THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[October 1, 1919. 



Vol. 61. 



OCTOBER 1. 1919. 



No. 1. 



TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



Editorials: 



The Mexican Riddle 1 



Simplified Chemical Names 1 



Employing the Disabled Soldier 1 



Sending the Foreman to School 2 



British Institute of Patentees 2 



Foreign Trade-Marks Safeguarded in Japan 2 



Minor Editorial 2 



Salvaging, Sorting, and Stripping Tires Ilhistrated 3- 4 



Better Rubber Trees By J. P. Romein 5- 7 



Reducing Waste in Rubber Factories. 



By Robert C. Kelley 6- 9 



Government Specifications for Balloon Fabrics 9-10 



Judicial Decisions 10 



Interesting Letters from Our Readers 10 



Eyelets and Grommets in Rubber Goods Illustrated 11-12 



New Prices for Tennis Shoes 12 



Rubber Tariffs of South America 13-18 



Peace Problems and Progress 18 



Cotton in South America 19 



American Chemical Society— Rubber Division Meeting. .20-21 



Chemistry: 



What the Rubber Chemists Are Doing 22-24 



Chemical Patents 24-25 



Laboratory Appliances Illustrated 25 



Machines and Appliances Illustrated 26-27 



Portable Tank for Rubber Cement. Rubber Mill 

 Equipped with Individual Motor. Stacking Tote 

 Boxes. Bali-Bearing Grinder and Polishing Lathe. 

 Automatic Controller for Gas-Heated Machines. 

 Scales for Auto Tires and Tubes. The Hand-Type 

 Lectroflator. 



Machinery Patents Illustrated 27-28 



Machine for Forming Solid Tires. Pressure-Cure 

 Footwear \'u!canizer. Other Machinery Patents. 



Process Patents 28 



New Goods and Specialties Illustrated 29-31 



Block's Spiral Spring Force Cup. "Reelastic" Winds 

 Up with a Key. Xew Step-Plate. Tire Shoes and 

 Reliners from Pulled Fabric. Golf and Wear "Shirt- 

 holds." The "Triple Airless" — a New Tire. The 

 Edwards Sectional Solid Cushion Tire. A Toy Sea- 

 plane to Assemble. A White Rubber Coat. Shower- 

 proof Riding Coat. The "Lyner Tyre." Clothes 

 Sprinkler. A Practical Raincoat. Pneumatic Insole. 



Obituary Record 31-32 



Sir Richard Crawford. W. H. Servis (Portrait). 

 H. P. Thompson (Portrait). F. H. Shepard, Jr. 

 A. W. Hazel!. 



Rubber Industries Athletic League Outing. .Illustrated 32-33 



Editor's Book Table 33 



"Deterniiiiation of Free Carbon in Rubber Goods. 

 "Stul)l)S Buyer.'' Directory for the Wholesale Drug, 

 Chemical and Allied Trades." "Dyke's Automobile 

 and Gasoline Engine Encyclopedia." 



New Trade Publications 33 



New Incorporations 34 



American Rubber Trade — News Notes and Personals. . .35-37 



Dividends 35 



Financial Notes 35-36 



Rubber Company Share Quotations 36 



William B. Ruston Portrait and Sketch 40 



H. M. Bacon Portrait and Sketch 41 



Domestic Correspondence: 



Massachusetts By Our Correspondent 38 



New Jersey By Our Correspondent 38-39 



Ohio By Our Correspondent — Illustrated 39-40 



Mid-Western Notes By Our Correspondent 41-42 



Pacific Coast... By Our Correspondent— Illustrated 42-43 



Inquiries and Trade Opportunities 43 



The Rubber Association of America — Activities of 44-45 



The Fifth National Exposition of Chemical Industries... 45 



Foreign Rubber Notes: 



Captain Buckleton Visits German Rubber Factories. 



Portrait 47 



Great Britain By Our Correspondent 48-49 



Miscellaneous Foreign Notes 49-50 



Germany.. By a Special Correspondent — Illustrated 51-52 



Planting: 



Hevea Confusa in Singapore Illustrated 46-47 



Miscellaneous Planting Notes 53-54 



A New Brazilian Tapping Knife Illustrated 53 



Brown Bast on Tapped Hevea 54 



Planting Rubber in West Dutch Borneo. 



By J. E. Evans 54-55 

 Rubber in the State of Vera Cruz, Mexico 55 



Patents Relating to Rubber 56-57 



United States, United Kingdom, Canada, France, 

 New Zealand. 



Trade Marks 57 



United States, Canada, France, New Zealand. 



Designs Illustrated 57 



United States. 

 Markets : 



Crude Rubber 58 



Highest and Lowest Prices 58 



Batavia Rubber Market 59 



Singapore Rubber Auctions 59 



Reclaimed Rubber 59 



Rubber Scrap 64 



Cotton and Other Fabrics 64-65 



Chemicals and Ingredients 66-67 



Brazil, Exports from Para and Manaos 61 



Canada, Statistics for June 62 



Cotton Statistics 65 



Ceylon Imports and Exports 59 



Federated Malay States Rubber Exports 59 



Java Rubber Exports 59 



Malaya Rubber Exports 59 



Straits Settlements Rubber Exports 59 



United Kingdom Statistics for July 62 



United States: 



Crude Rubber Arrivals at Atlantic and Pacific 

 Ports as Stated by Ships' Manifests 60-62 



Exports During July, 1919 (By Countries) 63 



Imports by Months for 1919 59 



