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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[November 1, 1911. 



WPes^ 



Vol. 45. 



NOVEMBER 1, 1911. 



No. 2. 



TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



Editorial: 



The American Rubber Exhibition 51 



Are These Trusts So Bad? 51 



Para Rubber in Coventry 52 



200 Pounds of Synthetic Rubber Daily 52 



Rubber is Growing Popular 52 



A British Criticism of Piece Worl; 53 



Patient Stoclcholders Get Their Reward 53 



A Big Snake Story Explained 54 



Minor Editorial 54 



The India-Rubber Trade in Great Britain 



By Our Regular Correspondent 55 

 [Cameta Rubber. Tire Prices. Dynamometers. Peruvian Amazon 

 Co. A Metal Mine Problem. The Mersey Reclaiming Co., 

 Limited. Short Mention.] 



Some Rubber Interests in Europe 57 



[With Portrait of Samuel Baron.] 



Some Rubber Planting Notes 58 



Rubber Planting in the Middle East 64 



[With 3 Illustrations.] 



Rubber Growing in the Temperate Zone 68 



[With 2 Illustrations.] 



The Editor's Book Table 72 



The Third Rubber Exposition 73 



[With I Illustration.] 



Synthetic Possibilities 



By a Practical Man 74 



A New Use for Pontianak 75 



Recent Patents Relating to Rubber 81 



[United States. Great Britain. France. Germany.] 



New Rubber Goods in the Market 83 



[Interchangeable Rubber Heels. The Klip Leggings. Hoods 

 for Washing the Hair. It Sprinl<les Square. The New Invisible 

 Overshoe. "Rough Rider" Grips for Bicycles. Mackintosh 

 Covers for Auto Seats. Dovetail Air Cushion Rubber Stamps. 

 A Clamp for Hose. Rubber Pads Kept Hot by Electricity. A 

 Wire Reel that Measures. A Ten Thousand-Mile Tire. A Hot 

 Water Bottle That Stays Hot.] 



[With 16 illustrations.] 



Hiscellaneous: 



The Exhibition Trophy Awards 56 



The "Seringneiras" or Rubber Trees of the Armzon. . .Illustrated 59 



The Balata Industry of British Guiana 



By a Special Correspondent 60 



Progress in British Guiana 'Illustrated 61 



British Guiana Notes 61 



A Mexican Plan for Tapping Castilloa J. C. Harvey 63 



Is Not This Rather Severe? 66 



Rubber Interests in the Philippines 67 



Why Customers Have to Wait 71 



The Propagation of Guayule 70 



India-Rubber Goods in Commerce 11 



New Lasts in Rubber Footwear Illustrated 77 



Non-Skid for Solid Tires Illustrated 78 



Interesting Facts About Tires 78 



Does It Pay to Repair Tires ? 78 



More About Exchange Listing Illustrated 79 



From an English Inventor 79 



Canadian Imports of Cycles and Motors 79 



The Use of Rubber Plaster Bandages Illustrated 80 



Rubber Muscles in Infantile Paralysis 80 



Rubber Mills vs. Gymnasiums 80 



Gough "Rubber Mill" Illustrated 82 



The New Wire Code Specifications 86 



Opportunities for American Trade in Germany 92 



New Trade Publications 89 



Intercontinental Rubber Co. — Annual Report 92 



Obituary Record 97 



News of the American Rubber Trade 93 



[With 2 Illustrations.] 



The Trade at Boston Illustrated 86 



The Trade at San Francisco 88 



The Trade at Akron Illustrated 90 



The Trade at Cincinnati 91 



The Trade in Rhode Island 91 



Beview of Crude Rubber Market 98 



Ant'werp. 



Rubber St.atistics for September. 



Details. 1911. 1910. 1909. 1908. 1907. 



Stocks, August 31 kilos 522,401 536,560 244,851 874,514 740,514 



Arrivals in September 306,413 271,042 408,469 189,424 562,889 



Congo sorts 209,265 211,578 334,265 142,743 490,090 



Other sorts 97,148 59,464 74,204 46,681 72,799 



Aggregating 828,814 807,602 653,320 1,063,938 1,303,403 



Sales in September 393,269 226,694 255,866 409,777 584,398 



Stocks, September 3D 435,545 580,908 397,454 654,161 719,005 



Arrivals since January 1 .. .3,186,627 3,029,395 3,571,153 3,663,163 4,064,354 



Congo sorts 2,350,081 2,350,698 2,659,293 3,095,954 3,476,334 



Other sorts 836,546 678,697 911,860 567,209 588,020 



Sales since January 1 3,339,394 2,989,997 3,769,434 4,015,896 4,003,533 



ENGLISH LECTURES ON EUBBER. 



A course of lectures on rubber technology will be delivered 

 by Mr. Frederick Kaye (a well-known scientist in that 

 branch), during the coming winter, at the Northern Poly- 

 technic Institute, Holloway, London. This step will mark 

 the establishment of the first practical rubber school in 

 England. 



Urging (quite independently), the lack of general knowl- • 

 edge about rubber, a correspondent under the nom-de-plume 

 of "Caoutchouc" in writing the "Edinburgh Evening News," 

 says among other pertinent things: "If the directors of the 

 School Board knew the history of their waterproof coat, 

 their motor tire, their rubber sponge, their hot-water bottle, 

 their golf ball, and perhaps their false teeth, or if they knew 

 how many thousands of pounds had to be expended on ma- 

 chinery before . . . such articles could be produced, they 

 might consider whether it were not worth while to try and 

 promote a better and sounder knowledge of a trade, which 

 is increasing in importance every day, and, judging by what 

 has already been done, is likely to have a big future." 



EUROPEAN PRICE-CUTTING IN PNEUMATIC TIRES 



The recent price-cutting in pneumatic tires by leading French 

 manufacturers and the consequent injury to the German tire 

 industry has been the subject of disapproval in the German 

 press. Appeals have likewise been made to the patriotism 

 and expert knowledge of German buyers, but have proved 

 ineffectual. That this form of special pleading is repugnant 

 to genuine commercial principles is urged by the "Gummi- 

 Zeitung" in the following words: "It is doubtful whether 

 such an attempt would not have done incalculable hann, 

 not to be again made good. It is to be noticed that Miche- 

 lins have not only made this reduction for Germany, but for 

 all countries. The contest has therefore broken out along 

 the whole line, and it seems to be the tactics of the firm to forci- 

 bly grasp the business at all points. . . . That the pneumatic 

 tire industry cannot permanently work at today's prices, 

 is self evident; the only question being, how many hundred 

 thousand (marks) must first be lost, before this policy is 

 reversed." 



Continuing its remarks, the journal in question urges the 

 united action of the German tire manufacturers, by means of 

 an association which would have perhaps counteracted the 

 ruinous policy of the French firm, without following similar 

 tactics. The opinion is likewise expressed, that crude rub- 

 ber is going up and that there is no reason, except sheer 

 competition, for reducing prices. One advantage which may 

 be looked for, it is added, is the clearing of old stocks at 

 the reduced rates, thus drawing good from evil. 



The Hannoversche Gummi-Kamm Company (one of the 

 principal German concerns in that line), has issued a reas- 

 suring statement to its shareholders, urging that no cause 

 exists in any way for alarm with respect to the tire market. 

 It is understood that the Continental Caoutchouc and Gutta 

 Percha Company is following the policy of the French manu- 

 facturers as to competition. 



