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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[December 1, 1916. 



Vol. 55 



DECEMBER I. 1916 



No. 3 



TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



Editorials: Pages. 



A Rubber Symposium • 125 



The Advance of the American Chemical Industry. .125-126 



Guayule in the Southwest 126 



Twenty MiUion Tires for 1917 126 



The British Chew Gum 126 



Minor Editorial 126 



Proceedings of the "Rubber Section" — Continued 127-130 



Portraits of W. C. Geer, C. R. Boggs, D.W. Whipple. 



Heating Apparatus for Extractors Illustrated 130 



Chemistry: 



What the Rubber Chemists Are Doing 131 



Methods of Analysis Illustrated 131 



Chemical Patents ^^^"l^o 



Laboratory Apparatus Illustrated 132 



Guayule Cultivation in the United States. .Illustrated 133-135 

 Plantation Rubber in Cochin China— III. .Illustrated 136-138 



Foreign Import Duties on Boots and Shoes 139-140 



Foreign Import Duties on Rubber Tires 140-141 



Machines and AppUances, New Illustrated 142-144 



Single Strand Testing Machines. "Hurricane" Fire- 

 proof Automatic Dryer. Eastman Electric Cloth 

 Cutter. Sturtevant Dust Grinder. Vulcanizer Re- 

 cording Thermometer. Portable Electric Tire Pump. 

 Portable Foot-Power Sewing Machine. 



Machinery Patents Illustrated 144-145 



Banbury Masticator. Pneumatic Tire Buildmg Ma- 

 chine. Rubber Dust Grinding Machine. Machine for 

 Molding and Vulcanizing Hollow Rubber Articles. 

 Other Machinery Patents. 



Process Patent 145 



Eliminating Porosity in Rubber Soles. Other Proc- 

 ess Patents. 



Miscellaneous Patent Illustrated 145 



A French Studded-Tread Tire. 



New Goods and Specialties Illustrated 146-148 



Johnson's Heel Protector. Non-Breakable Bathing 

 Cap. "Safety First" Hand Signal. Beeching's 

 Moistener. All Rubber Tobacco Pouch. New Den- 

 tal Rubber. Loretta Last, "Straight-Line" Rubber. 

 Rouden Ice Bags. Hughes" Ideal Waterproof" Hair- 

 brush. "Boodle Bag" with Elastic Bands. Sponge 

 Rubber Corn Shield. Suction Sink Stopper. "Good- 

 all Semi-Metallic" Hose. Motorcyclists' Clothing. 

 Fountain Pen with Snap Lock Lever. "Made in 

 America" Toys. 



Editor's Book Table 149-150 



"The Stability of Vulcanized Rubber and the Optimum 

 Cure." "The Function of Litharge in the Vulcaniza- 

 tion of Rubber." "Exporting to Latin America." 

 "Para Rubber Planting in Malaya." "The Motor- 

 ist's Handbook on Vulcanizing and Care of Tires." 



New Trade Publications 150 



Inquiries and Trade Opportunities 150 



Interesting Letters from Our Readers 151-152 



Judicial Decision 152 



Obituary Record 153 



I. B. Markey (Portrait). F. S. Silliman (Portrait). 

 Philip Braender (Portrait). 



Rubber Cargo of the "Deutschland" 154 



Rubber Club Announcements 154 



American Rubber Trade — News Notes and Personals. 155-161 



Rubber Company Share Quotations 155 



Rubber Company Dividends 155 



F. E. Partridge Portrait and Sketch 157 



New Incorporations 160-161 



Domestic Correspondence: 



Boston By Our Correspondent 162 



Akron By Our Correspondent — Illustrated 162-163 



Rhode Island By Our Correspondent 164 



Trenton By Our Correspondent 164 



Foreign Rubber News: 



Great Britain By Our Correspondent 165-166 



Some Foreign Trade Notes 166 



Germany By Our Correspondent 166-167 



Russia ..By a Special Correspondent — Illustrated 167-168 

 Japan By Our Correspondent 168-169 



Planting Notes, Rubber 169-170 



Malaya By Our Correspondent 169 



Patents Relating to Rubber 171-172 



United States, Canada, United Kingdom, French 

 Republic. 



Trade Marks 172-173 



United States, Canada, United Kingdom, France, New 

 Zealand. 

 Designs Illustrated 173 



Markets: 



Crude Rubber 174 



Market Cables 174 



Singapore Rubber Auctions 175 



Rubber Scrap 183 



Cotton and Other Fabrics.... 184 



Chemicals and Ingredients 185 



Statistics: 



Brazil, Rubber Exports from Para and Manaos Dur- 

 ing September, 1916 176 



Canada, Rubber Statistics for Five Months Ending 



August. 1916 181-182 



Ceylon, Rubber Exports and Imports 175 



Federated Malay States, Rubber Exports 17S 



France, Rubber Statistics 178 



Italy, Rubber Statistics for Seven Months, Including 



July, 1916 182-183 



Malaya, Rubber Exports 175 



Straits Settlements, Rubber Exports 175 



United Kingdom Rubber Statistics 180-181 



British Crude Rubber Statistics 181 



Singapore, Rubber Imports and Exports 175-176 



United States, Custom House Statistics 178 



New York Arrivals of Crude Rubber 176-177 



Imports and Exports of Crude and Manufactured 



Rubber 179 



Rubber Statistics for Eight Months Ending 



August, 1916 180 



Quarter Ending June 30, 1916 ,. 180 



Seattle, Arrivals of Crude Rubber 178 



