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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[September r, igoij. 



Messrs. Kanzee and Ralph, proprietors of the Phoenix Rubber 

 Co., are now busily engaged in removing their works and offices 

 from temporary quarters to their new location at Nos. 168-172 

 First street, where they have leased a 4-story brick building and 

 basement. The top floor will be used for factory— mold work, 

 etc. — the next for their mechanical department, the next for 

 their tire department, and the ground floor will be devoted to 

 offices and leather belting, and samples. This firm is turning out 

 its new patent disinfectant toilet seats in large numbers. 



The Garlock Packing Co., at No. 670 Howard street, report a 

 fair increase in business from their down town location. 



C. R. Winslow & Co., No. 658 Howard street, agents for the 

 Boston Rubber Shoe Co., and lines of rubber and oiled cloth- 

 ing, are now settled in their new four-story and basement brick 

 building, and report that the outlook for fall business is favor- 

 able. 



C. E. Mathews, Pacific coast manager of The Diamond Rub- 

 ber Company, has just returned from a trip to Los Angeles, 

 where he attended to the enlarging and rearranging of the branch 

 store in that city. Business has increased to such an extent 

 that larger quarters became a necessity. The new store is located 

 at No. 1207 South Main street. 



The Pacific Mill and Mine Supply Co. have moved to new and 

 more commodious quarters at No. 516 Mission street. 



The Western Belting and Hose Co., of ths city, now have the 

 Pacific coast agency of the Manhattan Rubber ^Manufacturing 

 Co. (New York). 



Joseph V. Selby, Pacific coast representative of the Boston 

 Woven Hose and Rubber Co., reports business generally as fair. 

 Mr. Selby is president of the Western Mechanical Rubber Goods 

 Association, and he anticipates a renewal of the regular monthly 

 meetings of this organization at an early date. 



Mr. H. C. Norton, president of the Pacific Rubber Co., reports 

 a little improvement in business. 



Mr. W. J. Gorham, of the Gorham Rubber Co., will return 

 from his Eastern trip about the first of September. Mr. Sargeant 

 reports that everybody feels that trade is in a better condition 

 than it was a short time ago. Mr. Parish is on his way to Japan, 

 China and Manila, on a trip which will last two or three months. 

 William B. Heckman, sales manager, is on his Eastern trip. 



Maurice Gibson, formerly with the Sterling Rubber Co., is 

 now employed with The Fisk Rubber Co. 



Mr. Perkins, president of the Sterling Rubber Co., states that 

 orders are coming in more freely now than they have for a 

 long time past. 



Mr. W. D. Newerf, manager of the branch of the Goodyear 

 Tire and Rubber Co., at Los Angeles, has returned to that city 

 from the East. At Akron he attended the conference of the 

 Goodyear agents, held for the purpose of discussing the policy 

 of the company during the coming year. 



A GOOD BOOK ON BRAZIL. 



THE BRAZILIAN YEAR BOOK, ISSUED UNDER THE PATRONAGE 

 of the Brazilian Government. First issue — igoS. Compiled and edited 

 by J. P. Wileman, editor of The Brazilian Rcz-iew and Director of the 

 Commercial Statistical Service of Brazil. Kio de Janeiro; 1908. [Cloth. 

 8vo. Pp. x.xiv -I- 777. Price, 2 guineas = $10.22.] 



THE comprehensive character of this book and its general ex- 

 cellence could hardly have been more marked after years of 

 effort, although it is, as stated in the title, the first yearly 

 issue. Mr. Wileman, however, as editor of an important financial 

 paper at the Brazilian capital for a number of years, has become 

 so well informed in regard to the financial, commercial, and in- 

 dustrial conditions of the nation that he has addressed himself to 

 the compilation of this work as anything but a novice. That 

 Brazil is no unimportant factor in the world's progress, even a 

 cursory glance at this volume will show. In the matter of area 

 it is only slightly less than the United States. The distance from 

 the national capitol to Manaos, the rubber center, is 3,204 miles, 

 and there are other places of commercial importance in the coun- 



try even more remote. There is a much wider range of com- 

 merce in Brazil than many readers probably are aware of. The 

 export list is not so large in the number of items, but practically 

 everything manufactured seems to be included among the imports. 

