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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



INOVEMBER 1, 1919. 



Vol. 61 



NOVEMBER 1. 1919. 



No. 2 



TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



Editorials: Pages 



Our Protest Against Radicalism 69 



Substituting Bank Deposits for Pay Envelopes... 69 



The Return of the Bicycle 69 



More Free Ports Needed 69-70 



UtUity of the Rubber Heel 70 



Plantation Share Profits 70 



China Yearns for Rubber Factories. 70 



Germany Revolutionizes Reclaiming 70 



Minor Editorials 70 



An Examination of German Synthetic Rubber. 



Illustrated By Lothar P.. Weber, Ph.D. 71-72 



Rubber Instead of Typesetting Illustrated 73-74 



Interesting Letters from Our Readers 74 



Poisons in the Rubber Industry. 



By Norman A. Shepard and Stanley Krall 75-77 

 Job Analysis and Written Standard Practice. 



By James Wright Gary 78-79 



Vulcanization by the Use of the Sulphur Reaction 



Product of a Nitrogen Accelerator 80-81 



Rubber Tariffs of North America 81-84 



Chemistry: 



What the Rubber Chemists Are Doing 85-86 



Chemical Patents 86-87 



Laboratory Apparatus Illustrated 87 



The Rubber Association of America — Activities of... 88 



Peace Problems and Progress 89 



Machines and Appliances Illustrated 90-91 



Electrically Driven. Calender and Mixers 

 Equipped with Safety Devices. Rubber Solution 

 and Cement Mixer. Two-Head Vertical Strand- 

 ing Machine. Rodless Hydraulic Vulcanizing 

 Press. A Novel Rubber Cement Dispenser. 



Machinery Patents Illustrated 92 



Machine for Impregnating Tire Fabric. Ma- 

 chine for Splitting Extruded Double Solid Tires. 

 Other Machinery Patents. 



Process Patents 92 



New Goods and Specialties Illustrated 93-95 



For thi: Protection of Linemen. Rubberized Life- 

 Saving Suit. Cord Tire of Novel Design. Auto 

 Baby Crib. Tiger Snail of Australia. "Utility 

 Fitwcll" Baby Pants. New Waterproof Cape. 

 The "Line-a-Time" Helps the Copyist. Gored 

 Storm Rubbers. To Minimize Punctures. New 

 Heel with Pneumatic Inserts. The "Colonel" 

 Golf Ball Dimpled. A Tire of Classic Design. 

 Steamship Mail by Flying Boat. Rubber Mat for 

 Running Boards. Gas Mask for Chemical Fumes. 

 "Miladi-Daintie" Apron. Tool Kit for Vulcaniz- 

 ing. A Molded Cord Tire. A Classic Sandal. A 

 Cushion Inner Tire. Convenient Fountain Pens. 

 Adjustable Rubber Curve-Rulers. 



United States Commerce in Crude Rubber for Calen- 

 dar Year 1918 96-97 



Editor's Book Table 97 



"Opportunities for Handicapped Men in the Rub- 

 ber Industry." "The Condensed Chemical Dic- 

 tionary." "Training in the Rubber Iiidnstrv." 

 ".'\n Export Order and Allied Topics." 



New Trade Publications 97-98 



Obituary Record 98 



Major William Wright llarral. !•'.. J. Slattery. G. 



W. Cummings. E. Macbean. G. Yonei. 



Treasury Decisions 98 



Customs Appraiser's Decisions 98-99 



Inquiries and Trade Opportunities 99 



New Incorporations 100 



American Rubber Trade — News Notes and Personals. 101-104 



Financial Notes 



Dividends 



Rubber Share Quotations 



E. D. Gibbs Portrait and Sketch 



John Young Portrait and Sketch 



Domestic Correspondence: 



Rhode Island..By Our Correspondent — Illustrated 



New Jersey By Our Correspondent 



Massachusetts By Our Correspondent 



Eastern Notes 



Ohio By Our Correspondent 



Mid- Western Notes 



Southern Notes 



Pacific Coast By Our Correspondent 



Canadian Notes 



Foreign Rubber Notes: 



Great Britain By Our Correspondent 



French Rubber Statistics 



Andre Dubosc Portrait and Sketch 



French Tests of Pneumatic and Solid Tires 



The Reconstruction of Germany's Rubber Indus- 

 try 



German Trade Notes 



Holland's Rubber Manufacturing Industry Grows. 

 Aluminum Latex Cups Illustrated 



Patents Relating to Rubber 



United States. Canada. I'nited Kingdom. France. 

 Trade Marks 



I'nited States. Canada. 



Designs 



United States. 



Markets: 



Crude Rubber 



Highest and Lowest Prices 



Antwerp Rubber Market .... 



Amsterdam Rubber Market... 



Batavia Rubber Market 



Singapore Rubber Auctions 



Reclaimed Rubber 



Rubber Scrap 



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Cotton and Other Fabrics 128-130 



Chemicals and Ingredients 130-131 



Statistics: 



Brazil, Exports from Manios. 



Canada, Statistics for July 



Cotton Statistics 



Ceylon Imports and Exports 



Federated Malay States Rubber Exports 



Java Rubber Exports 



Malaya Rubber Exports 



Straits Settlements Rubber Exports 



United Kingdom Statistics for August 



United States: 



Crude Rubber .Vrrivals at Atlantic and Pacific 

 Ports as Stated by Ships' Manifests 



Exports During August, 1919 (By Countries)... 



Imports by Months for 1919 



Statistics for Calendar Year 1918 



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