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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[July 1, 1920. 



becoming hard to get, as its value has been recognized by rubber 

 men everywhere. The book was reviewed in The India Rubber 

 World February 1, 1919; the substance of the information it con- 

 tains has been noted in these columns as the articles first appeared. 



CAN.\DIAN TRADE INDEX, 19201921. (THE CANADIAN MANU- 

 facturers' Association. Ire. Toronto. Canada.) (Cloth, large octavo. 

 lOyi by 7 inches, 832 pages and map.) 



This trade index, the only one of its kind for Canada, is 

 divided into three parts, and in a limited number of copies into 

 four. First comes an alphabetical list, giving the name and 

 address of every manufacturer in the Dominion and comprising 

 9,500 firms. Next comes the classified list of Canadian manu- 

 factures, comprising 8,445 items, with the names of the manu- 

 facturers. Following is the list in the French language of all 

 these manufactured articles, with references to the number under 

 which the English information and the manufacturers' names 

 appear. In the limited edition a similar list in Spanish follows 

 the French catalog. An excellent, ofiicial map of the Dominion 

 of Canada, showing the transportation facilities, the trade routes 

 and the natural resources of the various districts, is enclosed. 

 The index is indispensable to those who desire Canadian 

 business. 



INTERESTING LETTERS FROM OUR READERS. 



EAST AFRICAN RUBBER POSSIBILITIES. 



To THE Editor: 



DE.'^R SIR:— At the present time, when there is such a 

 large demand for rubber goods, it becomes a matter of 

 paramount importance for those concerns engaged in the 

 rubber industry to endeavor to obtain sufficient supplies of 

 raw material in order to cope with the increasing demand 

 for manufactured rubber goods. 



The writer, who campaigned in German East Africa with 

 a British native regiment, is of the opinion that the former 

 German colony would make a valuable addition to the exist- 

 ing sources of crude rubber obtainable by American manu- 

 facturers. Already the vacated rubber plantations of former 

 German owners have been taken up by other planters, and 

 as the mandate given to Great Britain to govern this terri- 

 tory should not affect the "open door" policy in regard to 

 trade and commerce with other countries, it should furnish 

 the American rubber industry with the opportunity to tap 

 these new resources and further increase the supply of crude 

 material. 



It was further noticed that a large amount of rubber was 

 growing in Portuguese East Africa, especially in the Lugella 

 district, where exceptionally large tracts were under rubber 

 cultivation and which it is believed were owned by the Lu- 

 gella Company. Large areas under rubber cultivation were 

 also observed while passing through the territory adminis- 

 tered by the Mozambique Company. Native labor is abun- 

 dant and the cost on the plantations is of negligible im- 

 portance, as in many cases natives are paid in calico and 

 food. 



The writer, who is not connected with the rubber industry 

 in any way, is merely stating what he has seen in East 

 Africa and would be satisfied if his observations may prove 

 of more than passing interest to rubber manufacturers and 

 possibly worthy of investigation. It would undoubtedly be 

 a sound project for American manufacturers to get in touch 

 with new planters in East Africa, more especially in the vast 

 territory formerly known as German East Africa, and ag- 

 gressive efforts ought to be made to obtain a portion of the 

 rubber crops of that country as soon as they become ready 

 for marketing. 



John Nelson, 



Ex-Sergeant, King's .African Rifles. 



Holyoke, Massachusetts. 



IN MEMORY OF A GREAT FRENCH AVIATOR. 



To THE Editor ; 



rNEAR SIR: It is a year ago that the famous aviator, Jules 

 '-^ Vedrincs, met his death in trying to accomplish his first 

 voyage by airplane from Paris to Rome. He was popular 

 throughout the world for his audacity, courage, and his ex- 

 ceptional qualities, and he was one of the most active and best 

 mechanics in the victory of the air. 



Jules Vedrines has left his old mother, aged 71, his widow, 

 and four children aged 10, 8, 7, and 5, and it is for their help 

 that a committee has been formed which is patronized by mem- 

 bers of the French Goveniment and the notability of all the 

 large nations, in order to provide for the needs of the family 

 and to erect a monument in the place from which the celebrated 

 aviator started his tragic flight. 



The headquarters of the committee for subscriptions to the 

 monument of Jules Vedrines, is at 93 boulevard Beaumarchais, 

 Paris. The subscriptions are to be addressed to the treasurer, 

 Monsieur Georges Labastie, 7 Place de la Bastille (Paris IV-), 

 France. 



comite de souscription au monument a la 

 Memoire de l'Aviateur Jules Vedrines. 



THE OBITUARY RECORD. 

 FOUNDER OF THE McGRAW TIRE & RUBBER CO. 



Edwin C. McGraw, founder and for ten years president of The 

 McGraw Tire & Rubber Co. of Cleveland and East Palestine, 

 Ohio, died .it his southern home. Point View, Miami, Florida, 



on May 24, after 

 an illness of sev- 

 eral months. Mr. 

 McGraw was born 

 in Pittsburgh, 

 Pennsylvania, in 

 1858, and became 

 a member of the 

 firm of J. A. Mc- 

 G r a w Brothers, 

 who were pioneers 

 in the rubber roof- 

 ing business, at the 

 ri?e of 23, engag- 

 ing in brick mak- 

 iiisj; and the real 

 (.-^tate and hotel 

 business. 



In 1908 he se- 

 cured the patent 

 rights in the "ver- 

 tical fabric thread 

 tire,"' and in the 

 following year de- 

 cided to build a 

 tire plant at East Palestine. This started by making eight tires 

 a day ; by 1919 its output was 5,000 tires and 6,000 tubes daily. 

 It now manufactures only high grade tires, the McGraw fabric, 

 cord and solid tires with the 5,000 mile guaranty. Mr. McGraw 

 was also president of the Fidelity Trust & Mortgage Co. and a 

 director of the Fidelity Bank and Trust Co. of Miami. He 

 leaves his widow, a son, R. W. McGraw, and a daughter, Mrs. 

 John Morgan, and also one brother, G. W. McGraw, Jr. 



ERECTING ENGINEER FOR HUNTER DRY KILN CO. 



Robert I. Monroe, erecting engineer for The Hunter Dry Kiln 

 Co., Indianapolis, Indiana, died suddenly of heart disease Satur- 

 day, June 19, 1920, at his home in Indianapolis. Mr. Monroe 

 became associated with the Hunter Dry Kiln Company shortly 

 after its incorporation and, acting in the capacity of erecting 

 engineer, had occasion to visit many of the well-known rubber 



Edwin C McGr\w 



