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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[September 1, 1912. 



NEW TRADE PUBLICATIONS. 



'T'HE industrious advertising department of the B. F. 

 ■*■ Goodrich Co., Akron, Ohio, has just issued a series of 

 pamphlets on a variety of rubber topics, which will interest 

 divers people. One is a folder which might properly be 

 termed, "A yard of fire department," as when spread flat 

 it is three feet long, and shows, on one side, a procession of 

 six combination hose wagons and chemical engines, used by 

 the city of Birmingham, Alabama, all of them being equipped 

 with the "Goodrich Wireless Tires." The rest of the space 

 in the folder is given over to an argument in favor of the 

 "Goodrich Wireless Tires" for fire engine equipment, in five 

 chapters — each assigning a particular reason for the use of 

 these tires. Briefly stated the reasons are as follows: that 

 they are safest for firemen and bystanders; that they never 

 cause delay; that they are designed for heavy service; that 

 they permit the least vibration, and that they mean the lowest 

 tire expense. 



Another folder refers to the h}'gienic rubber-covered air 

 mattress made by the company, which is particularly com- 

 mended for hospital use. The third folder illustrates and 

 describes rubber crutch tips — a very desirable device, in 

 slippery weather, for unfortunate people who have to use 

 crutches. 



A fourth folder printed in chrome, green and black, de- 

 scribes the "Nugget" water-bottle, a Goodrich creation with 

 patented lap-seam construction which fortifies the joints 

 against weakness and leakage. A fifth leaflet entitled "Two 

 Ounces of Prevention" is devoted to "Plastic," a substance 

 made by the Goodrich company for quick tire repairing. 

 This is made of pure rubber and readily incorporates with 

 the substance of the tire, in such a way that it becomes prac- 

 tically invisible. This is sold in small cans and intended for 

 such repairs as the motorist has to make while on the road. 

 Three other folders describe three dififerent varieties of 

 syringes made by the Goodrich company. The whole series 

 of folders may be commended, because of their artistic print- 

 ing, convenient size for distribution, and the succinctness of 

 the various descriptions. 



The J. T. Baker Chemical Co., issued in July No. 5 of its 

 little periodical publication entitled "The Chemist-Analyst." 

 While the primary object of this publication is to call atten- 

 tion to the chemicals made by the company, the publishers 

 with much wisdom, put a quantity of interesting chemical 

 matter in it, to make it of value to chemists generally. In 

 order to secure good contributions they offer prizes of from 

 $25 to $10 for articles on specified chemical subjects. The 

 July issue contains articles that took first and second prizes 

 on "Copper Analysis." 



"Rubber Clothing" is the name of a 32-page catalogue just 

 issued by the Walpole Rubber Co., Boston, Massachusetts. 



It is a finely printed book and contains a dozen or fifteen large 

 cuts nearly full page size, showing the variety of raincoats which 

 the company makes, including the "Zephyr" coat for city wear, 

 policemen's coats, firemen's coats, drivers' coats, Raglan coats, 

 auto coats, and coats for boys. Any dealer in rubber coats will 

 find this catalogue interesting. 



The Banigan Rubber Co. of Baltimore, Maryland, has issued 

 a 52-page catalog of the rubber clothing sold by that company^ 

 This catalog may be commended particularly for its artistic 

 cover, which is printed in olive green and black, on a coffee- 

 tinted paper. It shows a tasteful design, brought out in strong 

 relief by embossing. The catalog illustrates a great variety of 

 rubber coats for men and women. The uninitiated will be sur- 

 prised to find that there is such a variety of rubber coats. A 

 few pages are devoted to other waterproof goods, like hats, leg- 



gings and over-gaiters. The company describes itself as a "pro- 

 gressive rubber goods house." There is no implication, how- 

 ever, in this word "progressive" that orders received from fol- 

 lowers of the Taft and Wilson tickets will not be gladly 

 welcomed and promptly filled. 



AN INTERESTING COURT DECISION. 



A N extremely interesting decision was recently handed down 

 ^*- by the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New 

 York State, in an action brought by a rubber manufacturing 

 company against the National Board of Fire Underwriters. The 

 underwriters had made a motion to have certain irrelevant matter 

 stricken out from the complaint. This had been granted in part, 

 but not fully, by the lower court. The defendants then carried 

 the case to the Appellate Division and moved to have the rest of 

 the irrelevant matter stricken out. The motion was granted, and 

 in the course of the judge's remarks he introduced by way of 

 precedent some decidedly unique historical matter, that gave the 

 case an unusual interest. Citations from the ancient law were 

 as follows : 



"Unnecessarily proli.x and verbose pleadings in equity causes 

 are not of modern invention. So early as 1566 a replication was 

 filed in Mylward vs. Welden (Tothill 101) which so excited the 

 indignation of the Chancellor that he ordered as follows : 'For as 

 much as it now appeared to this court by report made by the 

 now Lord Keeper, then Master of Rolls, upon consideration had 

 of the plaintifi^'s replication according to an order of the 7th of 

 May of anno 37 Reginae that the said replication doth amount 

 to six score sheets of paper and yet all the matter thereof which 

 is pertinent might have been well contrived in si.xteen sheets of 

 paper . . . and because his lordship is of opinion that such an 

 abuse is not in any sort to be tolerated — proceedings of a 

 malicious purpose to increase the defendant's charge and being 

 fraught with such impertinent matter not fit for the court. It is 

 therefore ordered that the Warden of the Fleet shall take the 

 said Richard Mylward, alias Alexander, into his custody and 

 shall bring him into Westminster Hall on Saturday next about 

 10 of the clock in the forenoon and then and there shall cut a 

 hole in the midst of the same engrossed Replication which is 

 delivered unto him for that purpose, and put the said Richard's 

 head through the same hole, and so let the same Replication 

 hang about his shoulders with the written side hanging outward, 

 and then, the same so hanging, shall lead the said Richard bare- 

 headed and barefaced round about Westminster Hall, whilst the 

 Courts are sitting, and shall show him at the Bar of every of the 

 three Courts within the Hall, and then shall take him back again 

 to the Fleet, and keep him prisoner until he shall have paid ilO 

 to her Majesty for a fine and 20 nobles to the defendant for his 

 costs in respect of the aforesaid abuse.' 



"Modern methods of dealing with such pleadings are less 

 drastic, and confined to striking out the objectionable matter." 



The full court concurred with the justice who rendered the 

 decision in granting the defendant's motion. 



AUTO EXPORTS INCREASING MOST RAPIDLY. 



The most rapidly increasing exports of American manufac- 

 tures during the last ten years have been in the automobile 

 trade. In 1S02 the value of automobile exports from the United 

 States was less than one million dollars. In 1908 it had in- 

 creased to five and one-quarter million, and in 1912 it will 

 amount to twenty-eight million dollars. That is, it has increased 

 twenty-eight times in ten years. Of this twenty-eight million 

 dollars, two and one-half million is represented by tires. 



Should be on every rubber man's desk — The Rubber Trade 

 Directory of The World, 1912. 



