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of hands. Therefore all the revolutionary achievements are be- 

 ing guaranteed by law. These concessions, however, do not sat- 

 isfy the radical elements who would prefer a state of affairs 

 similar to that in Russia, but for which our present socialistic 

 government so far has shown no inclination. 



Willy Tichbeix. 

 Continental-Caoutchouc und Gutta-Percha Compagnie, Hann- 

 over, February 17, 1920. 



NEW TRADE PUBLICATIONS. 



ANEW RUBBER JOURN.\L, "ThE RuBBER AcE," PUBLISHED 

 monthly, has appeared in London. It has an attractive typo- 

 graphical dress, and handles the many sides of the rubber indus- 

 try in Britain in an interesting manner. A glance at the future 

 of the rubber industry makes an appropriate beginning. 



The first number does not reveal the name of the editor, but 

 mentions Herbert Standing, a rubber expert, as his assistant. 

 The offices of the English "Rubber Age" arc at 43 Essex Street, 

 Strand, London, W. C. 2. 



The rubber footwear catalog issued by the Kaufman Rubber 

 Co., Kitchener, Ontario, Canada, shows that the special needs 

 of the Far North and the wilds are well cared for, as well as 

 the calls of civilization. Branches are established at Vancouver, 

 Saskatoon, Calgary, Edmonton, Regina and Winnipeg, as well 

 as in the older capitals of the Dominion, and pictures of the 

 rubber boots for women, the heavy goods for fishermen, lumber- 

 men, curlers, railroad men and pioneer farmers give some idea 

 of how the requirements of the severe climate are met. Beside 

 these are shown the rubber boots and shoes for city wear. 



W. H. Salisbury & Co., Chicago, Illinois, one of the oldest 

 rubber dealers in the world, dating from 1855, has issued an 

 illustrated catalog of rubber goods and leather belting which 

 gives some idea of the infinite variety of uses for india rubber. 

 Every rubber article, from automobile tires, hose and belting to 

 elastic bands and surgeons' finger cots and golf balls, is found 

 in it. Tables of sizes and weights and power are given for every 

 article, which are of permanent and general utility. It makes a 

 handsome and artistic little book. 



The Fujikura Densen Kabiishiki Kaislia, the Fujikura In- 

 sulated Wire and Cable Co., Tokio, Japan, issues in English « 

 handsome catalog of its electric wires and cables. The com- 

 pany was started in 1885 by Z. Fujikura and has been developed 

 largely through the efforts of its present president, T. Matsumoto, 

 The greater part of the pamphlet is given up to lists of standard 

 sizes, but it contains also illustrated descriptions of the various 

 forms of cables, with the catalog numbers and code names. It 

 is a characteristically artistic product, as well as useful to all 

 concerned with the wire business. 



"Training for Foreign Trade/' by R. S. M.^c Elwee, F. G. 

 Nichols, and collaborators, is issued by the Department of Com- 

 merce, Washington, D. C. (Paper, 9]4 by 5^ inches, 196 pages.) 

 This government publication is a triumph of methodology, the 

 subject being nestiy subdivided according to library bureau sys- 

 tems. V'arious courses are outlined in very full detail after the 

 manner of business schools, e(jual stress being put on important 

 and unimportant matters. 



The commercial division of the world seems practical. There 

 are elaborate and interesting syllabuses on Latin America and 

 on the Near East, which means here the Ottoman Empire and 

 the Balkan states, with lesser ones in Russia, the Far East, . 

 meaning China, Japan, the Philippines and the Dutch East Indies, 

 and the study of modern languages. The last would have been 

 improved if good dictionaries had been indicated with the other 

 text books. The pamphlet should be useful in many ways. 



A handsome illustrated folio pamphlet describes the "Ad- 

 vcrtising for 1920" of the Mohawk Rubber Co., .Akron, Ohio. It 

 shows the inagazines and other publications used, the posters 



and sizes, the movie films and other forms of pictorial advertising 

 and gives the text employed also. 



