July 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



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In its decision the Industrial- Court states that no increase 

 in wages is due as a result of increases in cost of living, but that 

 the value of the work done must be the determining factor. 

 The Court holds that : "The remuneration of the various 

 classes of workpeople should, in ordinary circumstances, depend 

 on the value of the work done, and the value of the work done 

 depends upon the state of the market and the demand for the 

 products of the workshop." 



CAUADIAN PABCEL POST REGULATIONS. 



According to the customs regulations of Canada no goods 

 exported to that country from the United States, whether sent 

 by mail or otherwise, can be entered through the Canadian cus- 

 toms without certified invoices furnished by the exporter to the 

 importer or his agent. The certified invoices must be furnished 

 in triplicate, two copies being required for customs entry and 

 the third for the use of the importer. The proper commercial 

 designation of the goods must be set forth in all invoices. The 

 invoices must show the marks and numbers on the packages, 

 in such a manner as to indicate truly the quantities and values 

 of the articles comprised in each package. Every invoice must 

 contain a sufficient description of the goods, and in respect of 

 goods sold by the exporter must show in one column the actual 

 price at which the articles have been sold to the importer and in a 

 separate column the fair market value of each article as sold 

 for home consumption in the country of export. The "price" and 

 "value" of the goods are to be stated as in condition packed 

 ready for shipment at the time when and at the place whence 

 the goods have been exported directly to Canada, Biit >vhen 

 the value of goods for duty purposes is determined by the 

 Minister of Customs, the value so determined will be held to be 

 the fair market value. The fact that packages of merchandise 

 from the United States for Canada may be accompanied by 

 customs declarations does not obviate the necessity for certified 

 invoices being furnished by the exporter to the Canadian im- 

 porter for use in making customs entry of the merchandise. 



NEW TRADE PUBLICATIONS. 



THE Wellman-Se.'vver-Morgan Co., Cleveland, Ohio, isstres 

 a series of beautifully illustrated and remarkably clear "Bulle-! 

 tins," of which No. 48 deals with "Rubber Machinery." These 

 bulletins show on one page a half-tone picture of a machine or 

 installation, and on the page opposite a working blue-print giving 

 the mechanical details. The rubber machinery includes the fol- 

 lowing: tire-applying press, rubber cracker and washer, rubber 

 mixing mill, calender, rimming press, and hydraulic press vul- 

 canizer. Other bulletins describe coal and ore handling ma- 

 chines, cranes, hydraulic turbines, hoisting and coke-oven ma- 

 chinery, and steel works and port and terminal equipment. 



The Altenburg Tire Eqihpment Co., Davenport, Iowa, and 

 Columbiana, Ohio, issues an extremely useful catalog of its 

 products for the year 1920. The first half contains distinct pic- 

 tures with detailed descriptions of all the machinery and tools 

 used in tire repairing, while the last half conveys in clear 

 language practical instruction, helped with many illustrations, in 

 the modern methods of tire repairing. 



"Miller Tire Trade News," the house organ of The Miller 

 Rubber Co., Akron, Ohio, makes its first appearance with the 

 June number. It is a lively little sheet, giving a lot of informa- 

 tion about rubber, besides news of the company's activities that 

 interests the general public as well as the employes. 



"Co.NvERSE Folks," the official factory magazine of the 

 Converse Rubber Shoe Co., Maiden, Massachusetts, to replace 

 the "Triple Tread News." made its initial appearance June 1, 

 1920. It is to be published twice a month by a staff of Converse 

 employes under the editorship of W. Sewall, and printed in the 



company's own printing plant. The first issue is a 40-page, w&i-^ . 

 illustrated paper of pocket size with a two-color cove'r. It^\ 

 contains much interesting factory news and many breezy per- 

 sonals, all well calculated to foster a feeling of cooperation, 

 friendship, and loyalty throughout the Converse organization, 



"The Wigwam," the house publication of The Spreckels 

 "Savage" Tire Co., San Diego, California, is printed in Indian 

 red, on cream-colored stock. Some of the departments are: 

 "In Counsel with the Big Chief," "Factory Pow-W'ow," "Squaw 

 Squawks," "Savage Sports," "Many-Ha-Ha-Heap-Big Smileage 

 Section," etc. The head of an Indian chief and a wigwam dec- 

 orate the iitle-box on the front page. 



The Cooper-Hewitt Electric Co., Hoboken, New Jersey, 

 issues an artistic and expensive "Portfolio of Industrial Illu- 

 mination," a large quarto pamphlet with 19 handsome illustra- 

 tions, showing the light in operation in factory interiors. These 

 include machine tool factories, motor works and cotton mills. 

 The cover has a striking picture of the exterior of a mill lighted 

 It night with the lights reflected in the waters of an adjacent pond. 



The Northern Rubber Co., Limited, Guelph, Ontario, sends 

 out its 1920-1921 catalog of "Partridge Rubber Footwear,", pro- 

 fusely illustrated in color, shownng its many lines of boots and 

 shoes for lumbermen and fishermen, for sports and for city wear. 



"Rubber," a handy little m.\gazine of boiled-down informa- 

 tion on rubber engineering and production, edited by Thomas P. 

 Hallock and Charles C. Lynde (The Trade Press Co., Cleve- 

 land, Ohio), in the May number has an illustrated article by 

 Mr. Lynde on overhead handling of tire molds, followed by 

 other articles of rubber interest. 



"The Stronghold," the new monthly puiblic.^tion of The 

 Rubber Products Co.. Barberton, Ohio, is given over chiefly to 

 factory news and to matters of interest to the employes. It con- 

 tains some clever verse. 



In the April issue of the "Color Trade Joltinal" appears an 

 article by Frederic Dannerth, Ph. D., entitled "Coal-Tar Prod- 

 ucts Used in Rubber Industry." Dr. Dannerth lists eleven dif- 

 ferent coal-tar products used in rubber manufacture, and then 

 discusses at some length the foUow-ing topics : Formation of 

 colored diazo compounds in rubber mixings ; thinners for rubber 

 compounds ; porosity correctives ; a coagulant for rubber latex ; 

 accelerators of vulcanization ; industrial research on accelera- 

 tors : influence of amino accelerators on health; devulcanizing 

 agents ; reclaiming waste rubber ; black pigment for coloring 

 compounds, and softening waste rubber. 



"Primrose," edited by P. Carel Wijnand, the first rubber 

 periodical in Holland, bids farewell to its readers in the mid-.\pril 

 number, as it is obliged to suspend publication on account of 

 the increased demands of compositors and printers for highea 

 wages, as well as because of the high prices for paper and other 

 materials. It has been a valuable, original, and artistic paper in 

 the seven years of its existence. 



The Internationale Vercenicring voor de Rubber-Culttiur in 

 Xederlandsch-Indie (International .Association for Rubber Grow- 

 ing in the Dutch East Indies), of Amsterdam, issues its sixth 

 yearly report, for 1919, in Dutch and in English. Besides de- 

 scribing the activities of the society, the report discusses the 

 labor difficulties in Java and Sumatra and the proposed export 

 duty on rubber, and gives some interesting statistics on rubber 

 production. 



THE EDITOR'S BOOK TABLE. 



"THE PREP.AR.XTION AND VULCANIZATION OF PLANTATION 

 Pari Rubber." (D. V-in Nostrand Co., 2S P.irk Place, New York City.) 



THIS encyclopedic collection of articles on rubber by B. J. 

 Eaton, J. Grantham and F. W. Day. the practical chemists of 

 the Agricultural Department of the Federated Malay States, is 



