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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[May 1, 1917. 



Vol. 56 



MAY 1, 1917 



No. 2 



TABLE or CONTENTS. 



Editorials: Pages. 



Rubber in National Defense 439 



Making American Citizens in Rubber Factories. .. .439-440 



An Association for Better Legislation 440 



Gumshoe Marmalade in Germany 440 



The Indispensability of Rubber in Warfare 441-442 



The President's Call to Industry 442 



Preparedness Activities in the Trade 442 



Kelp Might Provide a Rubber Plastic Illustrated 443-444 



Making Seamless and Transparent Rubber Goods 



Illustrated 445-446 



Power Losses in Pneumatic Tires Diagram 447-448 



S. A. E. Has a New Meaning 448 



Trade Acceptances for the Rubber Goods Dealer 



By R. R. Voorhees— Illustrated 449 



Financing an Industrial Village 



By John Barnard, Architect— Illustrated 450 



Chemistry: 



What the Rubber Chemists Me Doing 4S1-4S3 



Method of Analysis 453 



Chemical Patents 453 



I.aljoratory Apparatus Illustrated 453 



Machines and Appliances, New Illustrated 454-456 



Rubber Solution Machine and .Asbestos Composition 

 Mixer. Autornatic Caustic Soda Dissolver. Ma- 

 chine for Cutting Beads, Belting and Packing. Mo- 

 ment .Adjustable Composition Sole Cramp. \ew 

 Alloy for Rubber Molds. Seven-Platen Bead Press. 

 New Era Braider. 



Machinery Patents Illustrated 455 



Machine for Removing Dipped Goods from Forms. 

 .Automatic Mixing Mill. Other Machinery Patents. 



Process Patents Illustrated 456-457 



Reclaiming Rubber from Leather Treads. Washing 

 and Sheeting Different Qualities of Crude Rubber. 

 Other Process Patents. 



Miscellaneous Patents Illustrated 457 



Applying Tread Covers to Tire Carcasses. French 

 Pneumatic Cushion Saddle for Bicycles and Motor- 

 cycles. Narrow Elastic Webbing. 



New Goods and Specialties Illustrated 458-460 



Bathing Cap Novelties. Fxoller .Skate with Rubber- 

 Cushions. Rubber Cushion Heel with an Arch Sup- 

 port. Kangaroo Reversible Heel. Shampoo Chair 

 and Basin with Rubber Pad. Rubber Fabric Water 

 Bags for the Army. "Caroline" Erasers. Rubber 

 Heel with Replaceable Plugs. Elastic Auto-Body 

 Supporter. Toy Balloon with Wire Holder and 

 Hooked-Down Valve. Hard Rubber Pencil Holder. 

 The Weilaphone. Life Preserver Flashlight .Attach- 

 ment. Non-Skid Rubber Heel and Fil)er Sole. Im- 

 proved Fire Hose Cabinet. 



Explosion of a Horizontal Vulcanizer Illustrated 460 



Editor's Book Table 461-462 



"A German-English Dictionary for Chemists." "Uni- 

 fied Accounting Methods for Industrials." "The 

 Danish West Indies, Their Resources and Commer- 

 cial Importance," "Commercial Travelers in Latin 

 America." "Standard Methods of Chemical Analy- 

 sis." "Purchasing, Its Economic .Aspects and Proper 

 Methods." "Chemical Engineering Catalog." ".An- 

 nual Report of the Industrial Commission, 1915." 

 "O -Acre de Hoje e de Amanha." 



New Trade Publications 462 



Interesting Letters from Our Readers 463 



Decisions, Judicial, Customs, and Trade Mark 463-464 



Obituary Record 465 



E. M. Muiidy. J. E. Tourtellotte. W. Volz. A. O. 

 llulroyd. E. E. Cox. L. E. English (Portrait). 

 S. Gould. 



Rubber Manufacturing Processes in Show Windows 



Illustrated 466 



American Rubber Trade — News Notes and Personals 467-474 



Kuliher .Share Quotations 467 



Rul)ber Company Dividends 467 



John W. Maguire Portrait and Sketch 468 



Talmon Henry Rieder Portrait and Sketch 470 



New Incorporations 471-472 



Thomas L. Robinson Pi>rtrait and Sketch 472 



Proceedings of The Rubber Association of America, 



Inc 469 



Decline of Rubber in Photography ■ 473 



Domestic Correspondence: 



.Akron By Our Correspondent — Illustrated 474-475 



Boston By Our Correspondent 475-476 



Trenton By Our Correspondent 476-477 



Rhode Island By Our Correspondent 477 



Foreign Rubber News: 



Great Britain. .By Our Correspondent — Illustrated 478-479 



Holland By a Special Correspondent 479 



European Rubber Notes 480 



Hankow, China 



By Edwin S. Cunningham, Consul Genera! 480 

 Japan By a Special Correspondent 481-482 



Tapping Methods 482 



A Novel Tapping Knife and Latex Spout Illustrated 482 



Planting Notes, Rubber 483 



Patents Relating to Rubber 484-485 



L^nited States. United Kingdom. Canada. France. 

 -Australia. 



Trade-Marks 485-486 



United States. L'nited Kingdom. Canada. Italy. 

 -Australia. 



Designs Illustrated 486 



Inquiries and Trade Opportunities 486 



Markets: 



Crude Rubber 487-488 



Market Cables 488 



Singapore Rubber Auctions 488 



Rubber Scrap 501 



Cotton and Other Fabrics ' 501-502 



Chemicals and Ingredients 502-503 



Statistics :. 



Brazil, Para and Manaos Exports 497 



Statistics for 1910-1914 498 



Canada, Rubber Statistics for Deceinber, 1916 499 



Ceylon, Rubber Exports and Imports 489 



Cotton Crop Movement 502 



Federated Malay States, Rubber Exports 488 



France, Rubber Imports at Bordeaux 501 



Italy, Rubber Statistics 499-500 



Java, Rubber Exports 489 



Malaya, Rubber Exports 488 



Straits Settlements, Rubber E.xports 489 



Singapore, Rubber Imports and Exports 488 



Switzerland Statistics for Insulated Cables 500 



United Kingdom Rubber Statistics 489 



London and Liverpool Rubber Statistics 500 



United States, Custom House Statistics 491 



New York Arrivals of Crude Rubber 489-490 



Imports and Exports of Crude and Manufactured 



Rubber. March, 1917 491 



Rubber Statistics for February. 1917 491 



Fiscal Year Ending June 30 492-496 



Quarter Ending September, 1-916 497 



San Francisco .Arrivals of Crude Rubber 491 



Seattle Arrivals of Crude Rubber 490 



