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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[December 1, 1919. 



If filed on shelves, gummed stickers should be ap- 

 plied to the back edges, projecting about ^-inch and 

 numbered on the projections, the tabs to be stag- 

 gered so that the numbers on each may be readily 

 seen. If filed in drawers, drawers of legal, letter, 

 bill, or document size may be used. 



The Standardization Committee for the past year was com- 

 posed of W. L. Chandler, Dodge Sales & Engineering Co., Misha- 

 waka, Indiana, chairman; W. V. C. Bulkeley, Liberty Steel 

 Products Co., New York City, New York ; H. H. Mechan, A. B. 

 Dick Co., Chicago, Illinois; A. Lockwood, Lumen Bearing Co., 

 Buffalo, New York; F. L. Kulow, Willard Storage Battery Co., 

 Cleveland, Ohio. 



RUBBER TRADE INQUIRIES. 



THE inquiries that follow have already been answered; never- 

 theless they are of interest not only in showing the needs 

 of the trade, but because of the possibility that additional in- 

 formction may be furnished bv those who read them. The editor 

 is therefore glad to have those interested communicate with him. 



(759.) A reader desires the address of the manufacturer 

 of Underwood retreading molds. 



(760.) An inquiry has been received as to what concerns 

 manufacture a tarred paper bag 10 by 15 inches, for holding 

 inner tubes. 



(761.) A manufacturer requests the addresses of makers of 

 squawker ends and valves for toy balloons. 



(762.) An inquiry has been received for the addresses of 

 manufacturers of pool and billiard cushions of rubber. 



(763.) A manufacturer requests the address of the manufac- 

 tiirer of Dodd's cross expansion sometimes known as "Skookum'' 

 packing. 



(764.) A subscriber desires the addresses of manufacturers 

 of rubberized fabrics in large quantities for tires, sheeting, belt- 

 ing, boots and shoes, mechanical goods, rubber pillows, etc. 



(765.) Inquiry is made for the address of the manufacturer 

 of pneumatic telephone receiver cushions. 



(31,191.) Commercial agent in Belgium wishes agency for 

 articles connected with heating installation, including joints in 

 asbestos and rubber. Quotations should be c. i. f. Brussels or 

 Antwerp. Correspondence may be in Spanish. 



(31,194.) Agencies desired by a firm in France for the sale 

 of textiles and rubber goods. Correspondence in French. 



(31,200.) A Rumanian firm, established in England, wishes 

 to buy outright, for sale in England, rubber boots and shoes ; 

 for sale in Rumania, boots and shoes of all kinds on consign- 

 ment against guaranties. Quotations should be c. i. f. English 

 port and Braila, Rumania. Payment in 30 days, English cur- 

 rency, through bank. Correspondence may be in English. 



(31,207.) A company in Greece wishes to secure agency for 

 insulated electric cables and wire. Correspondence in French. 



(31,231.) Representative of a firm in France desires to secure 

 agency for the sale of rubber goods. 



(31,246.) Director of an agency firm in Spain wishes agencies 

 for the sale of crude rubber, rubber goods and tires. Correspon- 

 dence in Spanish or French. 



(31,267.) Importer in England desires agencies for the sale 

 of American manufacturers' goods. Has handled tires. Quota- 

 tions c. i. f. European ports. 



(31,269.) A firm in Spain seeks agencies for the sale of 

 rubber goods, sanitary and medical material, rubber and glass 

 goods for orthopedists, combs, fountain pens. Correspondence 

 in Spanish. 



(31,298.) A man in Brazil wants an agency for the sale of 

 rubber tires and all kinds of mechanical rubber goods. 



(31,316.) A firm in Canada wishes the sole agency for rub- 

 ber boots, coats, trousers, hats and all supplies for fishing fleet. 

 Cash on first order. 



(31,345.) A manufacturer in Spain wishes to secure an 

 agency for the sale of insulated and enameled copper wire on 

 bobbins and resistance wires. Correspondence in Spanish. 



(31,354.) Representative in United States of an importer in 

 Italy wishes exclusive agency for the sale of rubber goods. 



(31,399.) A company in Spain wishes to secure an agency 

 for the sale of crude rubber, chemicals, insulators. Correspond- 

 ence in Spanish or French. 



CSOOPEEATIVE OFFICES, 

 Cleveland: Chamber of Coi 

 Cincinnati: Chamber of Coi 



General Freight Agent, Southern 

 Railway, 96 Ingalls Building. 

 Los Angeles: Chamber of Com- 



Philadelphia: Chamber of Corn- 

 Portland, Oregon: Chamber of 

 Dayton, Ohio: Dayton Chamber of 



TRADE OPPORTUNITIES FROM CONSULAR REPORTS. 



Addresses may be obtained from the Bureau of Foreign and 

 Domestic Commerce. Washington, D. C, or from the following 

 district or cooperative offices. Request for each address should 

 be on a scfarale sheet, and state number. 



DISTRICT OFFICES. 

 New York: 734 Customhouse. 

 Boston: 1801 Customhouse. 

 Chicago: 504 Federal Building. 

 St. Louis: 402 Third National Bank 



Building. 

 New Orleans: 1020 Hibernia Bank 



Building. 

 San Francisco: 307 Customhouse. 

 Seattle: 848 Henry Building. 



(31,143.) .\ commercial agent in France desires agency for 

 the sale of bicycles, automobiles, tires, etc. Correspondence in 

 French. 



(31,165.) A man in Belgium wishes to purchase and to have 

 consigned to him rubber goods and articles in celluloid. Corre- 

 spondence may be in English. Reference. 



(31,169.) A merchant in Belgium desires the agency for the 

 sale of manufactured rubber articles. Correspondence and cata- 

 logs in French. 



(31,186.) A man in France desires an agency for the sale 

 of shoes, hosiery and rubberized fabrics. Correspondence in 

 French. 



THE HOUSE OF BIRKENSTEIN TO SELL CRUDE RUBBER. 



S. Birkenstein & Sons, Inc., of Chicago, New York, Philadel- 

 phia and Minneapolis, one of the oldest and most important rub- 

 ber firms dealing in scrap rubber in the United States, now over 

 a half century in existence, is entering upon the business of han- 

 dling plantation rubber as well. The head of the coinpany, Louis 

 Birkenstein. who for five years was president of the Waste Ma- 

 terial Dealers' Association, has been serving for over a year at the 

 head of the Salvage Department of the Quartermaster-General's 

 office. 



A NEW SOURCE OF ASBESTOS. 



A great deposit of asbestos in the district of Gaspe, near Port 

 Daniel at the mouth of Chaleurs Bay, which lies between New 

 Brunswick and Quebec, is about to be developed by a Montreal 

 company. The deposit is of low-grade asbestos, the best being 

 of No. 2 crude quality, but there are 2,000,000 tons in sight, the 

 outcroppings of a mountainside, easy to work. Within a short 

 distance are the necessary water-power and raw materials 

 needed to work the asbestos into cement, brick, and other prod- 

 ucts. A mill witli a daily output of 63 tons is being installed. 



RUBRAX. 



Rubrax is a high melting point asphaltum product intended 

 for mixing with all grades of crude and reclaimed rubbers as 

 a filler, preservative and substitute. 



