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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[November i, 1907. 



Vol. 37. 



NOVEMBER 1, 1907. 



No. 2. 



TABLE OF CONTENTS 



Editorial: 



Standardization of Tires 33 



Overproduction of Rubber ' 33 



The Cotton Situation 34 



Why Not a Special Pattnt Court? 34 



Min(.ir Editorials 35 



Standardization of Electric Lighting Materials 36 



[Followed by: Aluminum for Electric Conductors. A New In- 

 sulating Pitch. Future of the Wireless.] 



Italy's Great Rubber Factory (Pirelli's) 38 



[With S Illustrations.] 



The India-Rubber Trade in Great Britain. 



Our Regular Correspondent. 41 

 [Passage of Gases. Brcadhurst & Co. Peruvian Rubber Co. 

 Motor Tire .Analyses. Tire Notes.] 



Rubber Interests in Europe 42 



The Rubber Planting Interest 43 



[Increased Acreage in Ceylon. Planting in Dutch North Borneo. 

 Guatemala. Hawaiians Planting in the Malay States. East 

 Sumatra. Java. Hawaii. Papua. Even Siam Plants Rubber. 

 French Congo. Yield of Planted Rubber. Overproduction. 

 Statistics of Production.] 



A Leading Rubber Planter 45 



[Portrait of II. K. Rutherford.] 



Commercial Vehicle Trials 46 



[Illustrated.] 



New Rubber Goods in the Market 47 



[\'nlley r.all. "l^mpire" Tire Repairer and Pad. Complexion 

 Brush. Razor in a Rubber Cast, "Eclair" Pump Connection. 

 Steel .Armored Ignition Cable. Portable Tank for Gasolene. 

 Tire .runk and Coat Rail Bag. Pneumatic Helmet.] 

 [With 9 Illustrations.] 



Recent Patents Relating to Rubber 49 



[United States. Great Britain. France.] 



Miscellaneous: 



High Estimate of Patent \'alues 35 



Not .\dmitttd as Scrap 35 



Madison Garden I-Iectrical Show 37 



Production of Sulphur 40 



A Bit of Factory Practice J. IV. Cary 40 



New Substitutes for Leather 44 



The Return of the Bicycle 46 



Sea Island Cotton Prices 54 



Rubber from DispTited Territory 54 



Rubber Profits on the Kasai 54 



Tht Mexican Rubber Planters 55 



The "Manicoba" Rubbers 55 



Some Hodpman Specialties ( flltt.<itrated) 56 



.\ New "Skipper" Shoe (Illustrated') 56 



New Style Tubing Machine (Illustrated) 66 



The Obituary Record 51 



[With Portraits of Horace H. Tycr and Rud. A. Zeitz. ] 



New Cables from New York 52 



[With an Illustration.] 



Tires at the Automobile Show S3 



News of the American Rubber Trade 58 



'! h:- Tra<ic in Snn Francisco Our Correspondent 37 



The Tradv at .\kron Our Correspondent 57 



Review of the Crude Rubber Market 62 



NEW STYLE TUBING MACHINE. 



""PlIIC illustration licrcwitli c.xliibits the mo.st modern machine 

 in its field, having many features that render it economical 

 and otherwise satisfactory in working. It has an outl)oard bear- 

 ing uliich gives the screw a proper lialance, and the thrust bear- 

 ing is made up of a scries of cast iron rings of different texture. 

 which run in oil. whcre1)y is secured the proper lubricalioii 

 so important a feature in tubing machine construction. The bed 

 which carries the outboard bearing and cylinder is cast in one 

 piece, being unusu;illy heavy and strong. The capacity of this 



machine, in comparison with others of equal size, is referred to 

 as having been demonstrated by several tests to be as 3 to i. 

 The drive pinion is of cast steel, cut, and the large gears of cast 

 iron, also cut, which, together with the outboard bearing and the 



.'Kn.xMSON's New Tuding Machi.xe. 

 special ring thrust, makes the machine sinooth and easy running. 

 This machine is manufactured by .Alexander Adamson, .'\kron, 

 Ohio. 



OFFICIAL STATISTICS OF RUBBER (IN POUNDS). 



UNITED ST.\TES. 



MONTHS. IMPDRT.>;. 



.A.ugust, 1907 3,72.3.698 



January-July 46,777.211 



Eight months, 1907 50,500,909 



Eight months, 1906 42,283,577 



_Eight months, 1905 44,679,510 



EXPORTS. 



362,975 



2.66 1 .'!^22 



3.024,797 



2,358.857 

 2,052,652 



NET IMPORTS. 



3.360.723 



44,115,389 



47.476,112 

 39,924.720 

 42,626,858 



GERMANY. 



MONTHS. 



.A.ugust, 1907. 

 January-July 



IMPORTS. 



2,969,120 

 21,255.520 



Eight months. 7907 24.224,640 

 Eight months, igo6 25,497,340 

 Ei g ht months, 19 05 29,686,140 



EXPORTS. 



849.200 



7.402,340 



8,251,540 

 7,564,040 



10,16 9, 720 



NET IMPORTS. 



2,119,920 



13,853,180 



15.973.100 



17,933,300 

 19,5 16,420 



FRANCE.* 



MONTHS. 

 .\ugust. 1907. 

 January-July 



IMPORTS. 



2.152,040 

 20,054.10') 



Eight months. 1907 22,206,140 

 Eiglit months, 1906 21,413.260 

 Ei ght months, 1905 18,1 73,540 



EXPORTS. 



1,368,18a 

 12,364,660 



13.732,840 

 1 1 .SS5.940 

 10,788,580 



NET IMPORTS. 



7S3.860 



7,689,440 



S.473.300 



9.527,320 



7,384,960 



GREAT BRITAIN. 



MONTHS. IMPORTS. 



.August, 1907 4,600,400 



January-July 48,110.608 



Eight months. 1907 52.711.008 

 Eight months, 1906 43,684,368 

 Eight months, 1905 42,288.960 



EXPORTS. 



3.343,984 

 24,430.560 



27.774.544 

 23,796,192 

 23,112.440 



NET IMPORTS. 



1.256,416 



23.680.048 



24.936,464 



1 9.888. 1 76 



19,176.520 



