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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[February, 1, 1912. 



SOME LATE STYLES OF RUBBER GARMENTS. 



The four illustrations below give a good idea of some of the 

 latest rubber garments that are being offered by the leading mail 

 order houses and department stores of New York and Chicago. 



The first figure shows a woman's garment in rubberized moire 

 silk. It is double-breasted, fits fairly tight, has patch pockets and 

 turned-back cuffs, with tailored collar. It comes in navy blue, 

 smoke gray or black. 



The second cut shows a young girl's garment. This is made of 

 rubberized poplin, has Raglan sleeves, patch pockets, a buttoned 

 turn-over collar, and is a thoroughly serviceable garment for a 

 young girl. 



The third cut shows a man's rubber coat made of black rubber 

 sheeting. This coat is double-breasted, with a protector collar, 

 has outside pockets with flaps, and is lined. 



The fourth figure shows a boy's heavy rubber coat lined with 

 khaki. It fastens in front with hook fasteners, and the collar is 

 close fitting. It is light in weight and warm. 



These four illustrations give a very good idea of the rubber 

 coats offered this winter for men, women and children. 



United States Rubber Co., and is now an officer in the Computing- 

 Tabulating-Recording Co., of New York, states that the Hollerith 

 tabulating machine, which is one of the machines handled by 

 this company, is being very extensively introduced into the rub- 

 ber trade, six or eight of the largest rubber companies having in- 

 stalled them in their service. 



.•\ Waterbury paper announces that the S. M. B. Rubber Co., 

 whose president is Arthur C. Squires, will not in all probability 

 be located, as was the original intention, at Naugatuck, Connec- 

 ticut, but will locate somewhere in New Jersey. This change of 

 plans is attributable to the fact that the business men of Nauga- 

 tuck did not subscribe for as large an amount of stock as the 

 company believed they would. 



The New York "Times" quotes Colonel S. P. Colt, president of 

 the United States Rubber Co., as commenting on the stability of 

 crude rubber prices during the past six months as compared 

 with a year and more ago, and assigning the reason for the same 

 as follows : 



"This highly gratifying change was due to several facts. In 

 the first place, the speculators found a very limited market for 



New Rubber Co.^ts Shown This Winter, 



TRADE NEWS NOTES. 



The Daily Consular and Trade Reports state that a European 

 business man wishes to get into communication with a large 

 American manufacturer of rubber tires for automobiles. It does 

 not seem as if it ought to be difficult for a European business 

 man to get in touch with .American manufacturers of automobile 

 tires. There are several of them and they are quite well known. 



They are much exercised in Portland, Maine, over the dis- 

 covery that the "asbestos" which was wrapped about the furnace 

 pipes in an important building in that city caught fire and was 

 the cause of a considerable conflagration. As asbestos is sup- 

 posed to prevent this very thing, this particular "asbestos" was 

 examined and found to be an extraordinary imitation made of 

 coarse hair in conjunction with a little asbestos liquid, covered 

 with white paper and held together with metal bands. It is 

 said that quite a quantity of this same sort of "asbestos" has 

 been put into buildings in that city. 



H. M. Sadler, who was for so many years identified with the 



rubber at the top prices, and consequently they were obliged to 

 lower their quotations to get buyers. But most important of all 

 was the large increase in the volume of Ceylon grades produced 

 and placed on the market steadily. Not only was the volume of 

 those grades a potent factor in bringing about the lower prices, 

 but their quality was quite as effective. 



"The trade found that, because of the more scientific methods 

 used in treating those grades of rubber, they could be marketed 

 much more quickly than the Brazilian grades, and could be sub- 

 stituted for them to a far greater extent than had been sup- 

 posed or had really been possible. 



"The Ceylon grades are to be more and more of a factor in 

 the general rubber industry, and, in my opinion, it will be ex- 

 tremely difficult to bring about abnormally high prices again for 

 the crude product. In other words', the prices for both it and 

 manufactured products should be much more stable than here- 

 tofore. Otherwise I am unable to mention at the moment any 

 notable changes in the rubber industry." 



