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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[May 1, 1917. 



value as found by tlii> ruK, and not as wearing apparel not 

 specially provided for (par. 261). 



Paragraph 256. Clothing, ready-made, and articles of wearing 

 apparel of every description, composed of cotton or other vege- 

 table fiber, or of which cotton or other vegetable fiber is the 

 component material of chief value, or of cotton or other vege- 

 table fiber and india rubber, made up or manufactured, wholly 

 or in part, * * * and not otherwise specially provided for 

 in this section, 30 per centum ad valorem ; * * *. 



Paragraph 266. All articles made from cotton cloth, whether 

 finished or unfinished, and all manufactures of cotton or of which 

 ■cotton is tlie component material of chief value, not specially 

 provided for in this section, 30 per centum ad valorem. 



Paragraph 291. Clothing, ready-made, and articles of wearing 

 -apparel of every description * * * made up or nianufacturea 

 wholly or in part, and not specially provided for in this section, 

 composed wlioUy or in chief value of wool, 35 per centum ad 

 valorem. 



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Rubber-faced card cloth, reported by the appraiser to be in 

 chief value of cotton and classified at 30 per cent ad valorem, 

 was protested by Ashworth Bros., Boston, Massachusetts. 

 It was found that rubber is the component material of chief 

 value in the card cloth here in question and therefore dutiable 

 as manufactures of rubber at 10 per cent. [No. 40,712. Be- 

 fore Board 2, March 23, 1917.] 



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Sheldon & Co. v. The United States. The chicle late.x hav- 

 ing been drawn from the tree and coagulated by artificial heat 

 into hard chunks in Mexico, shipped to Canada and there ground 

 and dried, the grinding and drying bearing no relation to trans-, 

 portation and being a process in the manufacture of chewing gum 

 known commercially as desiccated chicle, is dutiable at 20 cents 

 per pound. [United States Court of Customs Appeals, April 2, 

 1917.] 



TKADE-MAEK DECISIONS. 



President Suspender Co. v. Macwilliam. The facts in the 

 "President" suspender case are as follows : The defendant reg- 

 istered a trade-mark for suspenders and shortly thereafter 

 patented certain features of the particular article to which this 

 mark was applied. After the grant of the patent the plaintiff 

 was given an exclusive license to manufacture and sell the sus- 

 penders during the life of the patent. Upon the expiration of the 

 patent the defendant commenced to use the mark and the plaintiff 

 ■brought suit in the district court. The decision was in favor 

 of the plaintiff and the defendant appealed to the circuit court 

 which, affirmed the decision of the lower court. 



From this decision it follows that a patentee who gives an 

 exclusive license to another to manufacture and sell a patented 

 article for the life . of the patent, and who at the same time 

 transfers the good-will of the business to the licensee, does not 

 retain any trade-mark rights of which he can avail himself either 

 during the life of the patent or on its expiration. [U. S. Trade- 

 Mark Bulletin, March, 1917.] 



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The Miller Rubber Co. v. Behrend & Rothschild. .\ manu- 

 facturer of toy balloons, who owned a design patent on a toy 

 balloon made in imitation of a watermelon, has failed in an 

 attempt to restrain -a manufacturer from marketing a similar 

 balloon. The court held that the design patent was void, and 

 that no one was entitled to the monopoly of a toy balloon made in 

 imitation of a watermelon. [U. S. Trade-Mark Bulletin, March, 

 1917.] 



A Canadian manufacturer of rubber heels having reduced the 

 terms of discounts, the Toronto Shoe Repairers' .Association is 

 asking for a reconsideration and requests IS per cent discount on 

 all orders of a half gross or more. 



THE EHMAN RUBBER CO. 



A mom; the progressive rubber manufacturing plants of the 

 ^* middle west is the Ehman Rubber Co., of Twenty-seventh 

 and La Salle Streets, Chicago, Illinois. This company, which is 

 being operated along up-to-date lines, is turning out tires and 



Plant of the Ehman Tire & Rubber Co. 



mechanical goods of standard quality. The plant, under its 

 present management, has been appreciably extended and plans 

 have already been made for large additions. The new equipment 

 includes up-to-date machinery and devices which contribute so 

 largely to the successful operation of the factory. 



A. E. Ehman, president and general' manager, has demon- 

 strated by tlic prompt introduction nf available men and methods 



EiiMAX Exhibit .\i tiie Rothschild Accessory Show. 



that he is an efficiency man in the best acceptance of the term. 



The Ehman tire, it is claimed, has already achieved an excellent 

 reputation and is being extensively popularized through an 

 aggressive campaign now in operation by its makers. 



.'\t the Rothschild Accessory Show held in Chicago, the Ehman 

 exhibit attracted many visitors. The actual operations necessary 

 in the construction of a pneumatic tire were here shown by an 

 experienced demonstrator, who built up a complete tire on the 

 core, ready for vulcanization. 



"Rubber Machinery," Mr. Pearson's newest book, filled with 

 valuable information for rubber manufacturers, is now ready for 

 mailing. Price, $6. 



