June 1, 1917.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



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AUSTRALIA, 



21,149. The Word Colonel — All kinds of stationery, erasers included. St. 

 Mungo Manufacturing Co., Limited, Glasgow, Scotland. 



NEW ZEALANB. 



13,442. A design comprising the name and address of the manufacturer 

 and the date 1891 — goloshes, cloth shoes having rubber soles, 

 and snow boots. Helsingborgs Gummifabriks Aktiebolag, of 

 Furntorpsgatan, Block Xos. 1-2-14-15-16-17 Helsingborg, Sweden. 



13,522. A continuous red band constituting the tread portion of a gray 

 rubber tire — rubber tires. The Fisk Rubber Co., New York, 

 Chicopee Falls, Massachusetts, U. S. A. 



13,740. The word Colonel — erasers. St. Mungo Manufacturing Co., 

 Limited, 185-191 Broomloan Road. Glasgow, Scotland. 



DESIGNSTOR TIRES. 



THE UNITED STATES. 



50,567. Non-skid tread. Term 14 years. J. D. Kline, assignor of one-half 



to C. .\. Barnholth — both of Akron, Ohio. 

 50,644. Tread for an automobile tire. Term 14 years. H. S. Blynt, Bing- 



hamton, N. Y. 

 50,655. Tread for rubber tires. Term 314 years. G. P. Herrick, New 



York City. 



LA BELLE MINERAL RUBBER. 



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50,567 



50.644 



50.655 



50,673 



50,681 



50,769 



50,673. Tire tread. Term 7 years. S. S. Adams, Lafayette, Tenn. 

 50,681. Tire tread. Teim 14 years. J. S. Broughton, assignor to United 



& Globe Rubber Manufacturing Cos. — both of Trenton, N. J. 

 50,769. Tread for automobile tires. Term 14 years. E. Von Vargyas, 



Washington, D. C, assignor of sixty one-hundredths to J. J. 



Vavora, Binghamton, N. Y. 



DESIGNS. 



THE UNITED STATES. 

 50,652. Rubber ball. Term 14 years. R. C. Eddy, Milwaukee, Wis. 

 50,702. Reducing brassieres. M. Perillat, assignor to Ovida Co.. Inc. — 

 both of New York City. 



RUBBER REPLACING LEATHER IN BELTING. 



' I 'HE present high cost of leather suitable for belting is prov- 

 •*■ ing most advantageous for manufacturers of rubber belting. 

 A comparison of net cost per foot in Canada, given by J. M. S. 

 Carroll, sales manager of the Canadian Consolidated Rubber 

 Co., Limited, is quoted here : 



Net Cost Per Foot. 



, • , 



Leather. Rubber. 



12-inch Double $3.44 $1.92 



12-inch Single 1.72 1.45 



8-inch Double 2.28 1.14 



8-inch Single 1.14 .65 



4-inch Double 1.14 .51 



4-inch Single 57 .34 



Mr. Carroll predicts tliat leather prices will not drop to ante- 

 bellum quotations for a long time and meanwhile a golden oppor- 

 tunity is presented for greatly increasing the sales of rubber 

 belting. 



WHY NOT NAME THE COMPANY? 



«I E CAOUTCHOUC & LA GUTTA-PERCHA" claims that 

 ■•— ' Germans have established in the United States a big fac- 

 tory for those rubber specialties so largely supplied by Germany 

 before the war. It seems that these goods are sent to Paris, where 

 agents, generally naturalized French or British subjects, but of 

 Austrian and German birth, distribute them throughout France 

 and the neutral countries, whence they usually find their way 

 into Gerinany. 



The journal declares that these proceedings should be stopped 

 by prohibiting the importation of rubber manufactures, adding 

 that the home industry is fully capable of supplying not only 

 France but also the neighboring neutral countries. 



After having encouraged Frenchmen to take up the new in- 

 dustry, it would be a piece of bitter irony on the part of the 

 Government to allow Germans, acting as American or Swiss 

 firins, to oust them through successful competition. 



IT will be recalled by some in the rubber trade that some years 

 ■^ ago a gentleman in the Middle West named La Belle an- 

 nounced that by means of certain treatment he was able to com- 

 pound and vulcanize mineral rubber ("Elaterite," "Tabbyite," 

 "Gilsonite," etc.) so that it showed a high degree of resilience, 

 and this without the addition of any vegetable rubber. Mr. La 

 Belle, who was an educated man of high standing, died without 

 making arrangements with anyone to utilize his discovery. He, 

 however, left all of his formulas in the hands of his widow who 

 has lately made up some pounds of his compounds. 



Of course, if "Elaterite" could be given resilience it would be 

 of great value to the whole trade. That Mr. La Belle succeeded 

 in adding this desirable quality, and that he did not add a par- 

 ticle of vegetable rubber, nor indeed have any in his laboratory, 

 Mrs. La Belle is absolutely convinced. Mrs. La Belle has handed 

 The Indi.\ Rubber World samples compounded for vulcanization, 

 and in the event that the results coincide with those attained by 

 the inventor, the rubber trade will be duly notified. 



THE WEBB BILL TO PROMOTE EXPORT TRADE. 



A matter of but little less importance as a commercial pre- 

 paredness measure than securing an immediate and adequate 

 supply of raw materials, including rubber, at fair prices is that 

 of solving the problems which will beset export trade from this 

 country following the war. This can be accomplished by pass- 

 age of the Webb bill at the present extraordinary session of 

 Congress. As reintroduced in the House of Representatives and 

 favorably reported from the judiciary committee, this bill would 

 bring unfair methods of competition in export trade within the 

 jurisdiction of the Federal Trade Commission with power to 

 investigate the existence of agreements, understandings or con- 

 spiracies to enhance prices artificially or intentionally and unduly, 

 and to make recommendations for readjustment to the firms in- 

 volved or to the Attorney General of the United States for 

 action should the undesirable practices continue. All export 

 firms would be required to file an annual statement of organiza- 

 tion, business, conduct, practices, management, and relation to 

 other associations, corporations, partnerships and individuals. 



THE LYONS FAIR, 1917. 



The Lyons Fair, held from March 18 to April 1 under the 

 patronage of the French Government and with the support of 

 40 chambers of commerce, was a great success. This year 2,526 

 exhibitors were accommodated in 2,320 stands, as compared with 

 1,342 exhibitors in 912 stands at the fair of 1916. The nations 

 represented in their numerical order were France, Switzerland, 

 Italy, England, America, Portugal, Spain, Holland, Russia, Bel- 

 gium, Japan, China and Sweden. There was a total of 99 

 exhibitors of automobiles, cycles, carriages and tires, 36 exhibi- 

 tors of engineering sundries, belting, solder, gearing, fire ex- 

 tinguishing apparatus and the like, and 48 exhibitors of foot- 

 wear. Whereas only two American firms were represented in 

 1916, 25 exhibited this year, and in the stand rented by the 

 United States Consulate numerous catalogs of American manu- 

 facturers were on view with satisfactory results. 



AMERICAN RUBBER GOODS IN AUSTRALIA. 



Imports of American rubber goods in Australia show a great 

 increase. For 1915-16 the total imports of rubber articles 

 amounted to £940,000, of which more than half— i48O,O0O— 

 came from the United States. 



Rubber exports from the Congo Free State amounted to 

 2,311,300 pounds in the first six months of 1916. 



