THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[August 1, 1920. 



New Trade Publications 



Interesting Letters from Our Readers. 



Vol. 62 



AUGUST 1. 1920 No. 5 



TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



Editorials: Pages 



The Coming Rubber Shortage 707 



No Profiteering in Rubber 707-708 



Plantation Futures ... . • 708 



Leather Rubber Footwear 708 



Open Shop Cities 708 



Minor Editorial ■ ■ • • • 708 



Experiments with a New Cactus Rubber. 



By Emmet S. Long— Illustrated 709-710 



Old and New Methods in Cotton Warehousing Financ- 

 ing. By Richard Hoadlcy Tingley— Illustrated 710-712 



September Meeting of the Rubber Division of the 



American Chemical Society 712 



Tire Production in the United States Charts 713 



Methods for Physical Testing of Vulcanized Rubber 



Goods Illustrated 715-719 



Notes on Accelerators. By Henry P. Stevens, M.A., 



Ph.D., F.I.C 719-720 



The Manufacture of Battery Jars Illustrated 721-722 



Proposed Tentative Methods for Testing Textiles... 723 



Construction of Steam Hose By John M. Bierer 724-725 



Specifications for Rubber Jar Rings 725 



War Department Specifications for Rubber Combs. 



Illustrated 725 



Rubber Armor for Airplane Gasoline Tanks. 



Illustrated 726 



A Direct Method for the Determination of Rubber 

 Hydrocarbon in Raw and Vulcanized Rubber. 



By W. K. Lewis and W. H. McAdams 727-728 



£5,000 in Prizes for New Uses of Rubber 728-729 



Peachey's New Vulcanization Process. By S. J. 



Peachey, M. Sc. Tech., F. I. C 729 



Chemistry : 



What the Rubber Chemists Are Doing. .. Charts 730-732 

 The .Acceleration of Vulcanization. 



Chemical Patents 732-733 



Laboratory Apparatus Illustrated 733 



Machines and Appliances Illustrated 734-736 



Automatic Cord Tire Building Machine. Rubber 

 Buffing Machine. Improved Automatic Mill and 

 Mixer. Combined Tire Building Machine and 

 Loom. Machines for Varnishing and Vulcaniz- 

 ing Auto Top Fabric. 



Machinery Patents Illustrated 735-736 



Machine for Building Casings and Tubes. Other 

 Machinery Patents. 



Process Patents 736 



New Goods and Specialties •• Illustrated 737-739 



Late ,'\utomobile Fan Belt. The "Everloc" 

 Household Patch. The "Big" and the "Little" in 

 Motor Truck Tires. Goggles to Guard against 

 Dust and Powders. A Meter to Measure Truck 

 Loads. Rubber Bloomers for Children. "Super 

 Patch Rubber-Tite" Tube Repair Outfit. "Wisco" 

 Athletic Shoes. The "Locktite" Patcher. Hick- 

 ory Garters for Children. Trouser Supporter 

 Utilizes Rubber. The "Inkograph." Carpet 

 Washer with Rubber Brushes. Repair Tool for 

 Diverse Uses. The "Allweather" Automobile 

 Top. Practical Automobile .'\ccessories. Skooter 

 on Rubber-Cushioned Trucks. 



Editor's Book Table 740 



"Exporter's Gazetteer of Foreign Markets." 



740 



740 



l-n>n1 an .Aged Father. A Defense of the Filipinos. 



Inquiries and Trade Opportunities 741 



The Rubber Association of America, Inc.: 



Summer Outing Illustrated 742-744 



Activities of 744 



American Rubber Trade — News Notes and Personals 745-758 



Dividends 745 



Financial Notes 745-746 



New Incorporations 746-747 



John Kearns Portrait and Sketch 747 



Personal Mention 747 



William E. Greer Portrait and Sketch 747 



East and South By Our Correspondent 747-748 



New Jersey By Our Correspondent 748-749 



Rhode Island By Our Correspondent 749-750 



Ellsworth E. Leach Portrait and Sketch 750 



Massachusetts By Our Correspondent 750-751 



Mid-West ... .By Our Correspondent— Illustrated 751-752 



Ohio By Our Correspondent— Illustrated 753-755 



Curt Kuentzel Portrait and Sketch 756 



Pacific Coast .By Our Correspondent— Illustrated 756-758 



Canadian Notes • • • • . . 758 



The Obituary Record 759 



Harry W. Du Puy (Portrait). Frederick Farley 

 Cutler. Friedrich Bayer. 



Foreign Rubber News: 



Great Britain By Our Correspondent 760-761 



Germany By Our Correspondent 752-764 



Foreign Notes 764 



Planting: 



British Guiana and Trinidad. 



By Our Correspondent— Illustrated 765-766 

 Malayan Crude Rubber Industry in 1919. 



Edwin N. Gunsaulus 766 

 Rubber Industry in the Netherland East Indies. 



By Our Correspondent 767 



Patents Relating to Rubber 768-769 



LTnited States. Canada. United Kingdom. 

 France. Germany. 



Trade-Marks 769-770 



United States. United Kingdom. New Zealand. 



Designs Illustrated 770 



United States. 



Markets: 



Crude Rubber 771 



Highest and Lowest New York Prices 772 



Amsterdam Rubber Market 772 



Singapore Rubber Market 772 



Reclaimed Rubber 771 



Rubber Scrap 780 



Cotton and Other Fabrics 780-781 



Chemicals and Ingredients 781-783 



Statistics : 



Antwerp Rubber Arrivals 774 



Brazil, Exports and Imports of Crude and Manu- 

 factured Rubber, 1915-1919 775 



Para and Manaos Exports, May, 1920 775 



Ceylon Rubber Imports and Exports 772 



Cotton Statistics 781 



Federated Malay States Rubber Exports 772 



Java Rubber Exports 772 



Penang Rubber Exports 772 



Straits Settlements Rubber Exports 772 



United Kingdom, Statistics for May, 1920 779 



United States: 



Crude Rubber Arrivals at Atlantic and Pacific 



Ports as Stated by Ships' Manifests 771-773 



Custom House Statistics 778-779 



Imports by Months for 1920 779 



Exports of India Rubber Manufactures during 



May, 1920 (By Countries) 776-777 



LTnited States Statistics for May 777 



