THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[March 1, 1920. 



Vol. 61 



MARCH 1. 1920. 



No. 6 



TABLE OF CONTCNTS. 



Editorials: Pages 



Goodyear and the Hall of Fame 337 



As to Pneumatics for Trucks 337-338 



Rubber Rainbows 338 



Rubber Leaders on Industrial Relations. 338 



Minor Editorial 338 



Charles Goodyear Nominated for the Hall of Fame 



Portrait 339-340 



Seeing the Short Cuts 340-341 



The Rapid Rise in the Cost of Equipment. An Im- 

 portant Factor in Rubber Production Cost Ac- 

 counting. By L. W. Alwyn-Schmidt. Illustrated 342-344 

 Production, Not Selling, Is the Problem. 



By Colonel Samuel P. Colt 344 



Standard American Export Practice 345-347 



Rubber in the Safety Council 347 



Machinery Equipment for Tire Repairing and Rebuild- 

 ing Illustrated 348-350 



Government Standard Specifications for Rubber Tires, 



Tire Repairs and Accessories . .351-353 



Foreign Import Duties on Boots and Shoes 354 



Foreign Import Duties on Rubber Tires 355-356 



A Rapid Method for the Determination of Sulphur in 

 Rubber Mixtures. 

 By G. D. Kratz, A. H. Flower and Cole Coolidge 356-358 



Plantation Rubber, a Forecast 358 



Chemistry: 



What the Rubber Chemists Are Doing 359-361 



Identifying Artificial Rubbers. Determination 

 of the Softening Point of Asphaltum and Other 

 Plastic Substances. 



Chemical Patents 361 



Laboratory Apparatus Illustrated 361 



Machines and Appliances Illustrated 362-364 



Machine for Calculating Fabric Waste in Foot- 

 wear Manufacture. Safety Motor Starters. Hy- 

 draulic Accumulator System. Machine for Mak- 

 ing Bias Fabrics. A Flexible Coupling for Mill 

 Lines. A Safety Interlocking Nut and Bolt. 



Machinery Patents Illustrated 364 



Cord Covering and Cord Fabric Machine. Hose 

 Making Machine. Other Machinery Patents. 



Process Patents 364 



New Goods and Specialties Illustrated 365-366 



A Glove That Grips. To Protect Shoe Toes. A 

 Rugged Cord Tire. Two New Golf Balls. A Red 

 Rubber Fan Belt. A New Dust Cap for Tire 

 Valves. An Endless Air Bag. A Rubber Glove 

 with Knuckles. A Reinforced Blow-out Patch. 

 Pneumatic Life Saving Garment. Rubber Splice 

 Insulator. An Automatic Safety Tire Valve. 

 Valves and Squawker Ends for Toy Balloons. 

 "Parco" Inner Tire. 



The Rubber Association of America— Activities of.. .367-368 

 Obituary Record 368-369 



Alfred Whitehead (portrait). Ohio Columbus 

 Barber. William Quigley Cramp (portrait). 



Inquiries and Trade Opportunities 369-370 



New Trade Publications 370 



Condamine, the Popularist of India Rubber. Portrait. 371 



Editor's Book Table 370 



"Ceylon Rubber Planter's Manual." "The Finan- 

 cier Rubber Share Hand Book." "Hendrick's 

 Commercial Register of the United States for 

 . Buyers aiu! Sellers." 



New Incorporations 371.372 



Interesting Letters from Our Readers 372 



American Rubber Trade— News Notes and Personals 373-383 



Dividends 373 



Financial Notes 373-374 



Personal Mention 375 



Eastern and Southern Notes Illustrated 375-376 



Massachusetts By Our Correspondent 377 



Rhode Island By Our Correspondent 378 



New Jersey By Our Correspondent 378-379 



Ohio By Our Correspondent. Illustrated 380-382 



Mid-Western Notes By Our Correspondent 382-383 



William J. McMahan Portrait and Sketch 382 



Pacific Coast By Our Correspondent 383 



Canadian Notes 333 



Foreign Rubber News: 



The Rubber Trade in Japan. 



By Our Correspondent. Illustrated 384-385 

 European Notes 335 



Patents Relating to Rubber 386-387 



United States. Canada. United Kingdom. 

 France. Germany. 



Trade Marks 337 



United States. Canada. United Kingdom. 

 Markets : 



Crude Rubber, London View of the 1919 Market. 



Chart 389-390 



Monthly Review 392 



Highest and Lowest Spot Rubber Prices 1913- 



1919 391 



Comparative High and Low Spot Rubber 



Prices for February 392 



Amsterdam Rubber Market 393 



.Antwerp Rubber Market 393 



Batavia Rubber Market 393 



Singapore Rubber Auctions 393 



Reclaimed Rubber 392 



Rubber Scrap 393 



Cotton and Other Fabrics 398-399 



Chemicals and Ingredients 400-401 



Statistics: 



Antwerp Rubber Arrivals 



Brazil, Manaos Rubber Exports, 1919 



Canada, Statistics for November, 1919 



Ceylon Rubber Imports and Exports, 1919 



Cotton Statistics 



Federated Malay States Rubber Exports, 1919... 

 Java Rubber Exports for Ten Months Ended Oc- 

 tober, 1919 ^ 391 



Penang Rubber Exports for 1919 390 



Straits Settlements Rubber Exports, 1919 390 



United Kingdom Statistics for 1919 398 



United States: 



Crude Rubber Arrivals at New York as Stated 



by Ships' Manifests 393-395 



Imports for 1920 (By Months) 



of Plantation Rubber by Ports — 1919.. 

 Exports During December, 1919 (By Countries) 396-397 

 Statistics for 1919 3c 



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