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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[March 1, 1917. 



Vol. 55 



MARCH 1. 1917 



No. 6 



TABLE or CONTENTS. 



Editorials: Pages. 



Rubber and Submarine Warfare 315 



Saving and Recovering Solvents 316 



The Housing of Employes 316 



British Rubber Associations 316 



The Nature and Uses of Rubber Solvents — I 



By L. E. Weber 317-318 



Long-Staple American Cotton by Irrigation 



Illustrated 319-321 



Long-Staple Cotton in 1915-16 321 



Klingerit Steam Packing, The Manufacture of 



Illustrated 322-323 



New Uses of Sponge Rubber 323 



Tire Fillers and Puncture Fluids Illustrated 324 



Chemistry: 



What the Rubber Chemists Are Doing 325 



Methods of Analysis 325 



Methods of Test 325-327 



Chemical Patents 327 



Laboratory Apparatus Illustrated 327-328 



Control of Factory Operations 328 



Scleroscope and Ball Rebound Chart 328 



Machines and Appliances, New Illustrated 329-331 



Automatic Strength and Elasticity Tester. Large 

 Magnetic Clutch Installation. Grundy Flexible In- 

 sulated Coupling. Motor-Driven Variable Speed 

 Drive. Newaygo Mechanical Screen. Wolf Vacuum 

 Steam Dryer. Making Weather-strips. 



Machinery Patents Illustrated 331-333 



Internal Pressure Tire Vulcanizing Mold. Improved 

 Hose Wrapping Machine. Griffith Mechanical 

 Stitcher. Self-Contained Internal Pressure Tire 

 Core. Tire Core with Non-metallic .'\nnular Pads. 

 Gray's Vulcanizing Press. Other Machinery Patents. 



Process Patents Illustrated 333 



Novel Tire Fabric Construction. French Process for 

 Reclaiming Both Rubber and Fabric. Other Process 

 Patents. 



New Goods and Specialties Illustrated 334-336 



Bathing Caps for the Coming Season. "No-Man" 

 Top for Automobiles. Barefoot Sandal with Rubber 

 Sole. Raincoat for 1917, "Stik-Tite" Back Curtain 

 Window. "Flossy" Dental Floss Holder. Vibratory 

 Massage Outfit and Phonograph Motor with Sponge 

 Rubber. "B. B. Stylo" Fountain Pen. Fishing 

 Brogues and Sand Shoes. Life-Preserving Outfit. 

 Anti-Draft Shield and .Vuto Bucket. Rain Vision 

 Truck Shield. "Rubber Milk" Sponges. Life Pre- 

 server for .'Xdult and Child. Hamilton Multometer. 



Editor's Book Table 337 



"Export Trade Directory." "Commercial Woods of 

 the Philippines: Their Preparation and L^ses," "In- 

 dustrial and Social Importance of Forestry in China." 

 "Fatigue Study." "Motor Trucks of America." 



New Trade Publications 337-338 



Calendars and Souvenirs 338 



Inquiries and Trade Opportunities 338 



Obituary Record 339-340 



Capt. R. S. Satterlee (Portrait^ II. Rcimers (Por- 

 trait). S. Wright. L. Hoflf. W. M. Salisbury. J. K. 

 Stewart. F. C. Blanchard. W. B. Fittz. 



Judicial Decisions 340 



Daylight Saving 340 



Interesting Letters from Our Readers 341 



Housing the Connecticut Mills Employes Illustrated 342 



American Rubber Trade — News Notes and Personals 343-351 



Ruljber I''irnis Pledge Gijxcrnnu-nt Support 344 



Edw. A. Barrier Portrait and Sketch 345 



Rubber Company Dividends 345 



Rubber Share Quotations 345 



Richard A. Leigh Portrait and Sketch 346 



New Incorporations 347 



First Pan-American Aeronautical Exposition 351 



Aeronautic Manufacturers' Association 351 



Domestic Correspondence: 



Boston By Our Correspondent 352-353 



.Akron By Our Correspondent 353-354 



Rhode Island By Our Correspondent 354 



Trenton By Our Correspondent 354 



Tires: 



Tire Price Advances Justified 350 



Tires Carry More Than Steel Rails 355 



Scale for Weighing Tire Casings Illustrated 355 



Portable Tube Vulcanizers Illustrated 355 



Keystone .Adjustable Blow-out Patch Illustrated 355 



Foreign Rubber News: 



Great Britain By a Special Correspondent 356-357 



Germany By Our Correspondent — Illustrated 357-358 



Planting Notes, Rubber 358 



Patents Relating to Rubber 359-360 



United States. United Kingdom. New Zealand. 

 Prance. Canada. 



Designs 360 



Trade Marks 361 



United States. United Kingdom. New Zealand. 

 Canada. 



Markets: 



Crude Rubber Chart 362-363 



Market Cables 363 



Singapore Rubber Auctions 363 



Rubber Scrap 371 



Cotton and Other Fabrics ilX-ilZ 



Chemicals and Ingredients 372-373 



Statistics: 



Brazil, Rubber Exports from Para and Manaos 369 



Canada, Rubber Statistics for November, 1916 370 



Ceylon, Rubber Exports and Imports 364 



Federated Malay States, Rubber Exports 363 



Malaya, Rubber Exports 363 



Straits Settlements, Rubber Exports 364 



Singapore, Rubber Imports and Exports 364 



United Kingdom Rubber Statistics 371 



London and Liverpool Rubber Statistics 370 



United States, Custom House Statistics 367 



New York .Arrivals of Crude Rubber 365-366 



Imports and E.xports of Crude and Manufactured 



Rubber 368 ' 



Rubber Statistics , for 1915 and 1916 367 



Seattle Arrivals of Crude Rubber 366-367 



