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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[June i, 1908. 



Vol. 38. 



JUNE 1. 1908. 



No. 3. 



Editorial: 



TABLE OF CONTENTS 



Automobiles and Rubber. ... 

 International Patent Practice. 

 Fine Rubber for i23-< Cents... 



The Editor's Book Table 



I With Portrait of Hubert L. Terry.] 



The Coming Rubber Exhibition 



[Witil 2 Illustrations.] 



Some Native Sources of Rubber 



[With 2 Illustrations.] 

 The Progress of Rubber Planting 



[Witli 6 Illustrations.] 



The Late Theodore E. Studley 



[With a Portrait.] 



The India-Rubber Trade in Great Britain 



Our Regular Correspondent. 



New Rubber Factory Appliances 



I With 5 Illustrations.] 



Will Old Rubber Shoes Go Higher? 



[With an Illustration.] 



The Electrical Industry 



Recent Patents Relating to Rubber ....................,[', 



The United States Rubber Co.'s Annual 



(With P.irtr;,its uf Officers and Directors.] 



New Rubber Goods in the Market 



[Automobile Trunks. The "I'en-O-Fil". The "Unbreakable 

 UcMl . Meel Armored Air Drake Hose. "Ladies' Companion" 

 Kubber. bager ilotorcycle Toe Clip. "Tread-Level" Revolv- 

 ing Heel. "Clingfast ' 1-inger Cot.] 



[With 13 illustrations.] 



Notable Changes at the "Trenton" Factory 



(With .' Illustrations.] 



Miscellaneous: 



The Cnceasing Patent Grind 



'Hie ( lilbert-Mesaw Process !.!!!!*!! 



The Cotton Situation .*.*.'.'..'.".'.'." 



Rubber Industry in Xew Jersey !.!!!.!...!!!!!!. 



India-Kubber floods in Commerce 



History of Golf Ball .Marking '.'.'.'.'.'."". 



Fire Hose for New York !!.".!!.!!.!.'" 



New Trade Publications .*!.'!.".'!."!.'!." 



-A Retired Rubber Man (Fortrail) 



"Rubljer ' Made from Peat 



Mr. Pallou goes Fishing {Ul'islratcd) 



Fire Hose in New York 



Obituary \ .'.'/. .'.'.'.V.\'.'.". 



The "P. & H." Dynamometer .".!.!.!!!..'!.'!.!!!!.' 



News of the American Rubber Trade 



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287 

 288 



28g 

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296 

 297 

 299 



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 298 

 311 

 311 

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 31-2 



313 

 313 



313 



[With 4 Illustrations.] 



Ti* 7-'^^^ °' .•\kron Our Correspondent 



ITie 1 rade at San Francisco Our Correspondent 



Review of the Crude Rubber Market 



307 



303 

 303 

 314 



PJaatatloa Rubber From the Far East 



Statistics for Three Months Ending M.\rch 



EXPORTS FROM THE FEDER.MED M.ALAY STATES. 



c,''^'' t'ounds.. 53,5ir 



Selangor 077 a,, 



Negn Sembilati ^^'f^-' 



pahang ....:•.■.;:■. ^-^^ 



31- 



1908. 

 103,227 

 403,956 

 213,350 



nil 



Total 



TOTAL 



422,332 



720,533 



EXPORTS FROM MALAVA (INCLUDING ABOVe). 



Pounds. 



To Great Britain 587.866 



To Other Europe 103,467 



To Japan 2,933 



To Australia 4>I33 



To 



Pounds. 

 Ceylon 83,821 



Total, 1908 782,220 



Same period 1907 390^501 



trom Singapore pounds.. 358,768 



From Penang %f-^^^ 



1908. 

 535.600 

 246,620 



Total 



To Great Britain 98,826 



To Other Europe 6,919 



To United States 46^107 



To Au.stralia 3,761 



To India '396 



390.501 782,220 



RUBBER THE PRODUCE OF CEYLON. 



Pounds. Pounds. 



Total, 1908 156,509 



Same period 1907 77,049 



Same period 1906 57,715 



Same period 1905 27i6o9 



Same period 1904 24,000 



Yield of Plantations (in Pounds). 



Biikit Rajah Rubber Co.: '^°^' 



Twelve months to JMarch 31 11808' 



Anglo-Malay Rubber Co.: 

 Three months to March 31 3^078 



Federated iSclangor) Rubber Co.: 

 Twelve months to March 31 7 gyj 



I'aUambrosa Rubber Co.- 

 AP"! 18.341 



1906. 



1908. 

 162,000 



72,951 

 23,000 

 18,000 



COMPLETE YIELDS. 



1907. 