An innovation in calendars is the large size "Miner's 

 Catalogue and Calendar" for 1920, issued by the Miner Rubber 

 Co., Limited, Montreal, Canada, which runs from March, 1920, 

 to February, 1921. Behind the double calendar sheets arc pages 

 describing the goods made by the company illustrated in colors. 

 These are indexed on the margin, a dozen being given up to 

 boots and shoes, one to hats, capes, coats and aprons, and one to 

 sizes of packing. As the headquarters are in Montreal, Canadian 

 holidays are marked on the calendar. 



"Recommended Specification for Basic Sulphate White 

 Lead, Dry and Paste," prepared and recommended by the 

 United States Interdepartmental Committee on Paint Specifica- 

 tion Standardization, September 22, 1919 ; P. H. Walker, chair- 

 man ; H. E. Smith, secretary. This pamphlet of eleven pages is 

 Circular No. 85 of the Bureau of Standards. It covers sampling, 

 laboratory examination of dry pigment and paste, and the 

 preparation of the reagents required. 



"Determination of Cellulose in Rubber Goods," by S. W. 

 Epstein, and R. L. Moore. Technologic Paper No. 154 of the 

 Bureau of Standards. Analytic method and results. 



The "Bulletin de la Societe Beige d'Etudcs Colunialcs" 

 (Hayez, 112 rue de Louvain, Brussels), after a silence of four 

 years on account of the war, came to life again in 1919, and 

 naturally in the first numbers tried to tell the happenings of the 

 war period. General Baron Bondy, the president of the society, 

 himself writes the story of the fighting on the two German 

 frontiers of Belgian Congo, while officials tell of the administra- 

 tive and economic changes in the colony. 



The General Tire & Rubber Co., Akron, Ohio, is conducting 

 an advertising campaign with the tire slogan, "It goes a long 

 way to make friends." A series of attractive posters with illus- 

 trations in black and white colors, reproduced from oil paintings, 

 by a famous artist, picture General tires making friends in many 

 countries of the world. 



THE EDITOR'S BOOK TABLE. 



'■TIME STUDIES AS A liASIS FOR R.\TE SETTING," BV DWTGHT 

 V. Merrick. The Engineering Magazine Company. New York, 1919. 

 (Leatherette, octavo, 5M by 9 inches, 366 + 18 pages.) 



THUS IS a technical manual of scientific time study based on 

 the ideas of the late Dr. Frederick W. Taylor, and is an 

 excellent example of the results in business training of the 

 modern efficiency methods. The author first presents the prin- 

 ciples, methods and implements of time study, then givej an 

 example by applying his principles to a line of machine tools 

 giving the detailed times as established by study, and finally, in 

 a series of appendices, gives detailed times for a number of 

 other kinds of work, thus demonstrating the adaptability of his 

 principles and methods. The book has illustrations and many 

 diagram tables. 



HEATON'S ANNUAL, 1920. THE COMMERCIAL HANDBOOK OF 

 Canada and Boards of Trade Register. Beaton's Agency, 32 Church 

 street, Toronto. Ontario, Canada. (Cloth, duo dccimo. A'A by 7 'A 

 inches, 550 -1- 38 pages.) 

 Heaton's .\nnual, of Canada, is out for 1920, marking the six- 

 teenth annual appearance of this extremely useful commercial 

 handbook. The gazetteer of the towns of coinmercial im- 

 portance m Canada is accompanied by maps. As usual, full 

 information is given regarding customs and postal regulations ; 

 transportation facilities; financial institutions and methods; the 

 resources, natural and industrial, of the various provinces ; taxes, 

 patents and other matters of importance. A directon' of offi- 

 cials and Government departments, consuls and so forth is pro- 

 vided, with useful tables of weights, coins, interest and similar 

 matters. It would be a convenience if Newfoundland could be 

 included in the .\nnual, even if it is no part of the Dominion. 



