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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[February i, 1904. 



NEW USE 

 FOR RUBBER HOSE. 



it was not used, and is only advocated by the management as 

 an accessory, to be used in case of emergency. The preven- 

 tion ol side slipping has been kept prominently in view in the 

 design and development of this tire, this desideratum being 

 satisfactorily attained by employing a square tread of about iyi 

 inches wide. The tire is attached to the wheel by two loose 

 flanges which are bolted to the felloe, it being sufficient to re- 

 move one flange only in removing it from the wheel. It can 

 be fitted to all makes of wooden wheels if the edges of the ex- 

 isting rims are turned off. Further information will no 

 doubt be obtainable by those interested at 291. Great Northern 

 buildings, Deansgate, Manchester. 



The address just given leads me on to remark that this hand- 

 some new range of buildings is evidently popular with the rub- 

 ber trade, for among the firms recently installed 

 NEW there may be mentioned The New Hudson Cycle 



OFFICES ' 



Co., Brown Brothers Cycle Fittings, the Dunlop 

 Pneumatic Tyre # Co., Limited, and the Henley Telegraph 

 Works Co., all of whom have an attractive exhibition of their 

 goods at the street level. 



A large amount of rubber hose piping is used by the 

 Vacuum Cleaner Co., of London, in connection with their pro- 

 cess, which has now become fully estab- 

 lished. For those who have not seen it at 

 work I may say that it consists of a portable 

 vacuum pump and accessories for removing dust from carpets 

 without removing the latter from the floor, the work being per- 

 formed rapidly and without causing any nuisance. 



Messrs. Turner Brothers & Co., of Spotland Mills, Roch- 

 dale, who havre long been suppliers of rubber packings, have 

 now decided to become manufacturers thereof, and 

 NEW have recently put down complete machinery for 

 this purpose. The installation, which includes 

 washers, mixing rolls, and four spreading machines, 

 has been carried out by Messrs. Francis Shaw & Co., of Brad- 

 ford, Manchester, and the new works will very shortly be in 

 full operation. 



The second general meeting of this company was held on 



December 18, in London. The capital issued paid up amounts 



to/112,500. The new factory at Greenwich is 



the new equipped for an output of about one ton per day, 



guttapercha wh j ch j t j s explained, can be increased at a 



CO., LIMIT. D. ' r 



small further outlay. To judge by the report, 

 although satisfactory testimonials have been received, the 

 more important of prospective purchasers still ask for further 

 time before committing themselves to definite statements as 

 to the utility of the company's product. There are no work- 

 ing details so far on which to comment and the chairman's 

 optimistic expectations as to the business to be done in the 

 next twelve months will be merely noted here as of possible 

 future interest in the possible event of disillusion. 



The announcement that Herr Franz Clouth's book on the 



" Gummi, Guttapercha, und Balata " has been translated into 



English will be welcomed by many who are unfamil- 



NEWBOOK. . . , ., r- , \ . , . , 



lar with the German language. I had the pleasure 

 of visiting the works of Herr Clouth at Cologne a few years 

 ago, and was especially pleased with the general cleanliness 

 of the surroundings and the interest which was evinced by 

 the proprietors for the well being of the workpeople. 



The announcement is made that Mr. Anderson, of Messrs. 



Anderson, Anderson, & Anderson, waterproofers of London, is 



to be a candidate for Parliament at the nezt 



parliament election. It cannot be said that the trade is 



AND THE TRADE. 



or ever has been represented in the house of 

 commons to the extent which others of less magnitude and im- 



WORKS- 



portance have achieved. Indeed, at the moment I can only 

 call to mind the name of the late Mr. Hugh Birley, M. p., in this 

 connection. This gentleman, who was a partner in Messrs. 

 Charles Macintosh & Co., was one of the representatives for 

 Manchester before the redistribution of seats took place, his 

 death occurring in 1883. Other members of this firm who 

 have been asked to allow their names to be put forward as 

 candidates have declined the honor. The idea that Mr. Fletcher 

 Moulton, M. p., is connected with the rubber firm of George 

 Spencer, Moulton & Co., has no foundation in fact. In these 

 days of limited companies there are many members who could 

 be named as having financial interests in the rubber trade, if 

 they are not practically engaged in the manufacture. Mr. 

 Fuller, member for one of the divisions of Wiltshire, is largely 

 interested in the Avon India Rubber Co. of Melksham, and 

 more than one of the large cable making companies could 

 make their voices heard in the House did occasion arise. It is 

 of course desirable for any trade under the provisions of the 

 Factory acts to have spokesmen in Parliament, though it is 

 open to doubt whether a discussion on the cold curing process 

 would be received with much more attention than was accorded 

 to the Hon. Walter Rothschild when discussing at length the 

 question of the sale of undersized fish. But this by the way, 

 with regard to Mr. Anderson's candidature, this being a non- 

 political journal, from a trade point of view his success at the 

 polls would be generally welcomed. 



A London contemporary, in giving the essence of a report 



made by Mr. Consul Kenneday, of Para, to the government at 



Washington on this subject, mentions 



REPORTED DESTRUCTION jt as fe j f articular inter est. The 



OF PARA RUBBER TREES. ft v 



matter would undoubtedly be of most 

 serious interest if the report is to be taken as reliable. British 

 readers of The India Rubber World take comfort, however, 

 in the criticism on this report contained in the December issue 

 of this Journal, where it is asserted that Mr. Kenneday has con- 

 fused the Hevea trees with those yielding " Caucho " or Peru- 

 vian rubber. The matter is one of importance on account of the 

 wide publicity which alarmist notices in consular reports fre- 

 quently obtain. No one expects a consul to be an expert in 

 every one of the multitudinous trades to which he may make 

 reference in his reports, but at any rate he should take some 

 trouble to examine into the credibility of his informants. It 

 will be remembered that the same author was not so long ago 

 taken rather severely to task by our Editor for his references to 

 the Balata forests of Brazil, the facts concerning which appear- 

 ed to have been supplied either as a practical joke, or by some 

 totally incompetent person. Perhaps the last word has not yet 

 been said on the present matter, and any further reference to it 

 from Nassau street would be read with interest. 



This state, with its record of peace and prosperous financial 

 conditions, is evidently more worthy of the attention of capi- 

 talists than are some other American republics 

 rubber veith their everlasting political troubles. In ad- 



IN NICARAGUA. " r ... . , . , 



dition to the recent spurt in gold mining, which 

 has attracted American and Russian capital, a good deal is be- 

 ing done in rubber forestry, especially in the district of which 

 Matagalpa is the center. It is the Ceara rubber tree to which 

 particular attention is being paid. Four or five years ago, 

 owing to the wastelul methods of collection practiced, a law 

 was passed forbidding the collection of rubber for three years ; 

 this embargo being now removed the export of rubber should 

 show an increase. It is, however, the replanting of denuded 

 areas that the government desires, and to further this end a 

 premium is given according to the number of trees actually 

 planted. 



