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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[July 1, 1912. 



RUBBER PRODUCTION OF VARIOUS STATES. 



IN the general statistics of production, as shown by the census 

 ■'• of 1909 (published in the India Rubber World of May, 

 1912, page 374), the grand total was shown to be $202,885,535, 

 composed of the following items :— 



Establish- Value of 



ments. products. 



A. Belting and hose 46 $24,729,221 



B. Rubber boots and shoes 22 49,720,567 



C. Rubber goods not otherwise specified 227 128,435,747 



Total 295 $202,885,535 



The dissection of these items among the various states repre- 

 sented shows the following results : — 



A. — Belting and Hose. 



Establishments. Value of products. 



New Jersey 12 $9,792,625 



Massachusetts 8 5,041,271 



Ohio 5 3,443,460 



Maryland 4 1,317,501 



New York 5 1,284,077 



Illinois 4 1,255,351 



Pennsylvania 3 1,074.843 



All other states 5 1,520,093 



Total 46 $24,729,221 



[The 5 factories for which separate state production is not 

 given are situated as follows : California, 1 ; Connecticut, 1 ; 

 Delaware, 1 ; Michigan, 1 ; Oklahoma, 1.] 



B. — Rubber Boots and Shoes. 



Establishments. Value of products. 



Massachusetts 8 $18,722,363 



All other states 14 30,998.204 



Total 22 $49,720,567 



[The 14 factories for which separate state production is not 

 shown are situated as follows : Connecticut, 5 ; Indiana, 1 ; Mis- 

 souri, 1; New Jersey, 2; Pennsylvania, 1; Rhode Island, 3; 

 Wisconsin, 1.] 



C. — Rubber Goods, not Otherwise Specified. 



Establishments. Value of products. 



Ohio 37 $53,910,531 



New Jersey 36 19,543,489 



Massachusetts 29 1 5,796,490 



Connecticut 13 11,004,556 



New York 53 8.783,693 



Pennsylvania 13 4,686,330 



Indiana 11 4.312,650 



Rhode Island 5 3,142,529 



Illinois 13 381,363 



CaHfornia 5 322,727 



All other states 12 6,551,389 



Total 227 $128,435,747 



[The 12 factories for which separate state production is not 

 shown are situated as follows : District of Columbia, 1 ; Mich- 

 igan, 2; Minnesota, 2; New Hampshire, 1; Tennessee, 1; Texas, 

 2; Wisconsin, 3.] 



It is understood that the object of grouping the returns of the 

 states with fewest establishments, is to preserve the confidential 



nature of the statements made by manufacturers to the special 

 agents. With a small number of establishments, the returns 

 could be identified, which it is desired to avoid. 



Which Is the Largest Rubber Manufacturing State? 



By grouping under the separate states the returns for the three 

 classes of products, the following results are shown : 



Manufactures of Rubber, Census of 1909. 



Total $24,729,221 $49,720,567 $128,435,747 $202,885,535 



LIFE-SAVING RAFTS. 



■ I 'HE universal discussion of better life-saving means, provoked 

 ■*• by the terrible "Titanic"' disaster, has moved the La Favorite 

 Rubber Manufacturing Co., of Paterson, New Jersey, to distrib- 

 ute a large print of the famous raft "Nonpareil," patented by 

 Edward L. Perry in 1864, in which John Mikes, with two men for 

 a crew, crossed the Atlantic in the summer of 1867. This raft con- 

 sisted of three rubber cylinders supporting a wooden frame which 

 held the three cylinders in place. Rolled up it occupied a space of 

 only 6 inches by 2 feet and 12 feet long. With the cylinders in- 



Monitor Life-Saving Raft "Nonpareil." 



flated and the raft constructed it was 1254 feet wide by 22 feet 

 6 inches long and could support 7 tons. For its transatlantic trip, 

 which it made m 7 weeks, it was fitted out with sails. It would 

 certainly seem that some such collapsible device as this, without 

 the sails, could be stowed away on the decks of steamers in suf- 

 ficient numbers to take care of any number of passengers. The 

 work of inflating the cylinders and putting the frame together 

 requires but a few moments. 



