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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



(January 1, 1917. 



superinteiKk-iu ami electrician. Including as it does the seem- 

 ingly infinite nuniher and variety of devices and equipment manu- 

 factured by this great and rapidly growing lirm, this 1,500-page 

 large octavo volume, bound in boards, is at once a descriptive 

 catalog and a price-list. Rubber parts are conspicuous in the 

 construction of much electrical equipment and, as shown by the 

 index, electricians fmd frequent use for such rubber goods as 

 boots, casings, gloves, matting, rings, rods, sheets, tubing, vul- 

 canizing rubber and cements. 



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The Lenz Apparatus Co., New York City, formerly Lenz & 

 Xaumann, Inc., has issued a large, well-illustrated, cloth-bound 

 catalog of general laboratory appa'-atus and supplies that merits 

 a place in the reference library of every industrial chemist. Its 

 499 pages include virtually everything in laboratory equipment 

 and the work is prefaced by 15 pages of general chemical in- 

 formation, chiefly tabular matter. Over 6,000 articles are listed, 

 most of them being illustrated and bearing serial numbers for 

 ready reference to the description and price. 



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A special catalog and price list of hose has been issued liy the 

 Peerless Rubber Manufacturing Co., New York City, manu- 

 facturer of mechanical rubber goods for all purposes. Profusely 

 illustrated, artistically arranged and well printed, its 48 pages 

 emphasize the highly specialized business hose manufacture has 

 become, with many sizes, weights and types of construction for 

 varied needs. Several fabric and wire as well as rubber coverings 

 are shown as well as metal-lined suction hose. The line also 

 includes couplings, nozzles and rubber tubing. 



J. H. Stedman Co., scrap rubber nurchant^ .Soutli Braintrec, 

 Massachusetts. 



E. M. & l\ Waldo, colors for ruI)lKr compounding. New York 

 City. 



Charles E. Wood, broker in crude ruljlier, lialata, gutta percha 

 and kindred products. New York City. 



Davol Ruliber Co., manufacturer of druggists', surgeons', den- 

 tists' and stationers' sundries, Providence, Rhode Island. 



Monatiquot Rubber Works Co., reclaimer of waste rubber, 

 South P.raiiUree, .Massachusetts. 



HOLIDAY GREETINGS. 



THK arrival of ijiany attractive and useful articles of infuiite 

 variety from friends desirous to express kindly re- 

 membrance renews the spirit of the holiday season and reminds 

 us agreeably of the arrival of the year 1917. P'or these holiday 

 greetings which are enumerated below we express our sincere 

 thanks, and take this opportunity to wish the rubber trade 

 collectively and individually a prosperous New Year. And may 

 this coming twelvemonth see the establishment of a lasting con- 

 cord among the nations which will permanently insure the 

 brotherhood of man. 



SOUVENIRS AND NOVELTIES. 



George F. Lufbury, Jr., manufacturer of chemicals, Elizabeth, 

 New Jersey, has sent another of his unique calendars so valuable 

 for reference in every office. Each sheet carries three months, 

 the current month being centrally located in bold face type, and 

 the previous and coming month being respectively above and 

 below in outline type. 



John Royle & Sons, Paterson, New Jersey, are distriliuting 

 their ever-w^elcome leather-bound, vest-pocket diary with the 

 usual tabular matter and memoranduiu pages in addition to the 

 daily spaces. Motorists will welcome the tire mileage record 

 page, and with foreign atTairs uppermost in every mind it was a 

 ha|)py thought to insert the many colored maps of the world. 



CARDS AND CALENDARS. 



J. W. Coulston & Co., importers and manufacturers of dry 

 paints and colors, New York City. 



J. H. Day Co., rubber mixers, Cincinnati, Ohio. 



Edward B. Fulper, importer and manufacturer of minerals, 

 acids and chemicals, Trenton, New Jersey. 



Holmes Bros., rubber molds and special machinery, Chicago, 

 Illinois. 



L. J. Mutty Co., rubber cloths anil tul)ing, Boston. Massa- 

 chusetts. 



New Jersey Rubber Co.. dealer in all kinds of reclaimed rub- 

 ber, Lambertville, New Jersey. 



RUBBER FOOTWEAR PRICES. 



A S has been the custom for many years (with a single ex- 

 ception), the manufacturers of ruliber footwear will an- 

 nounce their jirices, terms and discounts for the coming year 

 on January 1. The plan usually is to time the mailing of the 

 information so it will reach the wholesalers simultaneously in 

 every part of the country. The manufacturers are unwilling to 

 give out any information regarding this matter in advance, and 

 TiiF. Inmiia KnuiF.R WiiRLn is unable, therefore, to print any offi- 

 cial news on this subject in this issue. 



There is no doubt, however, that prices w-ill lie materially ad- 

 vanced. Those in efl'ect up to December 31, 1916, were prac- 

 tically tlie same as tliose made March 1, 1915, though the price 

 lists of January 1, 1916, showed advances of five cents or less. 



The rubber boot and shoe situation at the present time 

 is peculiar. This business is dependent almost entirely on 

 climatic conditions. If the winter be mild, retail and whole- 

 sale dealers will .generally cai ry over sizable stocks to the fol- 

 lowing season. Should there 1)C considerable snowfall, naturally 

 the stocks will be sold out. When there are several early snow 

 storms, the chances are for a much heavier consumption of foot- 

 wear during the season, for people who start wearing rubbers 

 early, are likely to need a second pair before the winter is over. 



Last winter was a mild one, and in February or March, stocks 

 01 rubbers were large, but late severe storms so affected the trade 

 that stocks were depicted, and almost no rubbers were carried 

 over. This resulted in tlie placing of heavier advance orders 

 than usual, and many of the manufacturers found their factory 

 capacity sold very early in the summer. The demand for help in 

 the munition factories resulted in a drain on the working forces 

 in the rubber factories, and secondarily in labor troubles. The 

 consequence has been that the manufacturers, foreseeing that all 

 orders could not be filled, adopted the plan of distributing their 

 output proportionately. In this way most of the wholesalers have 

 received 80 or 90 per cent, of their orders. By tlie terms of their 

 contracts with some of the manufacturing companies, the unfilled 

 portions of their orders are automatically cancelled at the conclu- 

 sion of the contract period, namely December 31, unless specifical- 

 ly renewed at the new prices. 



Regarding the 1917 price lists, there is this much to be said. 

 Brazilian rubber prices are about 15 per cent liigher than they 

 were when the 1916 prices were made, while plantations are 

 practically the same. But everything else entering into the manu- 

 facture has advanced, some as much as 100 or 200 per cent. 

 Chemicals and compounding ingredients show such advances. 

 Cotton fabrics are SO to 60 per cent, higher, and labor costs 

 10 to 20 per cent. more. Taking these into consideration, the 

 manufacturers would seem justified in making a material ad- 

 vance in tlieir prices, and they will undoulitedly do so. 



ICE BAGS RULED MAUUFACIURES OF COTTON. 



■ Judge Cooper, New York City, has sustained the Board of 

 Appraisers in classifying ice bags of cotton and rubber, imported 

 by Knauth, Nachod & Kuhne, as manufactures of cotton assess- 

 able at 30 per cent, the importers having claimed 15 per cent 

 duty as manufactures of India rubber or gutta percha commonly 

 known as druggists' sundries. 



