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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[February i, 1908. 



^GuTTA-Pff^ 



Vol. 37. 



FEBRUARY 1. 1908. 



No. 5. 



TABLE OP CONTENTS 



New York's Poor Fire Hose 



Prices of Rubber and the Demand. 



The Condition of the Trade 



Fighting Fires in '"Skyscrapers".... 



Cheaper "Chewing Rubber" 



Lest We Fori;et 



The Editor's Book Tabb 



The Quality of New York City's Fire Hose. 

 The India-Rubber Trade in Great Britain... 



Pace. 

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Our Regular Correspondent 

 1 .Strength of Plantalit:n Para Rubber. Scrap Rubber. Derma- 

 tine Co., Limited. Merchandise Marks .\ct. Rubber Caps for 

 Glass Jars. Rubber Tires in the I'ritish Army.] 



The India-Rubber Industry in Japan 



A Special Correspondent. 



Progress of Rubber Planting 



Antwerp, Havre and Congo Rubber 



The Manufacture of Balata Belting 



A Special Correspondent. 



Recent Patents Relating to Rubber 



[ Cnited States, Cireat Britain, France.] 

 New Rubber Goods in the Market^ 



I.Xnill.er ■'Slick i'ast" Shoe. A Large Atomizer. Tire Case 

 Luggage Carrier. Rubber Sponge P.ath Mit and Bath Belt. 

 "Easy Walker" Rubber Heel. "Combination" Lawn Sprink- 

 ler. A Fabric and Rubber Heel, ".\dwear" Detachable Tire. 

 De Long Rubber Corset. New Method in Water Bottle 

 Making.] 



[With in Ilhistrations. ] 



The Rubber Tire Field 



The Remodelled Tyer Rubber Factory 



I Witii -■ Illustrations.] 



The Obituary Record 



i \\ ith Portraits of Julius W. Brunn and Orlando C. Smith.] 



Rubl)er Plantation Topics 



I With 2 Illustrations.] 



Miscellaneous: 



Llectricity in Mexico 



E.\ports from L^nited States 



Guayule Notes 



Fire Hcse Damaged by Acid 



A Felt and Rubber Company in Canada {Illustrated) 



New Rubber Reclaiming Process 



Tests of Non Deflation Tire Tubes 



Three Head Rubber Covering Machine {Illustrated) 



Washing Rubber Goods {Illustrated) 



Beds for Ocean Cables 



A Startling Tire Suggestion 



Tire Chains \'ersus Studs 



Nine V'ears of Automobile Progress 



Rubber Monopoly in Nicaragua 



Popularity cf the Rubber Pedal 



Boring in the Earth for Rubber 



News of the American Rubber Trade 



r[:e I r.idc at -\kri,n Our Correspondent. 



The Trade at Trenton Our Correspondent. 



The Trade at San 1-rancisco Our Correspondent. 



Review of the Crude Rubber Market 



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Antwerp. 



Rubber Statistics for December. 



Details. 1907. 



Stocks, Nov. io.. kilos 1,015,282 

 Arrivals in December 219,544 



Congo sorts 190,000 



Other sorts 29,544 



1.234.826 i,35i.3"9 1,109,471 1-193,570 

 227,932 693.195 374.284 652,209 



1-318,300 

 707,400 



Aggregating .. , 

 Saks ir. Decembt-r . . 



Stocks, December 31. 1,006,894 658,184 735,187 541,361 610.900 



5,726.483 



5,180,401 



546,082 



Arrivals since Jan. i 5,054,473 5,772,062 5,713,728 5.763.856 



Congo sorts 4,346,141 4.593.759 4.442.607 4,723,618 



Other sorts 708,332 1,178,303 1,271,121 1,040,238 



Sales since Jan. i.. 4.705./63 S.849.065 5.519.805 5.833. 395 5.773.668 



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