 68,586 

 45.581 

 13,426 

 170.036 



Jebong ( Perak ) Rubber Co 5U70 



Ceylon Planters' Rubber Syndicate 9,561 



Ceylon Tea Plantations Co' 7^3^ 



P. P. K. Ceylon Rubber Estates 143^639 



DIVIDENDS. 



Pataiiiig Rubber Estates Syndicate, 35 per cent 

 40 per cent. 



Highlands and Lowlands Para Rubber Co., I2j^-', per cent • last 

 year, 11 per cent. ' 



Golden Hope Rubber Estate, 6 per cent. ; last year, 5 per cent. 



last year. 



\V. D. .Allen Manufacturing Co. (Chicago) have issued a 

 new Catalogue (No. 24) of their products as brass founders, 

 which embodies mentions and descriptions of a large number of 

 hose accessories— lawn sprinklers, couplings, menders, and other 

 articles for use in connection with garden hose, and also an ex- 

 tensive line of racks, reels, and other fire hose accessories. [6J4" 

 X 9J4". 76 pages.] 



PARA EXPORTS OF INDIA-RUBBER, APRIL, 1908 (IN KILOGRAMS). 



EXPORTER 

 Schrader, Gruncr & Co. 



Scholz, Hart.ie & Co 



Ck-rdon & Co 



Adelberl H. Alden 



E. Pinto .Mves vS: Co. .. 



R. buarez & Co 



J. Marques & Co 



R. O. Ahlers & Co... . 



Mcllo & Ci 



I'irts, Teixcira & Co. . . 

 IJe Lagotelleric & Co. . . 

 Luiz dc .Mendonca Sr Co 

 Smglehurst, lirocklehurst 

 (■uilh Aug. de .Miranda 



Jtaci/atiara direct 



Manaos direct 



Total, .\pril 



Total, March 



Total, l-'ebruary 



Total, January 



& Co. 

 Co. . . 



NEW YORK 



Fine. .Medium 



3.-!30 



4.050 



16.-I55 



-I, .140 



2,210 



320 



510 



5,780 



4.760 



2,040 



14.439 

 80.965 

 14,182 

 27.200 

 1 ,600 

 6,800 



. . , 10,890' 

 4.420 

 11,030 

 9.350 



3,006 



. . 120,-94 



■• 313.696 

 -. 682,575 

 ..1,049.175 

 . . 851,402 



Coarse. Caucho. 

 32.440 



9.847 

 83.681 

 24.863 

 29.700 



2,660 

 20.460 



5.538 

 10.610 

 2>,5i4 

 II. 910 



■'.575 

 4,^66 



54.602 



752 



3.750 

 2.803 



29.944 



91.149 

 ■72,165 

 230,59' 

 160,204 



2,947 1.244 



9'. 567 209,834 



347.747 289.426 



447.252 117.301 



493. '47 164.208 



450.219 160.837 



Total. 



47,245 



i3.2a2 

 181,101 

 115,187 



59,110 

 5,332 



27.770 



34.958 

 15,030 

 37,334 

 26.103 



7.507 



452,139 



1,042,018 

 ',419,293 

 '.937,121 

 1.622,662 



I'ine. 

 46,349 

 82.708 

 36.708 

 26,410 

 37.230 

 76,252 

 10,020 

 56,033 

 14,450 

 9.690 

 '.546 



5.'^3 



3.064 

 519.383 



924.956 

 ■.409.736 

 '.832,458 

 '.34I.043 



Medi 

 9 



ETJHOPE. 



C.-a 



443 

 ,381 

 162 

 250 

 740 

 196 

 739 



36,287 



11,776 

 5.41 1 

 2.640 



38,280 

 4,74' 



22,195 



8.559 



780 



14.190 



• ■ ■ • 2,093 



',527 125,942 



Caucho. 



38,206 



I "8,549 



9.345 



40.260 



20,806 

 11.529 

 3.092 



1.577 

 438.302 



131.968 277,366 681,718 



232,279 330,802 830,652 



235.386 524.020 991.539 



211,060 378,900 616, 2J7 



ToT.\L. 



130,285 



23'.4I4 

 58,626 

 73.560 

 79,250 



'07,995 

 46,483 

 67,684 

 16.760 

 23.S80 

 1,546 



9.637 



6.734 

 1.162,152 



2,016,000 

 2,803.469 

 3,583.403 

 2,547.240 



TOTAL. 



177.S30 



264,616 



239,727 



■ 88,747 



138.360 



■■3.327 



74.253 



67.684 



51.718 



38,910 



38,880 



26,103 



9.637 



7,507 



6.734 



1.614,293 



3,058,026 

 4,222.762 

 5,520.524 

 4,169,902 



