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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[May 1, 1912. 



OUR TIRE SUGGESTIONS BEARING FRUIT. 



PRIMARILY it is the province of The India Rubber Worlu 

 *■ to keep its readers well informed on all developments of 

 importance in the great rubber industry. liut if occasionally, in- 

 cidentally, we can also add anything to the general joy of living, 

 we are most happy to do so. Evidently wc occasionally do. 



found lodged in the heart of a friend, for our anti-skid sugges- 

 tion lighted on appreciative soil and has already fructified. We 

 reproduce below some anti-skid designs taken from the April 11 

 issue of that agreeable and witty publication called "Life." These 

 suggestions are employed to illustrate a dissertation on the 

 utility, or inutility, of prevailing anti-skid designs. They appear 

 imder the caption "Suggestions for Additional Distinctive All- 



Sl"GGE?tions for 'i'lRE Treaps from The India Rubber World, July, 1911. 



Some months ago the editorial mind, having dwelt for a long 

 time upon the many anti-skid devices exploited by manufacturers 

 of tires, conceived a happy fancy, which was published in our 

 issue of July, 1911, and is reproduced above in the five cuts, show- 



Rubber Non-Skid Treads." Their parentage is obvious, for it 

 w'ill be noted at once that the dollar-sign tread and the pawn- 

 broker tread are the direct progeny of our July offering, while 

 the other designs mav be classified as collateral issue. 



For the Capitalist. 



For the .Artist. 



For the Pawnbroker. 



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For the Druggist. 





For the Uemi crat. 



For the Republican. 



For the Musician. 



For the Sportsman. For the .Architect. 



Suggestions for Tire Treads from "Life," .'\pril 11, 1912. 



For I lit Lawyer. 



ing five different styles of anti-skid designs suited to people in 

 different walks of life and various occupations. These designs 

 were published without any ulterior motive, but simply to inject 

 a little brightness into the general drab scheme of life. We did 

 hot e.xpect to hear from them again. But evidently this-niid- 

 summer phantasy was like the poet's song as described by Long- 

 fellow, which is sent forth at random into space and afterwards 



Who knows but that this sprightly conceit of ours is the be- 

 ginning of a new era in treads ! Would it not be wonderful 

 if it should revolutionize the entire tire industrv? 



It is announced that the rubber interests of Eatavia, Java,( 

 are starting preparations for an international rubber exposition 

 in that city during- the first half of 1914, under the patronage of 

 the Governor-General of that colony. 



