Rubber Arrivals fro.m the Congo. 

 •VuGusT 23. — By the steamer Leopoldville: 



Bunge & Co (Societe Generale Africaine) iilos 48,300 



do (Chemins de fer Grands Lacs) 5,300 



do (Societe .\bir) 700 



do (Comite Special Katangai 29.*^ 



Societe Coloniale Anversoise (Beige du Haut Congo) 6,300 



do (Cic. du Kasai) 87,000 



do (Cie. franc du Haut Congo) 6,600 



do (Cie. du Lomami) 87.S 



L. & W. Van de Velde 4,000 



Charles Dethier (.'\merican Congo Co.) 2,000 



do 1,900 



Cassart & Henrjon 650 



Comptoir d'Irebu 200 164,320 



September 14. — By the steamer Bru.vcllcsi'iUc : 



Bunge & Co (Societe Generale Africaine) kilos 89,800 



Do (Intertrop. .\nglo Belg. Trading Co. 1 1,000 



Do (Chemins de fer Grands Lacs) 350 



Do (Alberta) 150 



Do ^ (Comptoir Commercial Congolais) 16,000 



Do (Comite Special Katanga) 1,000 



Do (Societe .\bir) 450 



Societe Coloniale Anversoise (Beige du Haut Congo) 250 



Do (Cie. franc du Haut Congo) 3,700 



Do (Sud. CaineroonJ 17,100 



L. & W. Vr.n de Velde, 



(Societe Comm. and Financ. .Africaine) 10,000 



Do (Cie. du Kasai) 101,000 



Congo Trading Co 3,500 



Willaert Freres 1,200 245,500 



Review of the Crude Rubber IWarket 46 



28 FACTORIES FOR SALE 



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 can be had at lower prices, with terms to suit, and illustrated 

 circulars with full particulars will be sent to parties interested. 

 Richmond, Ind., 60,000 sq. ft.; Altoona, Pa., 23,000; Rome, 

 N. Y., 75,000; Rockville, Conn., (near Hartford), 50,000; 

 Patterson, N. Y., (Putnatn County), 20,000; Hoboken, N. J., 

 40,000; Hoboken, N. J., 27,000; Brooklyn. N. Y., 37,000; Vine- 

 land, N. J., 10,000; Newark, (Soho' Park), N. J., 55,000; 

 Thomaston, Conn., (near Waterburv), 14,000; Alcrideii, 

 Conn., 130,000; Shelton, Conn., (near New Haven), 60,000; 

 Great Barrington, Mass., 35,000; Mamaroneck, N. Y., 250OO ; 

 Bridgeport, Conn., 20,000; Jersey Citv, N. J., 50,000; Newark, 

 N. J., (water front), 100,000; New York, (Bron.x), 70,000; 

 New York, (Bronx), 30,000; Schaghticoke, N. Y., (near Al- 

 bany), 100,000; South Egremont, Mass., (Berkshire Co.), 

 20,000; Lockport. N. Y., 70,000; Philadelphia, Pa., 85,000: Bal- 

 timore, Md., 40,000; Davton, Ohio, 100.000; Pennington, N. J., 

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