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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[January 1, 1917. 



Vol. 55 



JANUARY I. 1917 



No. 4 



TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



Editorials; Pages. 



The Rubber Symposium Postponed 187 



Electric Power in the Rubber Industry 187 



The American Rubber Industry After the War 187 



Rubber and an American Merchant Marine 188 



Cotton and the 1917 Tire Fabric Demand 188 



The Year 1916 in Review 189 



A Brief Review of the Organic Accelerators 190-192 



Heavy American Exports Due Chiefly to the War 192 



Products Derived from Coal Used in Rubber Manufac- 

 ture, Diagram of the 192 



Late Developments of Electrical Drives in Rubber 



Mills By William il. Eastoii— Illustrated 193-194 



Foreign Import Duties on Rubber Sponges 194 



Chemistry: 



What the Rubber Chemists .\re Doing 195-197 



Chemical Patents 197 



Laboratory Apparatus 197 



Machines and Appliances, New Illustrated 198-200 



The Scott Autographic Testing Machine. The Squires 

 Bathing Cap Machine. The Fawcus Flexible Coup- 

 ling. The Lummus Caustic Soda Dissolver. Inner 

 Tubes Made on Glass Poles and Water Cured. The 

 Barco Flexible Joint. The Squires Bucket-Type 

 Steam Trap. 



Machinery Patents Illustrated 200-201 



The Stevens Bias Cutter Take-up. Machine for Mak- 

 ing Storage Battery Jars. Roll .Adjustment Indicator 

 for Mills. Storage Battery Jar Molding Machine. 

 Other Machinery Patents. 



Process Patents Illustrated 202 



Elastic Fabric and Process for Its Manufacture. 

 Other Process Patents. 



Miscellaneous Patents 202 



A Sectional Rim. Internal Tire Pump. 



New Goods and Specialties Illustrated 203-204 



Stamp Pad with Molded Rubber Base. Sweet's 

 Colon Bath. All-Weather Treads in Soles. The 

 "Camp-Mobile." Rubber-Coated Elastic Fabric. 

 ".\Uinone" Combination Hot Water and Ice Bag. 

 North British Products. Wind-Shield Curtain for 

 Ford Cars. "Klingerit" Type Compressed Asbestos 

 Sheet Packing. "Buckle-On" Blow-Out Patch. 



British Motorcycle Belts Illustrated 205 



Editor's Book Table 206-207 



"Plantation Rubber Section, Trade Supplement, 'The 

 Times,' London." "Elements of Industrial Chem- 

 istry." "Tropical Agriculture." "Cotton Facts." 

 "Advertising by Motion Pictures." "Spanish-Amer- 

 ican Directory and Bu3'ers' Guide in the United 

 States." "Annual Report of the Secretary of the 

 Navy for the Fiscal Year 1916." "Annual Report of 

 the Paymaster General of the Navy for the Fiscal 

 Year 1916." "Canadian Trade Index." "Statistics of 

 Manufacturers, Commonwealth of Massachusetts." 



New Trade Publications 207 



Holiday Greetings 208 



Rubber Footwear Prices 208 



Interesting Letters from Our Readers 209 



Obituary Record 210-211 



H. A. Gould. J. H. Flint (Portrait). F. D. Hotch- 

 kiss. A. C. Woodward. G. Agnew. H. Binns. J. Q. 



Bcnntlt, 



Rubber Club Annual Banquet and Meeting 211 



Improved Packing of Plantation Rubber 211-212 



Inquiries and Trade Opportunities 212 



American Rubber Trade — News Notes and Personals. 213-221 



II. Stuart Hotchkiss Portrait and Sketch 213 



Rubber Company Share Quotations 213 



Rubber Company Dividends 213 



M. M. Converse Portrait and Sketch 214 



J. A. Wade Portrait and Sketch 215 



New Incorporations 219 



Judicial Decisions 215 



Arthur Jackson Wills at Work Portrait 217 



Tires: 



Tire Prices May Be .\dvanced 218 



A Three-Section Automobile Tire Illustrated 218 



.■\sbestos for Tire Fabric 218 



Automobile Accessory Week 218 



Domestic Correspondence: 



Akron By (Jur Correspondent — Illustrated 222-223 



Boston By Our Correspondent 223-224 



Rhode Island By Our Correspondent 224-225 



Trenton By Our Correspondent 225 



Foreign Rubber News: 



Great Britain By a Special Correspondent 226-227 



France By Our Correspondent 227-228 



Spain By a Special Correspondent 228-229 



Japan By a Special Correspondent 229-230 



Balata Industry in Dutch Guiana, The 230 



Planting Notes, Rubber 231 



Patents Relating to Rubber 232-233 



L'nited .States, Canada. United Kingdom, French Re- 

 public. 



Trade Marks 233-234 



United Stales. Canada, United Kingdom. France, New 

 Zealand. 



Designs Illustrated 234 



Markets : 



Crude Rubber 235 



Market Cables 236 



Singapore Rubber Auctions 236 



Rubber Scrap 243 



Cotton and Other Fabrics 244 



Chemicals and Ingredients 244-245 



Statistics : 



Brazil, Rubber Exports from Para and Manaos Dur- 

 ing November, 1916 239 



Canada, Rubber Statistics for September, 1916 241-242 



Ceylon, Rubber Exports and Imports 236 



Federated Malay States, Rubber Exports 236 



Italy, Rubber Statistics for August, 1916 242 



Malaya. Rubber Exports 236 



Straits Settlements, Rubber Exports 236 



Singapore, Rubber Imports and Exports 236-237 



United Kingdom Rubber Statistics 242 



London and Liverpool Rubber Statistics 243 



United States, Custom House Statistics 239 



New York Arrivals of Crude Rubber 237-238 



Imports and Exports of Crude and Manufactured 



Rubber 240 



Rubber Statistics for September. 1916 241 



Seattle, Arrivals of Crude Rubber 238-239 



