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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[March i, 1908. 



RUBBER PLANTERS OF MEXICO. 



NEW TRADE PUBLICATIONS. 



'X'HE first annual meeting of the Rubber Planters' Association 

 * of Mexico was held on February 12 in the duo room of the 

 Mexican Herald office, in Mexico City, as planned at the pre- 

 liminary meeeting of the planters in October last [see The India 

 Rubber Woru), November, 1907— page 55]. Most of those at- 

 tending the preliminary meeting were in attendance, together 

 with representatives of several companies who did not send 

 delegates to the convention in October, 



A number of questions bearing upon the rubber planting com- 

 panies were discussed, and several papers were read, the sub- 

 stance of which 

 will receive further 

 attention in these 

 pages at a later 

 date. The question 

 of the preparation 

 of rubber for mar- 

 keting was dis- 

 cussed by Dr. Pehr 

 Olsson-SefFer, and 

 Mr. A. B. Coates. 

 of the Col i s e o 

 Sugar Plantation 

 Co., spoke on the 

 subject of cattle 

 raising as an ad- 

 junct of rubber 

 planting. 



It was agreed 

 that the associatioii 

 would be represent- 

 ed at the Rubber 

 and Allied Trades 

 Exhibition in Lon- 

 don, in September 

 next, for which purpose 450 square feet of space in the exhibition 

 building will be reserved. The committee who will have charge 

 of the arrangements for the exhibits are Dr. Pehr Olsson-Seffer, 

 chairman; Ignacio Carranza, editor of El Hcraldo Agricola; 

 O. H. Harrison, J. C, Harvey and Colonel J. B. Sanborn, rubber 

 planters : Professor F. E.- Lloyd, director of the guayule experi- 

 ment station of Zacatecas, and W. B. Murray, editor of the 

 Mexican hwestor. 



It is understood that the association will ask the assistance of 

 the Mexican government in the establishment of experiment 

 stations in the planting interest, and the executive committee of 

 the association will take steps looking to this end. It was de- 

 cided that the leaders in the guayule rubber interest will be asked 

 to join the association, in order that they may enjoy any benefit 

 to be derived from the proposed experiment stations. 



The officers of the association elected at the preliminary meet- 

 ing in October were continued in their respective positions as 

 follows : 



President — O. II. Harrison, I.a Zacualpa Kuhher I'iantatinn Co .San 

 rrancisco. 



First Vice Prcsideiit—UMES C. Harvey, .Mexican Mutual I'lanter-s' Co., 

 banborn, Mexico. 



Second Vice President — Pehr OLSSON-SErpER. 



Secretary—]. Herbert Foster (new elecUon). 



Treasurer — William \'ernon Backus, interested in a number of plant- 

 ing companies, .Mexico City. 



Directors— V>'. C. Gruels. V. O. Peterson, A. B. Coates. h. A. Ostien. 

 Ignacio Carranza. 



The last thing before adjourning was the adoption of a resolu- 

 tion which was to the effect that another meeting, semi official in 

 Its character and dealing with practical discussions and experi- 

 mental work, will be held in the heart of the plantation country 

 upon the call of the executive committee within the next five or 

 si,\ months. 



O. H. H.^RISON. 



r President of the Rubber Planters' 

 of Mexico.j 



.\ssoctation 



TPHE Boomer & Boschert Press Co. (Syracuse, New York), 

 issue their 1908 catalogue of presses— steam, hydaulic, and 

 other — for a large number of purposes. Their list includes 

 several styles assigned especially for rubber factory work, and 

 which have come into wide use in the rubber industry [5?^" X 

 854". no pages.] 



The Simplex Electrical Co. (Boston) issue "The Siinplex 

 Manual," devoted to their products of insulated wire and cables, 

 including many convenient reference tables relating to wire capac- 

 ity and the like. lAl/i" X(>%". 62 pages.] 



The James Manufacturing Co. (Cleveland, Ohio) send a cat- 

 alogue of "Klingtite'' accessories for the bath, including rubber 

 tubing for shower baths and such like goods. [iVs" X 6%". 

 16 pages.] 



The Vulcanized Rubber Co. (New York) issue a new price 

 list of Hard Rubber Goods, which they manufacture in large 

 variety. [4M"X8>2". 64 pages.] Also, a list of strictly net 

 prices of Syringe Pipes and Syringes, of 8 pages. 



Boston Belting Co. issue a booklet devoted to Garden and 

 Lawn Hose, covering their variety of brands for different pur- 

 poses and giving prices. It also lists several hose accessories. 

 [3^"X6". 24 pages.] 



New Motor and General Rubber Co., Li.mited (London), 

 send out a new price list of Rub-Metal Xon-Skids for motor 

 cars, with a full description of this line of goods. They also 

 manufacture at their works at Harpenden pneumatic and solid 

 tires and a general line of mechanical goods. [754"X9}4". 16 

 pages.] 



ALSO RECEIVED. 



The S. S. White Dental Manufacturing Co., Philadelphia. =The S. S. 

 White Dental Manufacturing Co. and Its Relation to the Dental Profession. 

 16 pages. 



De Long Rubber Corset Co., New York. = The De Long Rubber Corset. 

 16 pages. 



Stewart & Holihan, New York. = Rubber Stamps. Catalogue No. 34. 

 32 pages. 



Jenkins Brothers, New York. — Supplement No. i to their 1907 Cata- 

 logue. Gate Valves. 12 pages. 



Huston Brothers Co., Chicago. = Advice for Women (The Huston 

 Syringe.) 16 pages. 



VV. F. Poison, Buffalo, New York. ^ Wind Shields and .\uto Accessories. 

 24 pages. 



August Kibele & Co., Weissenfels. Germany. — Illustrierte Engros-Prcii- 

 liste uber Hartgummi-, Metall-, und Celluloid-Artikel. 55 pages. 



The North British Rubber Co., Limited, Edinburgh. Scotland. — 

 Clincher Motor Tire;. Price List, 1907. 48 pages. 



A WORD REGARDING "KAPAK." 



' I "O THE Editor uf The India Rubber World: In your issue 

 •^ of February i, 1908, we notice a paragraph headed "The 

 'M R' Hydrocarbon," in which it is said that the said product is 

 made from a hydrocarbon "of the elaterite series," and further 

 that the firm advertising it are the only company in the United 

 States able to supply it. There is no such thing as "a series of 

 elaterite," any more than there is a series of gold, silver, or 

 lead, though there is a series of ores in which these materials 

 inay be found in combination. 



There are many hydrocarbons, it is true, but few having any 

 resemiblance to elaterite, as it is the only one capable of being 

 treated by a process of destructive distillation prior to being 

 subjected to the action of solvents or mechanically fluxed with 

 any other material. 



In so far as our knowledge extends, the Raven Mining Co., 



while not claiming to control the world's supply of elaterite, are 



the only firm mining and reducing this material, which we are 



putting on the market under the brand of Kapak. Very truly 



yours, raven mining cc, 



Lowell F. Lindley. General Superintendent. 

 Chicago, February 10, 1908. 



