THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



IXoVE.MBKK 1, 191: 



COTTON CLOTH EXPORTS. 

 By order of the Board of Trade, new restrictions which will 

 chiefly atTect Lancashire will shortly come into efTect, a commit- 

 tee of the Manchester Chamber of Commerce being now engaged 

 in arranging the details. With regard to cloths unsuitable for 

 air craft purposes, a Chainbcr of Commerce certificate will suffice 

 in case of export, while for cloth suitable for air craft purposes, 

 application for export must be made to the War Trade depart- 

 ment in London. The tests to discriminate between the two 

 sorts are count weight and ratio of strength to weight. 



RUBBER MILL EMPLOYEES .\T THE FRONT. 

 The rolls of honor of employees serving with the forces ex- 

 hibited at most of our rubber works continue to grow in volume 

 with the prolongation of hostilities. That at Charles Macintosh & 

 Co.'s works now contains over 600 names. Regular collections 

 have been made in their works for the various war funds, in 

 every case the sum collected being supplemented by an equal 

 sum subscribed by the company. 



THE SIRDAR TIRE & RUBBER CO. 

 I may add to the notice I recently gave about the resuscitation 

 of this Bradford-on-Avon company that the capital is held by the 

 Avon Rubber Co., Limited, which runs it as a separate branch 

 of its own business, in this respect following the procedure of 

 an eminent firm in the north of England. The works are fully 

 equipped with up-to-date machinery and have been kept in opera- 

 tion since the time the old company got into financial difficulties. 



MORE FIRES. 



An outbreak of fire, fortunately not of a serious nature, oc- 

 curred on September 23 at the waterprooling works of T. Mandle- 

 berg & Co., Limited, Manchester. 



Another fire of a more disastrous character broke out on 

 October 1 at the works of J. E. Baxter & Co., Limited, which 

 closely adjoin the Leyland & Birmingham Co.'s works at Ley- 

 land. The latter company's brigade worked hard both to subdue 

 the outbreak and to prevent its extension to their own premises, 

 a matter in which they were successful. The damage done on 

 the scene of the fire was considerable, the cause being attributed 

 to vapors from a spreading-machine catching fire. 



VARIED ACTIVITIES OF THE FRENCH MICHELIN TIRE CO. 



Since the war broke out in Europe tlie Michelin Tire Co.. of 

 Clermont-Ferrand, France, which is one of the largest tire man- 

 ufacturing concerns in Europe, has been producing 6,000 pneu- 

 matic automobile tires per day. A great proportion of these 

 tires are of the steel-studded leather-tread type which is very 

 popular in Continental Europe, where almost every car is 

 equipped with at least one rear tire of this type. The Michelin 

 company does not manufacture solid rubber tires, but has an 

 important valve manufacturing department which is now pro- 

 ducing 8,000 fuses and 500 high explosive shells per day, and a 

 wheel manufacturing department now engaged in manufacturing 

 artillery wheels for the army. 



ETABLISSEMENTS HUTCHINSON. 



At the annual shareholders' meeting of the Etablissements 

 Hutchinson, which was held recently in Paris, France, it was 

 stated that the company's profits for the fiscal year 1914-1915 

 amounted to 2,446,152.65 francs ($472,107) as compared with 

 2,353,188.72 francs ($454,165) in the preceding year, showing an 

 increase of $17,942. The president of the company, Mr. Georges 

 Lelievre, stated that in spite of the many difficulties the present 

 year promised to be very satisfactory. 



It will be remembered that the Etablissements Hutchinson is 

 an important rubber manufacturing concern which was estab- 

 lished in France in 1853 by Hiram Hutchinson, an American. 



MR. MANDERS APPOINTED PRESS MANAGER. 



■pWR Rubber Grower;.- Association, ..f I.,,n,U,n, has appointed 

 ■* A. Staines Manders as its press manager, and a better selec- 

 tion could not have been made in all England. Getting the press 

 to devote its valuable space to commercial topics is an art. 

 It is altogether a legitimate art, for the press is always glad to 

 print what will appeal to its readers, even th<iugh it may advance 

 the interests of 

 some particular in- 

 dustry, and Mr. 

 Manders has the 

 gift as few men 

 possess it of bring- 

 ing to the atten- 

 tion of the press 

 the most interest- 

 ing features con- 

 nected with the 

 rubber industry. 



It will probably 

 be r e m e m 1) e r - 

 ed that when he 

 arrived in New 

 York some months 

 previous to the 

 rubber show, held 

 in that city in 1912. 

 to finish the prep- 

 arations necessa- 

 ry for that event, 

 he was interviewed 

 regarding his mis- 

 sion by the reporters of the New York papers. He gave them 

 much valuable information regarding the rubber exposition that 

 was to be. but one particular statement which he made, namely, 

 that scientific analysis had shown that the dust of the city streets 

 — through attrition of tires, heels and horse shoe pads — was 12 

 per cent, rubber, struck the reporters as something distinctly new, 

 and as a result of that interview a great deal of space in the 

 American press, including both city and rural papers, was given 

 to the discussion of this new idea. It was discussed from its 

 economic and sanitary standpoints, and in this way a great deal 

 of public attention was directed towards the coming rubber show, 

 which was of course what Mr. Manders wanted to accomplish. 

 Mr. Manders has organized and managed four international 

 rubber expositions — three in London and one in New York — 

 the success of which depended upon the amount of publicity the 

 daily press of the two cities was willing to give these enterprises ; 

 and the amount of space which they received was ample proof 

 that Mr. Manders knew just how to prepare his press matter so 

 that it would pass the editorial test. 



The Rubber Growers' Association, of London, represents the 

 important planting interest of the East, which has already reached 

 vast proportions and will soon be one of the great industries of 

 the world. With Mr. Manders as the press manager of this 

 Association the Eastern planters need never fear that their light 

 will be hid under a bushel. 



IMPORTS OF RUBBER GOODS INTO BRITISH SOUTH AFRICA. 



Statistics of imports of rubber goods into British South 

 Africa are given under two headings only — conveying hose 

 and rubber and gutta percha. 



During 1914 the imports of conveying hose amounted to 

 $95,120, as compared with $108,974 for the previous year, 

 showing a decrease of $13,854. Imports of rubber and gutta 

 percha, specifically, amounted to $116,479 and $118,140 in 1914 

 and in 1913 respectively, showing a decrease of $1,661 in 1914. 