 Speaking of exports, the statistics of rubber are given from 1827, 

 when the transactions included only 69,003 pounds, of the esti- 

 mated value of £1053 [^$5,124.42]. The development of planting 

 as well as of commerce and transportation throughout Brazil has 

 been promoted largeh' with foreign capital, mainly through joint 

 stock companies, of which an extensive list is given in this book 

 with a most satisfactory fullness of details as to their condi- 

 tions. Such companies, for instance, are the American companies 

 now improving the harbor at Para and building the Madeira- 

 Mamore railway. Ample details are given likewise regarding the 

 public debts, which are created by the several states rather than 

 by the federal government. Any one wishing to become acquaint- 

 ed with actual conditions in Brazil cannot hope to find in any 

 dozen other sources so much information so well arranged and 

 apparently so authentic as in this volume. A good map of the 

 country is included, and the appearance of the book generally is 

 exceedingly pleasing. 



NEW TRADE PUBLICATIONS. 



PRANCIS SHAW & CO. (Bradford, Manchester, England), 

 ■*■ have issued an illustrated catalogue of Rubber Plantation 

 Machinery, which is the most extensive publication of the kind 

 that has yet appeared, and affords marked evidence of the grow- 

 ing importance of rubber culture and the new demand for me- 

 chanical appliances that has resulted. In addition to standard 

 washing machines, breaking-up machines, crepeing machines, and 

 the like, there is shown a small washing or sheeting machine for 

 experimental work; also blocking presses, drying stoves, and 

 power attachments. [pH" x 7^4". 24 pages.] 



Barton Packing and Rubber Co. (San Francisco), a new firm, 

 issue a catalogue and price list of Belting, Packing, Hose, Mold- 

 ed Rubber Goods and General Mill Supplies, of which they carry 

 in stock lines from leading manufacturers, in addition to special 

 packings made in their own factory. [5" x 754"- 127 pages.] 



Lewis P. Ross (Rochester, New York), issues an illustrated 

 net price catalogue, for 1908-og, of rubber footwear, including 

 the Goodj'ear Glove and other leading manufacturers' brands, 

 and several special brands which the house of Ross has made 

 popular, [s" X 8". 44 pages.] 



The 1908-09 Catalogue of The Ohio Rubber Co. (Cleveland 

 and Cincinnati) bears the title "Buckeye Brand" Waterproof 

 Clothing, and like its predecessors is interesting and attractive. 

 [.SJs" X754". 24 pages.] It is accompanied by a Net Price List 

 for dealers. 



ALSO RECEIVED. 



A. J. Reach Co., Philadelphia. = Fall and Winter Sports. 1908-09. 32 

 pages. 



Barrett Manufacturing Co., New York. = Tarvia, the Dust Layer. 24 

 pages. 



The Perkins-Campbell Co., Cincinnati. = The Famous Twentieth Century 

 Tire Protectors for Automobiles. 16 pages. 



Frank Mossburg Co., .\ttleboro, Massachusetts. = Metal Reels and Spools. 

 24 pages. 



Queen City Supply Co., Cincinnati = Supplies [rubber and other; for 

 machinists, mills, etc.] 16 pages. 



The Wire and Telephone Co. of America, Rome, New York = Copper 

 History (as told in prices). 4 pages. 



The Western Specialty Manufacturing Co., New York = "The Little 

 Wonder" Syringe and Hot Water Bag combined. 12 pages. 



The Eastern Coupling Co., Camden, Maine = The Anderson Coupler. 

 20 pages. Catalogue No. 2. 31 pages. 



Parker Brothers, Inc., Salcm and New Y'ork=:Tbe Story of Diabolo. 

 1 2 pages. 



The Western Specialty Manufacturing Co., New York = "The Little 

 Wonder" Syringe and Hot Water Bag combined. 14 pages. 



The Fisk Rubber Co., Chicopee Falls, Massachusetts. = A Word to the 

 Wise. [A Few Words of Advice on the Care and Repair of Tires.] 

 20 pages. 



