THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[December 1, 1915. 



NEW TRADE PUBLICATIONS. 



DRUGGISTS' SUNDRIES CATALOG IN ENGLISH. SPANISH AND 

 PORTUGUESE. 



A COMPREHENSIVE catalog of druggists' sundries and sur- 

 gical rubber goods, bearing their registered trade-mark, 

 ".Mplia," is published by Parker, Stearns & Co., Brooklyn, New 

 York. A complete assortment of the goods manufactured by this 

 company, including syringes, water-bottles, atomizers, nursing 

 bottles and nipples, operating room goods, etc., are presented 

 in their proper colors. The catalog and inde.x consists of 

 152 pages, bound in heavy paper covers, em- 

 bossed with a design showing seriiiguciros en- 

 gaged in tapping rubber trees, and is printed 

 in English, Spanish and Portuguese. 



THE PICHER LEAD CO. 



"Protective Coatings for Structural Metals" 

 is the title of a timely booklet issued by the 

 Picher Lead Co., of Chicago, Joplin, and 

 \ew York. 



Xo one will contradict the statement made 

 in this brochure that "The necessity of con- 

 serving the enormous quantities of iron and 

 steel used nowadays in structural work of all 

 sorts has brought architects and engineers to 

 a very serious consideration of the causes of 

 corrosion or o.xidation of structural metals 

 and the means of protecting them." 



The booklet also enumerates the points of 

 excellence desired in a metal-protecting paint, 

 which are briefly color, opacity, firmness, 

 toughness, durability, cheapness, and high 

 basicity. 



Sublimed lead pigments, by test, have all of these points when 

 compared with other commercially available pigments, and of 

 these is specially urged sublimed blue lead. 



CATALOG OF •■PHILKOB" PACKING AND RUBBER GOODS. 



A catalog of packing and other mechanical rubber goods 

 illustrates in 56 pages the goods sold by the publisher, P. W. 

 Koebig, 116 Broad street. New York, under his trade-mark 

 "Philkob." It plainly states, in connection with each packing, 

 the materials from which it is manufactured and the uses for 

 which it is adapted, as well as sizes, weights, prices, etc. The 

 foreign buyer will find the weights and dimensions of standard 

 packages, in metric as well as ordinary figures, an important aid. 



THE NORTH BRITISH RUBBER CO., LIMITED. 



The North British Rubber Co.'s catalogs arc always interesting, 

 and their latest, "North British Sand Shoes and Tennis Shoes" 

 and "North British Linen-Finish Waterproof Collars, Cufifs and 

 Fronts," are no exception. Speaking of shoes, their' 1916 styles 

 will remain much as for the past season. The company lay 

 stress upon the fact that the shape and finish are all that could be 

 desired. Particular attention is directed to their khaki-colored 

 shoe. Another specialty is the special grooved soling to get over 

 the trouble of breakage. The grooves do not run directly across 

 the sole, but, instead, are at somewhat of an angle, which quite 

 obviates the difficulty previously experienced. 



In the matter of linen-finish waterproof collars, cuffs, and 

 fronts, pleasing varieties of shapes and styles are illustrated. 

 All are made either with plain or metal buttonholes, the latter 

 measurably lengthening the serviceable life of the different ar- 

 ticles. 



The company announces that the serious advances in the prices 

 of raw materials have necessitated higher prices for these manu- 

 factured articles, and made it wiser to confine output only to the 

 finer products. Therefore, certain previous grades will not be 



uied, and only that quality 

 will be produced. 



lich the company calls "The 



RUBBER ROUTES FROM THE FAR EAST. 



VV7 ITH the Panama Canal blocked by landslides and the pos- 

 ''' sibility that the Suez Canal may any day be closed to 

 facilitate the passage of troops, American manufacturers are be- 

 coming apprehensive in regard to the supply of plantation rubber. 

 There are really no grounds for such apprehension, as the 



Iap of Rubber Routes 



THE Far East. 



accompanying map and the following figures will show. Singa- 

 pore, a prominent rubber shipping port, is nearer to New York 

 via the Cape of Good Hope than it is to London by some 1,200 

 miles. The difference in the distance from Singapore to New 

 York by way of Panama and the Cape is very small and is in 

 favor of the latter route ; from Singapore to New York via 

 Panama is 12,522 miles, via the Cape of Good Hope, 12,409 miles, 

 or 113 miles less; to London, via the Cape of Good Hope, is 

 13,600 miles, a difference of nearly 1,000 miles in favor of New 

 York ; while London is 14,000 miles from Singapore by way of 

 Panama, 1,478 miles further than New Y'ork by the same route. 



There is still another route, already tested with satisfactory 

 results, by which communication with Singapore could be estab- 

 lished. From Singapore to Vancouver, British Columbia, is but 

 7,034 miles, to San Francisco 7,352, and both of these ports have 

 direct rail connection with New York and the Eastern States. 



That rubber shippers are beginning to recognize the importance 

 of these figures is shown in the latest receipts of plantation 

 rubber. Six months ago, in May of the current year, to be 

 exact, we received at the port of New York 4.344 tons of planta- 

 tion rubber, of which 1,260 tons came directly from Singapore 

 and Colombo and 3,084 tons from Liverpool and London. For 

 the month of September, of the current year, our receipts of 

 plantation rubber at New York amounted to 5.019 tons, of which 

 3,349 tons was shipped directly from Singapore and Colombo, the 

 balance, 1.670 tons, coming by way of London or Liverpool. 



From the above figures it does not look as though the closing of 

 both the canal routes would seriously interfere with our receipts 

 of plantation rubber. In fact, the American importer appears 

 to have adapted himself in advance to the possibilities of the 

 situation. 



J. Spencer Turner Co., 86 Worth street. New York, is doubling 

 the capacity of its duck mills, which are expected to turn out the 

 increased product by January 1, 1916. 



