October 1, 1919.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



was still young in the western world is most fortunate, and 

 Mr. Burkill deserves a vole ot ihanks from all llcvfa planters 

 for being so keenly alive to the importance of keeping this 

 species and its hybrids out of the plantations of the Middle 

 and Far East. 



As found in Trinidad, the Hcvca hybrids were of lusty growth, 

 full-branched and densely leaved. The leaves were much 

 broader toward the point than those of Hevca brasilieiisis, the 

 leaves of hybrid seedlings standing out from the stem almost 

 horizontally and those of Hcvca brasiliensis hanging almost 

 vertically. The bark was of dark reddish color rather than 

 of the usual silvery appearance, and hardly more than an eighth 

 of an inch in thickness. The surface of the outer bark was 

 broken by many minute spines ; whereas, the bark of Hcvca 

 brasiliensis, although nearly smooth, shows tiny vertical ridges. 

 The latex produced a rubber that was very short and far inferior 

 to fine Para. After the latex had ceased flowing, a yellow- 

 green resin oozed out and rolled down over the bark and there 

 remained as sticky as the surface of fly-paper. 



CAPTAIN BUCKLETON VISITS GERMAN RUBBER 

 FACTORIES. 



CAPT.MN Ernest E. Bcckletox, president of the Northwestern 

 Rubber Co., Limited, Liverpool, England, has recently re- 

 turned from an extensive tour of the leading rubber factories of 

 Germany. He was the first 

 business man from an Allied 

 countrj' to visit Germany after 

 the armistice was signed, and 

 of course the first in the rub- 

 ber industry. The trip was ex- 

 ceedingly interesting in that it 

 gave him a good opportunity 

 to learn from the heads of the 

 largest concerns the condition 

 of the German rubber industry 

 during the war and at present. 



Regarding his findings Cap- 

 tain Buckleton writes as fol- 

 lows : 



I found that all of the fac- 

 tories were working at fullest 

 capacity, the government favor- 

 ing small factories which, up 

 up to the starting of the war, 

 were in very low water, but in 

 the past five years have improved their condition. In fact, all of 

 them have made considerable money and relatively are in a very 

 sound position. 



During the period of the war, the manufacturers of Germany 

 did not suffer to any great extent from want of fabrics, the gov- 

 ernment having absolute control of this material and apportion- 

 ing it out to the industries where it was most needed. What 

 they suffered from mostly was want of crude rubber and oils, 

 as their stocks, when war was declared, were very low. Pro- 

 hibitive prices, as high as $7.50 per pound were paid for crude 

 rubber, when it could be found. A substitute made from coal 

 and chalk was produced by the Elberfelde Co. and marketed as 

 "synthetic rubber," the price of this material averaging about 

 $3.60 per pound. 



The use of reclaimed rubber during the war was considerably 

 increased, and the product turned out was very good, the price, 

 however, being very high. 



The working conditions in the factories, from what I could 

 learn, were about the same as in all other .Mlied countries in 

 Europe during the war period, and the conditions today about 

 the same. The average mill man earns about 55 to 60 cents per 

 hour, but the output is only roughly three-quarters of normal. 



C.MT.MN Ernest E. Buckleton. 



The highest prices paid for various 

 ing the war period are as follows : 



materials in Germany dur- 



Date. 

 .l-cbruary, 1915 . 



.luly. 1919 



.October, 1918 . . 



.June, 1919 



.December. 1918 



F«ICE 

 PtR POU.NI 



. $1.52 



(avistic potash lye 



t-.'austic potash, 90 per cent lune, lyia 



White lead March, 1917 ... 



Litharge September, 1917 



Natural pumice May, 1916 



Benzol July. 1919 



Cylinder oil .\pril, 1916 .... 



Chloride of sulphur July, 1915 



Cercsin luly, 1917 



Bleaching powder June, 1919 



Rosin August, 1915 ... 



Resin I'cbruary, 1916 . 



Calcium carbide May. 1918 



Brown factice, best July. 1919 



Brown factice, ordinary March, 1919 ... 



Prime rape-seed oil factice .April, 1917 



Xarnish substitute Tune, 1919 



Flake graphite October, 1918 .. 



Graphite \pril, 1918 



Golden sulphuret of antimony .September. 1918 



Golden sulphuret of antimony July. 1915 



r.,v,lirirl glass .\pril, 1919 



K.<ii nil May, 1916 



iK.l:,,i. silica of aluminum November, 1916 



I n II n chalk .March, 1916 ... 



K'lMi.M chalk October, 1918 .. 



l-nue May, 1919 



Linseed oil \ugust, 1915 . . . 



Carbonate of magnesia, heavy calcined Xovember. 1915 



Mineral rubber February, 1918 . 



Machine oil . .i April, 1919 



Olive oil .\pril, 1919 .... 



Soft soap December, 191-3 



Olein soap .March, 1916 ... 



Tetroleiim (kerosene) July, 1919 



Carbon black (lamp black) March, 1915 ... 



M-iviaii- .kM February. 1919 . 



1.03 

 2.29 

 2.07 



1919 



,. Mav, 1919 



1' ;. luly, 1919 



IK '.;-:: Ill March, 1916 ... 



11 February, 1919 . 



l] iiu acul .Movember. 1918 



I - i'l'lible November. 1914 



il March, 1917 



liiiic oil May, 1919 



rboii tetrachloride May. 1919 



nc o.xide lune, 1919 



iinabar Tuly. 1915 



ic dust February, 191S . 



2.86 

 8.18 

 1.36 



EXPORT CONCERN TO DEVELOP SOUTH AMERICAN TRADE. 



The Xamusa South American Co., with temporary offices at 

 30 Church street. New York City, has been organized by a 

 group of manufacturing concerns in the United Slates for the 

 developincnt and maintenance of export trade under the Webb- 

 Pomerene .\ct. The plan under which the corporation will 

 operate is sponsored by the National Association of Manu- 

 facturers. 



ELECTRIC HOT-PLATE. 



The Hoskins electric hot-plate for laboratory use has a heat- 

 ing clement of the three-heat type made of chromel wire, pro- 

 ducing 475, 600 and 

 "-'"I degrees F. The 

 iting unit is com- 

 id of three par- 

 ilKl windings of 

 cliromcl wire which 

 can be very easily 

 renewed. It oper- 

 ates on 110 or 220 

 volts, alternating or 

 direct current. (Hos- 

 Co., Detroit, Mich.) 

 kins Manufacturing 

 can.) 



Three-Heat Type Plate. 



Holmes Brothers, makers of rubber machincrj-, have moved 

 to 440 North Sacramento Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois. 



