OcTOBtR 1, 1916.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



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most the various articles comprised are illustrated, these illus- 

 trations being mainly finely engraved half-tones, while many of 

 the lists contain matter descriptive of the manufacture, quality 

 and use of the articles. This company is also sending out small 

 pamphlet price lists of its various lines of automobile and truck- 

 tires. 



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A new semi-monthly journal entitled "Aviation and Aero- 

 nautical Engineering" is now being published by the Gardner, 

 Moffat Co., Inc., New York City. It is a handsomely illus- 

 trated and finely printed magazine, very largely devoted to the 

 theoretical, technical and mechanical problems of aeronautics, 

 and contains papers by well-known engineers in this compara- 

 tively new science. The technical editor is A. Klemin, .A.C.G.I., 

 B.Sc, S.M. ; the managing editor, Herbert M. Williams, B.S., 

 and the military editor, Philip J. Roosevelt. Undoubtedly this 

 journal will fill a special niche, and will find a clientele of its 

 own in the line of aviation. 



RUBBER TRADE INQUIRIES. 



'T'HE inquiries that folloiv have already been answered; never- 

 ^ theless they are of interest^ not only in showing the needs 

 of the trade, but because of the possibility that additional infor- 

 mation may be furnished by those who read them. The editor 

 is therefore glad to have those interested communicate urith him. 



[217.] Inquiry has been received for names of rubber brokers 

 with offices at San Francisco. California, or Seattle, Washington. 



[218.] The names of firms making tissue paper transfers for 

 marking inner tubes are requested. 



[219.] Manufacturers of inner tube skiving machines are 

 sought. 



[220.] Names of concerns specializing in the manufacture of 

 aluminum cups used in tapping rubber are requested. 



[221.] A request has been received for names of firms supply- 

 ing Dichlorethylene. 



[222.] We are in receipt of an inquiry for vulcanizing accel- 

 erators. 



[223.} A correspondent wishes to know where he can secure 

 cotton linters for use in rubber shoe soles, and the fluffy fibrous 

 waste that results from buffing automobile tires. 



[224.] A correspondent wishes to know where he can secure 

 a copy of "Dives' Plain Talks on Rubber." 



[225.] Addresses of concerns making ivory or celluloid parts 

 tor "pacifiers," also the gelatine or jelly filling, are requested. 



[226.] We have been asked who manufactures the Grieve 

 Inflatable Waistcoat. 



[227.] Addresses are requested of rubber companies making a 

 business of selling stock to manufacturers of automobile tires, 

 calendered and ready for use. 



TRADE OPPOKTUNITIES FHOM CONSULAR HEPOKTS. 



.\ rirm in the Netherlands desires to communicate with Amer- 

 ican manufacturers and exporters of fancy rubber articles. Re- 

 port No. 22,426. 



,\ business man from Spain, now in the United States, wishes 

 to enter into commercial relations with American manufacturers 

 of rubber goods. Report No. 22,458. 



DRAWBACK ALLOWANCES. 



The following are the amounts and names of concerns to which 

 the Treasury Department of the United States has paid draw- 

 back allowances on exported goods relating to rubber, manufac- 

 tured in whole or in part from goods previously imported into 

 this country: 



Cotton Waterproof Cloth : J. L. Multy Co.," $75.02; C. Stohns 

 Sons, Inc., $682.48; Blumenthal & Co., $794.68, due $72.17; Gar- 

 ner Print Works & Bleachery, due $96.67 ; Rigby Waterproofing 

 Co.. $2,885.05: Stowe & Woodward Co.. due $10.69. 



Wool W.\terproof Cloth : Commonwealth Manufacturing 

 Co., $1,093.40; Cravenette Co. of New York, $5,087.79; Einstein 

 Manufacturing Co., $4,063.61 ; Firth & Foster, $367.51 ; Lond.ju 

 Shrinking & Finishing Works, $28.07; Manhattan Manufactur- 

 ing Co., $318.94: Julius Kallman Co., $11.43; Bradford Dyeing 

 Association, $5.20; Kennedy & Britt, $214.14. 



JUDICIAL DECISIONS 



pvICKSON & CO., Limited, vs. Devitt. Messrs. Dickson & 

 '-^ Co., Limited, were the agents in London of the Third Mile 

 (Federated Malay States) Rubber Co., Limited, which had 

 bought rubber washing machinery in England to be shipped to 

 Singapore. On November 8, 1915, Messrs. Dickson instructed 

 the defendant to "insure, marine and war risks, machinery to 

 the value of £500 [$2,433] despatched for shipment to-day per 

 steamer 'Suwa Maru' or other steamers, London to Port Dickson. ' 

 The defendant effected an insurance on the machinery against 

 marine risks per "Suwa Maru" or steamers from London to Port 

 Dickson, but by some mistake only effected an insurance on the 

 machinery against war risks per "Suwa Maru." The machinery 

 was not taken by the "Suwa Maru," but on December 9 was 

 shipped in the "Yasaka Maru," which was torpedoed in the 

 Mediterranean Sea, and the goods were lost. The plaintiffs were 

 unable to recover on the policy against war risks because that 

 policy only insured the goods per the "Suwa Maru." They 

 therefore brought action against the insurance broker Devitt, 

 alleging that through his negligence and breach of duty they 

 had been unable to recover the loss of fSOO under the policy, and 

 they claimed that sum. 



The British Court held that a client was entitled to rely on a 

 broker carrying out his instructions to insure, and that the client 

 was not, as between himself and the broker, bound to see 

 whether those instructions had been carried out and to look at 

 the documents himself. If the policy had been in accordance 

 with their instructions the plaintiffs would have been covered. 

 but as it was not in accordance with those instructions they were 

 not covered, and, therefore, the loss must fall upon the de- 

 fendant. 



F,\BRic Fire Hose Co. v. Town of C.\ddo and Others. This 

 was an action for material furnished to a municipal corporation. 

 The Supreme Court of Oklahoma held that where a plaintiff sues 

 upon a claim against a municipality for material furnished, and 

 proves his contract and delivery of the material to the mimicipal- 

 ity, and that the debt therefor is due and unpaid, he makes a 

 prima facie case, and the burden of the proof is then upon the 

 municipality to establish that the debt was illegally contracted. 

 [The Pacific Reporter, Vol. 158, page 350.] 



Consolidated Rubber Tire Co. and Others v. Diamond Rub- 

 ber Co. OF New York. This case, relating to the Grant tire pat- 

 ent, was the subject of an article in The India Rubber World 

 for May, 1916. The Circuit Court of Appeals, in New York 

 City, held that where a defendant has deliberately and persistently 

 infringed a patent, even after its validity was established, any 

 doulits as to the amount of damages for which it is liable will be 

 resolved against it. That, in finding an established license fee 

 under a patent as a basis for computing damages for infringe- 

 ment, the law does not require that all license fees should have 

 been for exactly the same amount at all times. Approximately 

 $210,000 damages were awarded to the plaintiffs. {The Federal 

 Reporter, Vol. 2.^2, pages 475, 508.] 



A guarantee of 4,000 miles of service is now furnished with 

 "Tyrian" tires, manufactured by the Tyer Rubber Co., Andover. 

 Massachusetts, to.gcther with direct factory service to customers 

 located near the factory. This company invites automobilists to 

 visit the factory ^nd inspect the manufacture of these tires 



