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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



I October 1, 191() 



THE EDITOR'S BOOK TABLE. 



SIERRA LEON!': ITS PEOrLE. IRODUCTS AND SECRET SOCIE- 

 tics. By II. Osir.in Ncwlaml, E. R. Hist. S., F. I. I). IJolin Bale, Sons 

 & Daniclsson. I.iinitcd. I-ondun, EnKland. 16mo, ilUistrnted, 240 pages. 

 Price Ts. 6,/.] 



THIS book is more than a guide book, for while it contains 

 a large amount of information regarding Sierra Leone, it 

 is also a personal narrative of the author's experiences during 

 his travels in that country, which licing told in a somewhat 

 chatty way, imparts much of this information in a most enter- 

 taining style. One chapter is devoted to life on a rubber planta- 

 tion, and as the author is director of the Peneiro Rubber Estates. 

 Limited, he speaks from e.xperience and with authority. Accord- 

 ing to the book, the estate visited covers about 3,500 acres, about 

 18 miles out, on the railroad which runs from Freetown into 

 the interior. Hcvca rubber has been planted, while Manihot or 

 Ceara rubber trees were growing wild — the result of former 

 plantings — when the present company took possession. Mr. New- 

 land mentions also the Castilloa and the Funtumia elastica, ex- 

 plaining the comparative values of these as rubber producers, 

 showing the way in which the latex is secured from the dififcrcnt 

 varieties, and giving various hints valuable for prospective 

 planters in equatorial .Africa. 



A postscript consisting of nmre than 4tl pages, is con- 

 tributed by H. Hamel Smith, editor of "Tropical Life," this 

 being devoted mainly to practical planting notes for Sierra 

 Leone and West Africa. Regarding the cultivation of the 

 Hcvca Brasilicnsis he says, "Trees that have been planted are 

 too young at present for me to be able to say definitely whether 

 they will prove a commercial success. AW I can say is that 

 they are growing well." \n Mr. Smith's postscript are directions 

 for the laying out of an estate ; an article on moisture con- 

 servation, and directicns for cultivating cacao and ground nuts. 

 This is followed by an appendix giving some laws for the 

 guidance of traders. The publishers state that if there is suffi- 

 cient demand, the book will be issued annually, or biennially, 

 with amendments and additions to date, as the "Sierra Leone 

 Year Book," and with it. a Who's Who section. 



IMPORTER'S DIRECTORY OF THE NETHERL.\NDS EAST INDIES. 

 Published by the Division of Industry and Commerce of the Depart- 

 ment of ARriculture, Industry and Commerce, Buitenzorg, Java. [4to, 

 98 pages. Paper bound.] 



It certainly shows that the Dutch Government in the East 

 Indies appreciates the value of publicity to increase foreign 

 trade, when it publishes a directory in English to furnish in- 

 formation to merchants and manufacturers who wish to open 

 trade relations with the local tradesmen. The book is a valuable 

 one, inasmuch as it gives, in well arranged and classified form, 

 the names and addresses of mercantile houses in Borneo, 

 Sumatra, Java, Celebes and the smaller islands of the Dutch East 

 Indies. The rubber trade, of course, is well represented. 



NEW TRADE PUBLICATIONS. 



ON the cover of a 48-page vest pocket booklet issued Ijy the 

 Dominion Rubljer System, the alliterative caption "Foot 

 Facts" and the Dominion seal stand out prominently in red and 

 white against a background printed to simulate leather. The 

 booklet contains practical information concerning care of the 

 feet and of rubber footwear, and the story of the discovery of 

 rubber and its uses, written in an entertaining, popular style with 

 humorous illustrations. There are various data regarding post- 

 age, population and other Canadian matters, tables of measure- 

 ment, a calendar for 1916 to 1918, etc., interspersed with which 

 are advertisements of Dominion rubber footwear, while a nutriber 

 of blank pages afford space for personal mcirioranda. 



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.\ little advertising card, which includes a lilank for using 

 as a post-card in ordering, is sent out liy the M & M Manu- 



facturing Co., .'Vkron, Ohio, to describe its inner tube splicers, 

 showing the construction of these little accessories for the tire 

 repairer and llic nielhod of using them. 



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The Link-Belt Co., Chicago, Illinois, in its latest "Silent Chain 

 Bulletin," calls special attention to its casings for silent chain 

 drives, giving full description, with diagrams an<l photographs 

 of the casings themselves, and the means taken to render them 

 dust-tight, oil-tight and accident-proof, points of interest to 

 users of power transmission. 



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'I'lie B. !•". Goodrich Co., .\kron. Ohio,' is sending out a com- 

 pact little pani|)hlet entitled "Supporting the Chief," to call at- 

 tention to its various lines of fire hose, solid tires for fire 

 trucks, pneuiualic tires for fire chiefs' automobiles, and also 

 firemen's coats and "Hi-Press" footwear. The booklet is one 

 which will be appreciated by members of fire departments, not 

 only because of the reading matter, but also for the fine illus- 

 trations of fire apparatus and firemen in action. 



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No. 2 of "Extra Service," a little paper published monthly for 

 free distribution among employes of The Federal Rubber Co., 

 Cudahy, Wisconsin, has been received. It contains news and 

 gossip of the factory, pithy sayings and a large amount of bright 

 matter, interesting to its readers. 



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We are in receipt of the first issue of ".Miller Talk," a house 

 organ which the Miller Rubber Co., Akron, Ohio, intends to 

 publish monthly. This maiden number is an eight-page leaflet 

 printed on smooth-finished buff paper. The title page is adorned 

 with a picture of the Miller factory buildings and three broadly 

 smiling cartoon figures witli hands at ears, typifying the policy 

 of the paper announced further down the page as "A big ear for 

 all the gossip of the shop and a cheerful tongue to pass along 

 the best of it." It is a friendly, chatty little sheet concerning 

 the doings of Miller employes, with good illustrations, cartoons 

 and jokes. 



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The motor tire price list of Wood-Milne. Limited. Preston. 

 England, shows some handsome illustrations of new treads of 

 these well-known. English tires ; also a description and illustra- 

 tion of the Wood-Milne patent pump for inflating tires, a 

 small, compact machine weighing but a few pounds and con- 

 tained in a box about 5 by 12 inches. The book contains code 

 words for ordering and full price lists of all the various sizes of 

 tires, the .\merican sizes being listed separately for convenience. 

 A supplementary catalog gives a list of solid band tires made 

 by the same company. 



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Henley's Telegraph Works Co.. Limited, London, England, 

 has sent out a new price list of electric cables and wires, insulated 

 with vulcanized and unvulcanized india rubber. It is a compre- 

 hensive work of over 100 pages, giving full descriptions and speci- 

 fications of the many lines of cables, bell wires and flexible cords, 

 and jointing materials made by this concern. .\ description is 

 given of the Henley wiring system, the method of running electric 

 wires on the surfaces of walls, and other fii!atter of interest to 

 users of cables and electric conductors. 



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The India Rubber, Gutta Percha & Telegraph Works Co., 

 Limited. London, England, has sent out various price lists in 

 uniform size, that they may be secured in the convenient binder 

 furnished by this company. There have recently been received 

 from this concern individual price lists of mechanical and general 

 rubber goods ; rubber gloves, gauntlets and mitts ; matting :• vul- 

 canized fiber ; waterproof fabrics ; confectionery molds ;■ balata 

 belting and cycle tires. Each of these is well printed, and in 



