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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[February 1, 1917. 



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Vol. 55 



FEBRUARY 1. 1917 



No. 5 



TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



Editorials: Pages. 



The Rubber Association of America 247 



Rubber Tariffs of the Future 247 



The Rubber Industry and Conservation of Natural 



Resources 247-248 



A Monument to the Inventor of the Pneumatic Tire. . . 248 

 Minor Editorials 248 



Rubber Club's Seventeenth Annual Banquet. .Illustration 



of Banquet and Portraits of Speakers 249-253 



Members and Guests Present 253-255 



Rubber Club's Annual Meeting. .Portraits of Officers 

 and Directors 256-260 



American Competition in Tires Resented 260 



Automobile Shows, New York 261-263 



S. A. E. Annual Meeting and Banquet 263 



Motor and Accessory Manufacturers' Annual Meeting... 263 



First Pan-American Aeronautic Exposition 263 



Chemistry: 



What the Rubber Chemists Are Doing 264-265 



Methods of .Analysis 265-266 



Chemical Patents 266 



Laboratory .Apparatus Illustrated 266 



Machines and Appliances, New Illustrated 267-269 



Rubber Mill Steam Turbine. New Three-Way De- 

 livery Head Straining Machine. Hand and Power 

 Brushes for Rubber Workers. Anderson Float-Type 

 Steam Trap. Motor-Driven Test-Piece Grinder. Tire 

 Mold and Core Cleaning Machines. 



Machinery Patents Illustrated 269-271 



Overflow Trimming Machine. Machine for Vulcan- 

 izing Hose in Continuous Lengths. Horizontal Press 

 Vulcanizer. Tube Making Machine. Safety Guard 

 for Washers and Mills. Machine for Molding Hol- 

 low Rubber Articles. Other Machinery Patents. 



Process Patents Illustrated 271 



Miller Cord Tire. Molding Fountain Pen Barrels. 

 Archer Cord Tire. Other Process Patents. 



Miscellaneous Patents Illustrated 271 



French Pneumatic Wheel. 



New Goods and Specialties Illustrated 272-274 



Pineau's Cape Cod Pneumatic Life Saving Belt. 

 Crepe Rubber Flowers. Tire Repair Preparations. 

 Pape "Theraphone" Receiver Earpiece. Moisture- 

 Proof .'\ttachment Plugs. Balanced Whip Golf Club. 

 Hard Rubber Submarine Jars. Floor Treads and 

 Motor-Car Covers. Combination Dash and Trouble 

 Larnp. Marshall's Lineman's Slioe. Perkins' Spark 

 Plug Tester. Pneumatic Security Bolt. A Pneumatic 

 Wheel. "New Giant" Single-Tread Solid Tire. Rub- 

 ber in the Flotation Process. 



Editor's Book Table 275 



"The Chemistry and Technology of Paints." "The 

 India Rubber, Gutta-Percha and Electrical Diary and 

 Year Book, 1917" "Gasoline and How to Use It." 

 "The Maintenance of Health in the Tropics." 



New Trade Publications 275-276 



Calendars and Souvenirs 276 



Interesting Letters from Our Readers 277 



Obituary Record 278 



J. M. Miller (Portrait). C. O. Benton. F. R. Lyman. 

 J. F. Bates 



Judicial Decisions 278 



Inquiries and Trade Opportunities 280 



American Rubber Trade — News Notes and Personals 279-285 



Rubber Company Dividends 282 



Rubber Share Quotations 282 



New Incorporations 282 



Tire Price Advance 285 



United States Rubber Co.'s Refinancing Plan 286 



Rubber Footwear Prices 286 



Domestic Correspondence: 



Boston By Our Correspondent — Illustrated 287-288 



Akron By Our Correspondent 288-289 



Rhode Island By Our Correspondent 289-290 



Trenton By Our Correspondent 290 



Foreign Rubber News: 



Great Britain By a Special Correspondent 291 



Scandinavia .By Our Correspondent 291-292 



Japan By a Special Correspondent 292-293 



Siani's Imports of Rubber Goods 293 



Planting Notes, Rubber 294-295 



Malaya By Our Correspondent 295-296 



Dutch Guiana, Fighting the Leaf Disease in 297 



Patents Relating to Rubber 298-299 



LTnited States. United Kingdom, French Republic. 



Trade Marks 299-300 



United States. Ignited Kingdom, French Republic. 



Designs Illustrated 300 



Future Rubber Position 300 



Markets: 



Crude Rubber During 1916 Chart 301 



London View During 1916 Chart 301-303 



Summary of New York Prices for 1916 303 



During the Past Month 304-305 



Market Cables 305 



Singapore Rubber Auctions .' 305' 



Rubber Scrap 312 



Cotton and Other Fabrics , 311-312 



Chemicals and Ingredients 312-313 



Statistics: 



Brazil. Rubber Exports from Para and Manaos During 



December, 1916 303 



Canada Rubber Statistics for October, 1916 310 



Ceylon, Rubber Exports and Imports 305 



Cotton Crop Movement 312 



Federated Malay States, Rubber Exports 303 



Italy, Rubber Statistics for September, 1916 311 



Malaya, Rubber Exports 30S 



Straits Settlements, Rubber Exports 30S 



Singapore, Rubber Imports and Exports 305-306 



United Kingdom Rubber Statistics 303 



London and Liverpool Rubber Statistics 306 



United States, Custom House Statistics 30S 



New York Arrivals of Crude Rubber 307-308 



Imports and Exports of Crude and Manufactured 



Rubber 309 



Rubber Statistics for November, 1916 310 



Seattle, Arrivals of Crude Rubber 308 



