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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[April 1, 1917. 



Vol. 56 



APRIL 1. 1917 



No. 1 



TABLE or CONTENTS. 



Editorials: Pages. 



America on the Seas 375 



Railway Service Must Be Maintained 375-376 



Th« Egyptian Cotton Embargo 376 



Penalizing Carelessness 376 



F. M. S. Rubber Export Tax 376 



The Motorization of the Circus 376 



Nature and Uses of Rubber Solvents — II 



By Lothar E. Weber, Ph.D. 377-378 



Egyptian Cotton in Arizona by Irrigation 



Illustrated 378-381 



Sea Island Cotton 381 



Manufacture of Jar Rings Illustrated 382-384 



Waste Material Dealers' Meet 384 



Rubber Nomenclature, A. S. T. M 384 



Klingerit Steam Packing, The Composition of 385 



Rubber in Plastic Cements 385 



Port Sunlight, A Model Industrial Village 



By John Barnard, Architect— Illustrated 386 



Chemistry: 



What the Rubber Chemists Are Doing 387-388 



Chemical Patents 388 



Laboratory Apparatus Illustrated 389 



Methods of Test 389-390 



Experiments on the Removal of Combined Sulphur 

 from Regenerated Rubber By D. Repony 390 



Machines and Appliances, New Illustrated 391-393 



Chapman Neutralizer. T. & W. Tire Wrapping 

 Machine. Wills Carton Erecting and Filling Ma- 

 chine. Tungar Rectifier for Garages and Service 

 Stations. New Electrical Pump Unit. Fabric Inspec- 

 tion Machine. Fisher Reducing Valve or Pressure 

 Regulator. 



Machinery Patents Illustrated 393-395 



Hunter Dry Kiln. Kremer's Tire Building Machme. 

 Footwear Rolling Machine. Baker Solvent Recov- 

 ery Apparatus. Other Machinery Patents. 



Process Patents Illustrated 395 



Making Cord Tire Fabric. Other Process Patents. 



Miscellaneous Patents Illustrated 395 



Thropp Pneumatic Cushion Tire. A French Punc- 

 ture-Proof Tire. 



New Goods and Specialties Illustrated 396-398 



Fiber Sole with Molded Lift. Kossuth Dater with 

 Solid Rubber Band. Public Notice on a Rubber Mat! 

 "Tyrian" First-Aid Tourniquet. Pneumatic Cushion 

 Heel. AU-Weather Sleeping Bag. Laced Military 

 Rubber Boot and "Tenax" Sole. Prodium Truck 

 Tires. All-Rubber "Hydro" Suit. Rubber Pork Bait. 

 Rubber Eye Cup. Rubber Tubing for Wound Irriga- 

 tion. .\viator's Hood. "Pneumastic" Tire Filler. 



Rubber Price Advances SmaU, 1914-1916 398 



Judicial Decisions 399 



Editor's Book Table 400-401 



"Year Book of the Ceylon Agricultural Society." 

 "Mededeelingen van den Ryksvoorlichtingsdienst 

 Ten behoeve van den Rubberhandel in de Rubberni- 

 jverheid te Delft." "Manufacturing Costs and Ac- 

 counts." "Physical and Chemical Properties of 

 Gasolines Sold Throughout the United States During 

 the Calendar Year 1915." "Handbook of Chemistry 

 and Physics. Fifth Edition." 



New Trade Publications 401 



Rubber Association of America, Inc 402 



Obituary Record 403 



F. W. Roebling (Portrait). Mrs. Margery S. Stewart. 

 W. D. Shattuck. G. Moss. 



Interesting Letters from Our Readers 404 



American Rubber Trade — News Notes and Personals 405-410 



Rubber Company Dividends 405 



Rubber Share Quotations 405 



New Incorporations 408 



H. L. McCIaren Portrait and Sketch 410 



Inquiries and Trade Opportunities 406 



Fisk Rubber Co., Report of 410 



United States Rubber Co., Annual Report 411-412 



Domestic Correspondence: 



Akron By Our Correspondent 413-414 



Boston By Our Correspondent 414-415 



Rhode Island By Our Correspondent 415-416 



Trenton By Our Correspondent — Illustrated 416 



Foreign Rubber News: 



Great Britain By Our Correspondent 417-418 



Russia By a Special Correspondent 418-419 



European Notes 419 



Japan By Our Correspondent 419-420 



Brazil 420 



Planting Notes, Rubber 421-422 



Malaya and Java, The Situation in 422 



Patents Relating to Rubber 423-424 



United States. United Kingdom. Canada. France. 

 New Zealand. 



Designs 



United States. 



424 



Canada 



Trade Marks 424-425 



United States. United Kingdom. Canada. France. 

 Australia. Spain. New Zealand. 



Markets: 



Crude Rubber 426 



Market Cables 427 



Singapore Rubber Auctions 427 



Rubber Scrap 435 



Cotton and Other Fabrics.' 435-436 



Chemicals and Ingredients 436-437 



Statistics: 



Canada, Rubber Statistics for December, 1916 433 



Ceylon, Rubber Exports and Imports 431-432 



Cotton Crop Movement 436 



Federated Malay States, Rubber Exports 431 



Italy, Rubber Statistics 433-434 



Java, Rubber Exports 432 



Malaya, Rubber Exports 431 



Straits Settlements, Rubber Exports 432 



Singapore, Rubber . Imports and Exports 432 



L'nited Kingdom Rubber Statistics 434 



London and Liverpool Rubber Statistics 434-435 



United States. Custom House Statistics 429 



Monthly Importations for Six Years 431 



New York Arrivals of Crude Rubber 427-428 



Imports and Exports of Crude and Manufactured 



Rubber 430 



Rubber Statistics for January, 1917 429 



Seattle Arrivals of Crude Rubber 428-429 



