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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[February, 1, 1912. 



a large scale in the factory proper. In the Mechanical Laboratory, 

 the tensile strengtli of all fabrics nsed in the factory is tested, 

 from the lightest sheetings to the heaviest (hick for Ijelting. 



A Testing Machine in Mechanical Laboratory. 



This elaborate apparatus for testing every step of manufacture 

 and insuring the perfect accuracy with which every step is taken 

 tells the whole story of this company's great success. There is 

 nothing mysterious about it — it is the logical result of the ex- 

 ceptionally scientific metliods which the company employs. 



SOME RUBBER INTERESTS IN EUROPE. 



AUSTRALIAN IMPORTS OF RUBBER GOODS. 

 /^FFICIAL returns slmw tliat for the nine mouths ended Sep 

 ^^ tember, 1911, the imports of rubber goods into the Com- 

 monwealth of Austraha represented $3,517,135. as compared w4th 

 $2,392,405 in the corresponding period of 1910. That this coun- 

 try has only to a limited extent participated in the movement, is 

 indicated by a comparison of the figures published December, 

 1910. and Deceinber, 1911, by the India Rubber World: 



United States Exports to Australia (fiscal years.) 



1910. 1911. 



Belting, packing and hose $127,446 $112,890 



Boots and shoes 177.924 161.882 



Other goods 101,039 143.432 



is printed in three colors on heavy cardboard, 12 x IS inches ii» 

 size, and has a pad with a page for each day showing the numbers 

 in large-sized type. 



The "West India Committee Circular." a London publication 

 devoted to the interest of the West Indies, has distributed a 

 small calendar, printed in one color, showing a tropical scene. 



$406,409 $418,204 



Including : 



Tires for automobiles, not separately shown $3,292 



All other tires, not separately shown 4,108 



(Previous to 1911 tires were returned with other goods.) 



It is therefore evident that the purchasing capacity of Australia 

 is largely extending, although the increase in the export of 

 American rubber goods to that market has only been about 3 

 per cent, in 1911 as compared with 1910. 



The 24 Australian rubber factories produced in 1909 goods 

 valued at $1,822,073, while the imports for the entire fiscal year 

 1910 represented about $3,000,000. 



CALENDARS RECEIVED. 



Meyer Cohn, Hanover, Germany, has issued an useful calendar, 

 with a cardboard mount, which shows twelve months of the year, 

 and with a large central pad which devotes one page to each day. 

 This is intended for wall use in the office or factory. 



The wall calendar distributed by the North British Rubber Co., 

 Limited. Castle Mills. Edinburgh, is a very substantial affair. It 



SUGGESTED 



CHANGES IN GOVERNMENT 

 BER SPECIFICATIONS. 



RUB- 



A S reported in the last issue of the India Rubber World, a 

 '*■ conference took place on December IS between the Wash- 

 ington authorities and a committee representing the rubber 

 manufacturers, concerned in the removal of the present restric- 

 tion of government specifications, to the use of Fine Upriver 

 Para. 



The joint committee appointed on that occasion was composed 

 as follows : 



REPRESENTATIVES OF THE G0\'ERNMENT. 



Bureau of Standards ( Physicist and Chemist) 



Bureau of Chemistry (Dr. P. H. Walker). 



Bureau of Steam Engineering (Commander L. A. Kaiser, 

 U. S. N.). 



Bureau of Yards and Docks (Civil Engineer Chambers, 

 U. S. N.). 



Bureau of Supplies and Accounts ( Xew York Chemist, J. P. 

 Millwood). 



Bureau of Construction and Repair ( Naval Constructor, E. S. 

 Land, U. S. N.). 



Isthmian Canal Commission (W. .A. E. Doying). 



REPRESENTATIVES OF MANUFACTURERS' INTERESTS. 



Boston Woven Hose & Rubber Co. (J. W. Fellows). 



B. F. Goodrich Co. (Dr. W. C. Geer). 



Revere Rubber Co. (W. F. Jones). 



Diamond Rubber Co. (D. C. Noble). 



.Manhattan Rubber Mfg. Co. (H. S. Doty). 



Rubber Goods Mfg. Co. (D. A. Cutler) 



Gutta Percha & Rubber Mfg. Co. (W. W. Spadone). 



Mr. Fellows is Chairman of the Manufacturers' Sub-Commit- 

 tee and Dr. W. C. Geer, Secretary; the Chairman of the joint 

 committee being Naval Constructor E. S. Land. 



The Manufacturers' Sub-Committee held an initial meeting at 

 Washington on the occasion of the conference of December IS, 

 when it was stated to be the intention of the committee of the 

 whole to take steps towards the revision of the navy specifica- 

 tions, submitting the results in the course of one or two months. 

 The Joint Committee held a meeting on December 16, in which 

 methods of procedure were outlined. 



In a circular letter addressed to rubber manufacturers on 

 December 19, the Manufacturers' Sub-Committee asked their opin- 

 ion upon the eliinination from Navy Department specifications 

 of references to chemical composition (Para, sulphur, or mineral 

 matter) and the substitution of sufficiently severe physical tests, 

 so that the Department might be assured that any article pass- 

 ing these specifications would be at least of as high grade as 

 that which they now receive, and of equal or better durability. 



A second meeting of the Manufacturers' Sub-Committee was 

 held in New York on January 16. where very satisfactory prog- 

 ress was made : the many tests which each of the committee had 

 made during the previous month being of great assistance in 

 reaching conclusions. The methods of test and testing apparatus 

 were put into shape for further consideration. Another meet- 

 ing is to be held in February, and the committee is understood 

 to be desirous of receiving suggestions from anyone interested 

 in this matter of specifications. 



