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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[June 1, 1917. 



WPff^ 



Vol. 56 



JUNE 1, 1917 



No. 3 



TABLE or CONTENTS. 



Editorials: P^g"- 



The Rubber Industry Before the Civil War and Now 505 



The Proposed Rubber War Taxes 506 



India Rubber Not Obsolete 506 



German Patents and the War 506 



Minor Editorial 5°^ 



The Rubber Industry Is "Doing Its Bit" 507-509 



Two Years in England in War Time. 



By Arthur E. Friswell 509-510 



Captain Buckleton Talks Portrait 510 



Italian Aircraft in the War Illustrated 511 



Trapping Dollars Illustrated 512-516 



Judicial Decisions ^^° 



Chemistry: 



What the Rubber Chemists .-\re Doinj; .il7-519 



Methods of Analysis 51^ 



Chemical Patents • ■ ■ ^^'^ 



Laboratory Apparatus Illustrated 519-520 



Rubber Hose for Use on Airplanes 520 



Turpentine and Rosin in Rubber Manufacture 520 



Machines and Appliances, New Illustrated 521-523 



Machine For Making Asbestos Sheet Packing. Rostern 

 Packless Swing Joint. Dings Magnetic Separator. Sani- 

 tary Water Cooler. Machinery For E.xpelling Oil from 

 Hc'vca Seeds. Pfyfifer's Resilient Wheel With Pneumatic 

 Hub. Carll Steef Tire Racks. 



Machinery Patents Illustrated 523-525 



Molding Electricians' Gloyes. Driying Clutch For Mill 

 Rolls. Rubber Shoe Varnishing Machine. Machine 

 For Winding Golf Ball Cores. Other Machinery 

 Patents. 



Process Patents Illustrated 525 



Preparing and Applying Adhesive Coatings Without 

 Solvents. Method of Making Tire Fabric. Methods 

 of Making Electricians' Gloves. Other Process Patents. 



Miscellaneous Patent Illustrated 525 



French Cushion Tire. 



New Goods and Specialties Illustrated 526-528 



Japanese Rubber Toy. Combination Ball. Pneumatic 

 Horse Collar. No-Glare Auto Shade With Rubber 

 Washers. Home Helps Dish Washer. Bathing Costume 

 Novelty. Infant's Dressing Table With Rubber-Tired 

 Wheels. Warmed, Tilting Steering Wheel. ."Dickba- 

 lata" Soles. "Griptite" Flag Holder With Rubber Cush- 

 ions. Hipress Ribber. Ellis 4 in 1 Rubber Stamp. Lung 

 Motor With Oxygen Generator. Howard's Ideal Bath- 

 ing Cap. The "J. T." Wind-Shield Cleaner. The Legal 

 Dater. Self-Draining Soft Rubber Syringe. 



Editor's Book Table 529 



"Annual Chemical Directory of the United States." 

 Les Cholesterols Au Point De Vue Scicntifique et In- 

 dustriel. "Rubber Companies' Accounts For Produc- 

 ing and Non-producing Companies." "Otlicial Bul- 

 letin." 



New Trade Publications 530' 



Inquiries and Trade Opportunities 530 



Obituary Record • 531-532 



Sir A. S. Bethune (Portrait). T. McCarty (Portrait). 

 Nelson Goodyear (Portrait). F. C. Van Dyk, (Por- 

 trait). P. Gauthier, J. A. Law. 



Interesting Letters from Our Readers 532' 



American Rubber Trade — News Notes and Personals 533-539 



II. Stuart Holchkiss Portrait 533 



Rubber Company Share Quotations 533 



Rubber Company Dividends 533 



John J. Chandler Portrait and Sketch 534 



Rubber Ship Cripples a U-Boat 534 



National Association of Cotton Manufacturers 535 



Arthur E. Friswell Portrait and Sketch 537 



New Incorporations 538-539 



The Rubber Association of .America 540-543 



Domestic Correspondence: 



Akron By Our Correspondent — Illustrated 543 



Boston By Our Correspondent 543 



Rhode Island By Our Correspondent 544 



Foreign Rubber News: 



Great Britain By Our Correspondent — Illustrated 545-546 



The Rubber Growers' Association 



Portrait of Sir A. Rosling 546 



• Factory of Blasi, Sague & Pallas, Spain. .. Illustrated 547 



German Rubber Notes 547 



Planting Notes, Rubber 548-549 



Malaya '^f^ 



Dutch East Indies SjO 



Brazil Illustrated 551-552 



British Guiana ." 552 



Patents Relating to Rubber 553-554 



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

 Australia. New Zealand. 



Trade-Marks • 554-555 



Uniu-.l States. 

 New Zealand. 



United Kingdom. Canada. Australia. 



Designs Illustrated 555 



Rubber Replacing Leather in Belting 555 



Why Not Name the Company? 555 



La Belle Mineral Rubber 555 



I 

 Markets: 



Crude Rubber 556 



Market Cables 557 



Singapore Rubber Auctions 557 



Rubber Scrap 562-563 



Cotton and Other Fabrics 563-564 



Chemicals and Ingredients 564-565 



Statistics: 



Ceylon. Rubber Exports and Imports 558 



Cotton Crop Movement 564 



Federated Malay States, Rubber Exports 558 



Italy, Rubber Statistics 562 



Malay a, Rubber Exports 558 



Penang Rubber E.xports 558 



Straits Settlements, Rubber Exports 558 



Singapore, Rubber Imports and Exports 557 



United Kingdom Rubber Statistics 561 



London and Liverpool Rubber Statistics 561 



United States, Custom House Statistics 560 



New York .Arrivals of Crude Rubber 558-559 



Imports and E.xports of Crude and Manufactured 



Rubber, March, 1917 560 



Rubber Statistics for March. 1917 560-561 



Seattle .Arrivals of Crude Rubber 559-560 



