THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[October 1, 1915. 



\'ol. 53. 



OCTOBER 1, 1915. 



No. 1. 



TABLE or CONTENTS. 



Editorials: Pages. 



"England's Dictatorship" i 



What a Mountain of Scrap the War Is Making! 2 



The Optimism of the Amazon 2 



Gutta Percha — Botany and Source — III 



Illustrated 3-6 

 Rubber's Service in Quarantine 



Illustrated 7-10 

 Chemistry: 



What the Riibber Oiemists Are Doing , 11-12 



Xatioiial Exposition of Cliemical Industries 



Illustrated 13 



Editor's Book Table 13 



New Trade Publications 14 



New Goods and Specialties 



Illustrated 15 

 "De Luxe" llubber Goods. Toy Balloons. Rubber Boot for 

 Severe Service. Goodrich Gasoline Hose. Elastic Fabric 

 as a Weight Reducer. "First Aid" Iodine Ampul. New 

 Grease Gun. A Few Raincoat Features. Among the Lat- 

 est Riding Habits. Raglan Raincoat. Six New Outing 

 Shoes. Cord Tires for Aeroplanes. Every Man His Own 

 Hair Trimmer. 



Rubber Trade Association of New York Adopts New Rules. 18-19 



Reminiscences— Early Experiences of Veteran Rubber Sup- 

 erintendent 19 



New Machines and Appliances 



Illustrated 20-22 

 Bias Cuttinsi Machine. Adamson's Tread Mold. Gardner 

 Valve Packing Grinder. Silent Chain Drive. Stitcher. 

 Hose Coupling. Other Inventions. 



Obituary Record 23-24 



A. G. Spalding (Portrait). M. T. Bailey (Portrait). E. G. 

 Eberhart, W. R. Pope, M. H. Gray and Mrs. C. H. Arnold. 



The Tire Trade— Notes of 



Illustrated 24 



The American Rubber Trade — News Notes and Personals. .25-30 



New Incorporations 26 



Jesse E. La Dow— Sketch with Portrait 27 



Trade Opportunities and Inquiries 30 



Domestic Special Correspondence: 



Boston Rubber Trade 



By Our Correspondent 31 

 Rhode Island Rubber Trade 



By Our Correspondent 32 

 Trenton Rubber Trade 



By Our Correspondent 33 

 Akron Rubber Trade 



By Our Correspondent 33 

 Foreign Rubber News: 



Great Britain, The India Rubber Trade in 



By Our Correspondent 35-36 



Europe, Some Rubber Interest in 36 



Germany, The Rubber Trade in , 



By Our Correspondent 37-38 



Rubber Planting Notes 40 



Brazil, Interesting Letters from 41 



Patents Relating to Rubber. ... .42-44 



[United States. United Kingdom. France. Germany. New Zealand.) 



Statistics: 



Brazil— Rubber Tiros Imported 44 



Chile— Imports of Rubberized Fabrics 44 



United Kingdom — Imports and Exports of Crude and Manu- 

 factured Rubber 44 



United States — Imports and Exports of Crude and Manu- 



liietiiied Rubber 44 



Wasliiiii; liubber at the I'l.-iiil of the Knelling Trade Co. 



Illustrated 39 

 Markets: 



Crude Rubber 46-49 



Kuliber Scrap ' ' 50 



Cotton and Other Fabrics 50 



Chemicals and Compounding Ingredients 51 



SPAIK AS A MARKET FOR AKERICAN RUBBER TIRES. 



Spain can hardly boast the good roads that some other Euro- 

 pean countries have, nor is the general level of wealth in that 

 country particularly high, but at the same time a good many auto- 

 mobiles are used there and tlie number is constantly increasing. 

 And while hitherto tlie tires for these machines have been im- 

 ported from neighboring countries, the present difficulty in the 

 way of continuing these importations makes Spain rather an in- 

 viting field for the American manufacturer. The auto, tires 

 hitherto principally used in Spain have been the Michelin and 

 Le Gaulois, made in France, and the Prowodnik made in Russia. 

 In addition, the Klein tire, manufactured in Spain, and the only 

 tire of home manufacture, has been in considerable use. Some 

 American tires, principally Goodrich, have also been sold. The 

 preference for foreign tires is shown by the fact that the French, 

 Russian and American tires have all commanded a price from 

 10 to IS per cent, above that paid for the home-made brand. 



There is no prejudice whatever in Spain against American tires, 

 but it would be impossible for a manufacturer to get any foot- 

 hold in that country unless he established an agency or branch 

 ofifice in Barcelona — which is the national center for the automo- 

 bile trade — and then in addition had sub-agencies in several of 

 the larger cities which could draw their supplies from the Barce- 

 lona store. 



It would be necessary to have a selling force able to speak 

 Spanish, or, at the least, French, a language with which the 

 more pretentious business men are familiar. Then of course it 

 would be necessary to do more or less pioneer work in order to 

 make any headway against the brands already established in that 

 country. The European tire makers resort to considerable gen- 

 eral advertising, using the newspapers, bill-boards, theater cur- 

 tains and the other means of reaching the public generally which 

 are familiar to all large advertisers. 



The tire size most generally used is 815 x 105 millimeters, 

 corresponding closely to 32 x 4 inches. The Spanish tire, the 

 Klein, retails in this size at $26.40 for a plain casing, and $7.40 

 for an inner tube. Other sizes sell at proportionate prices. 



The Spanish customs duty on all pneumatic tires, including 

 automobile tires, is 2.70 pestas (52 cents) per kilogram of net 

 weight (2.2046 pounds). On solid tires, including tires for horse- 

 drawn vehicles, these duties are 1.20 pesetas (23 cents) per 

 kilogram of net weight. 



Carriage tires of rubber are also extensively used in Spain, 

 especially for such types of vehicles as broughams, Victorias, 

 landaus and dog-carts. 



AEROPLANES ARE IN DEMAND ABROAD, 

 During June and July of the present year Great Britain im- 

 ported from the United States aeroplanes valued at $765,544. 

 Italy imported aeroplanes worth $10,105, and Mexico imported 

 $3,535 worth of flying machines during the same period. 



