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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[August i, 1904. 



RUBBER INTERESTS IN EUROPE. 



NEW TRADE PUBLICATIONS. 



THE Compagnie pour le Commerce et l'Industrie du 

 Caoutchouc (Brussels) have successfully placed an issue 

 of 1800 shares, in accordance with a decision at a recent spe- 

 cial meeting of the company to create 3000 new shares to pay 

 for the newly acquired factory of the Societe Anonyme Cen- 

 trale Beige, at Alost, and to provide necessary funds for running 

 expenses. Part of the shares created being given in payment 

 for the property acquired, there remained but 1800 to offer to 

 the old stockholders. The profits realized during the half year 

 ending June 30 last will give a profit of 9 francs on each share 

 of capital stock. The anticipated profits of the next half year 

 can be so entirely devoted to the liquidation of debts as to es- 

 tablish still more firmly the financial condition of the enter- 

 prise. Since 1898, the year in which it was organized, the 

 company has shown from its successive balance sheets a con- 

 stantly increasing prosperity, as shown by the table following: 



Profits (Francs). Dividends. 



Year. Gross. Net. Preferred. Ordinary. 



1899 155.331 99.460 6.30 1.75 



1900 207, lot 126,609 6.30 1.95 



1901 208,041 111,503 6. 1.50 



1902 365.879 244,030 6.50 2.25 



1903 463,260 345,220 3. 4.50 



RUBBER GOODS EXPORTS FROM GREAT BRITAIN. 



Official statement of values for the six months ended J une 

 30 of the last three years : 



1903. 1903. 1904. 



Boots and shoes £ 69,642 £ 84,826 £ 99,203 



Other sorts 532.836 585,832 592. S35 



Total £602,478 £670,658 £692,835 



Exports of rubber footwear during the periods above stated 

 were 55,751 dozen pairs in 1902; 74,304 dozen pairs in 1903; 

 and 86,605 dozen pairs in 1904. 



The above figures do not include waterproof apparel. The 

 values of exports of apparel " waterproofed by any process " 

 [rubber or other] were: ^123,379 for the first six months of 

 1902; ^148,164 for 1903; j£i37.775 f or '9°4. 



NOTES. 



The director of the Continental Caoutchouc-und Gutta- 

 percha-Co., of Hanover, Germany, Herr Adolf Prinzhorn, who 

 was born in Diepholz, has been made an honorary citizen of 

 that village, by a unanimous vote of the village council, in con- 

 sideration of the founding there of various institutions by 

 means of which Herr Prinzhorn has shown his interest in the 

 development of his native place. 



= The Continental Caoutchouc- und Guttapercha- Co. (Han- 

 over, Germany) have concluded a loan of 2,000,000 marks, at 

 4 per cent., with the following banking houses : Bernhard Cas- 

 par, B. Magnus, Mendel & Rosenthal, and D. Peretz, of Han- 

 over. The loan is to be used for the purpose of erecting new 

 buildings and enlarging the works in general. 



=The Mitteldeutsche Gummiwaren-Fabrik Louis Peter 

 (Frankfurt a/M., Germany) is represented at the Louisiana 

 Purchase Exposition at St. Louis, under the name of the Peter 

 Union Pneumatic Tyre Co. Mr. Richard Brockemiihl is in 

 charge. The exhibit is devoted chiefly to Peter's Union pneu- 

 matic tire and patent double rim. 



=The Prager Gummiwaaren-Fabrik Actiengesellschaft (Vy- 

 socan, Austria), having been liquidated, its factory will continue 

 to be operated by the Oesterreichisch- Amerikanische Gummi- 

 fabriks Aktiengesellschaft (Vienna). The factory belonged to 

 the latter company prior to 1897, when it passed under the con- 

 trol of an independent company organized for the purpose. 



THE Hartford Rubber Works Co. (Hartford, Connecti- 

 cut) issue a new catalogue of Automobile Tires, devoted 

 to illustrated descriptions of the Dunlop detachable and Hart- 

 ford clincher styles of tire — both pneumatics— and the Turner 

 solid tire. Incidentally some good rules for the care of tires 

 are given. [7}i' X 4Ji"- 24 pages.] =A handsome folder is 

 entitled The Perfected Dunlop Detachable Automobile Tire. 

 [6" X 7 l A". 6 pages.] 



The Diamond Rubber Co. (Akron, Ohio), send us a hand- 

 somely got up and very complete illustrated and priced cata- 

 logue of their line of Hose. It embraces much information of a 

 practical character regarding rubber hose in general, while call- 

 ing attention to the distinctive features of the products of this 

 company. [5"X7". 56 pages.] Another catalogue from the 

 same house, prepared on similar lines, is devoted to Molded 

 Goods, of which a great variety are mentioned. [5"X7". 20 

 pages.] 



G & J Tire Co. (Indianapolis, Indiana) issue a handsome 

 brochure entitled " Home of the G & J Tire," illustrating, by 

 means of excellent half tone cuts, the various processes of mak- 

 ing tires in the company's factory. We have seen no better 

 illustrations relating to this particular industry. The text be- 

 gins with a description of the rubber in its crude state, and ex- 

 plains how it is brought, finally, into shape as a pneumatic tire, 

 for bicycle or automobile. [(>}(" X 8^". 16 pages.] 



C.J. Bailey & Co. (No. 22 Boylston street, Boston) have 

 brought out a new catalogue of " Everything in Rubber 

 Goods," which they carry in wholesale and retail. It includes 

 Bailey's rubber brushes and other toilet articles, massage roll- 

 ers, footholds, ribbed back rubbers, and " Won't Slip " tires, 

 and all the other Bailey patented specialties, together with a 

 general line of druggists' sundries and articles in rubber for 

 household use, ending with mackintoshes and other waterproof 

 clothing. [3ii''X7H"- I0 ° pages. ]^ = Bailey "Won't Slip" 

 Clincher and Single Tube Motor Carriage Tires. [3"X6". 4 

 pages.] 



The Ohio Rubber Co. (Cleveland and Cincinnati) issue a 

 new edition of their illustrated catalogue of Storm Proof 

 Clothing, which, as usual is made attractive by illustrations of 

 tasteful new styles. The catalogue embraces Stoughton mack- 

 intoshes, Priestley Cravenette raincoats, rubber surface cloth- 

 ing, and such specialties as horse covers, dash aprons, camp 

 blankets, and the like. [4" X 9". 16 pages]. An 8 page 

 price list accompanies the catalogue. 



The Hoggson & Pettis Manufacturing Co. (New Haven, 

 Connecticut), who advertise in this journal rubber manufac- 

 turers' supplies, number among their specialties the Sweet- 

 land Chuck, suited for a wide range of machine shop work, 

 and to which is devoted the principal portion of the com- 

 pany's Catalogue No. 7, dated July, 1904. [4*4" x 7". 54 

 pages.] 



ALSO RECEIVED. 



Knickerbocker Manufacturing Co., Chicago. = Bath Luxury. [Re- 

 ferring to Knickerbocker rubber fountain brushes.] 16 pages. 



Webster Manufacturing Co., Chicago and New York. = Belt Convey- 

 ing appliances. Catalog No. 21. 76 pages. 



Tredair Rubber Co., Boston. =Tred-Air Rubber Heel. 4 pages. 

 Tred-Air Heel Cushions. 4 pages. 



De Vilbiss Manufacturing Co., Toledo, Ohio. = Atomizers, Nebu- 

 lizers, Dental Syringes. 12 pages. 



Vapor Shower Bath Co. Rochester, New York.=A Story of the Im- 

 proved " Perfection " Bath. 20 pages. 



