JuLv I, 1917.1 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



593 



and is sent out by the advertising department of the company 

 to any address on receipt of the price, 20 cents. 



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The Davol Rubber Co., Providence, Rhode Island, has sent 

 us a copy of a large, handsome card containing a tri-colored 

 picture of the American flag and three striking sentences from 

 President Wilson's address to Congress on April 2. A copy 

 of this card was given to every employe of the company re- 

 cently and undoubtedly ornaments many homes in and around 

 Providence. 



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The Seneca Tripoli Co.. St. Louis, Missouri, is distributing a 

 neat little pamphlet entitled "Tripoli Products," which gives 

 many interesting general facts regarding the nature and uses of 

 tripoli earth, besides describing the many forms and varieties 

 of products manufactured by the company. The booklet is illus- 

 trated with half-tones of the qualTies, mills and warehouses, and 

 gives special attention to the filtration qualities of its stones, and 

 the uses of its various grades of flour, among which may be 

 mentioned its value as a filler in rubber compounding. 



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The Cutler-Hammer Manufacturing Co., Milwaukee, Wiscon- 

 sin, is sending out "Booklet E," a well-arranged and finely 

 printed 32-page pamphlet describing the C-H control equipment 

 for electric elevators. It covers the various classes of con- 

 trol, hand rope, car switch and push button systems for freight 

 and passenger elevators. These various classes of equipment 

 are fully illustrated by excellent half-tones, and much infor- 

 mation is given regarding such accessories as limit switches, 

 brakes, door safety switches, over-load protection devices, rules 

 for motor rating, etc. 



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Two booklets, pocket size, of value to motorists, are "Rules 

 of the Road" and "'Common Causes of Tire Injury," which come 

 from The B. F. Goodrich Co., Akron, Ohio. Both are well 

 illustrated with cuts pertinent to the text, and much informa- 

 tion is compressed into small compass. Every driver of a 

 car will find these booklets practical and useful. 



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The customers of Pell & Dumont, 68 Broad street. New York 

 City, dealer in crude rubber and gums, have received a service- 

 able binder for the daily market report sent out by this firm. 



RUBBER TRADE INQUIRIES. 



7 HE inquiries that follow have already been answered; never- 

 theless they are of interest not only in showing the needs 

 of the trade, but because of the possibility that additional in- 

 formation may be furnished by those tvho read them. The editor 

 is therefore glad to have thosi interested communicate znth him. 



[300.] Information is sought regarding the rubber trade in 

 the Fiji Islands. 



[301.] Names of manufacturers of small mills for laboratory 

 use are requested. , 



[302.] A correspondent desires to purchase sponge rubber 

 and sponge rubber scrap in large quantities. 



[303.] A list of factories manufacturing or handling tube 

 poles has been requested. 



[304.] An inquiry has been received for rubber elastic cords 

 for airplanes. 



[305.] Names are requested of concerns manufacturing rub- 

 ber bath mats with vacuum cups. 



[306.] Information is sought concerning the preparation of 

 rubber varnisli. 



[307.] A correspijndent desires to be ])ut in toucli with mak- 

 ers of dieing-out machines. 



[308.] An inquiry has been received for stock cutters. 

 [309.] The name of a concern equipped for treating cotton 

 duck with black oil is requested. 



TRADE OPPORTUNITIES FROM CONSULAR REPORTS. 



A business man from Denmark, now in the United States, 

 desires to represent in Russia American manufacturers and ex- 

 porters of tires, druggists' sundries, and other articles. Report 

 No. 24,585. 



Quotations on rubber are desired by an applicant in France. 

 Report No. 24,589. 



A firm in Uruguay is in the market for rubber heels. Report 

 No. 24,603. 



A company in India wishes to be placed in touch with Amer- 

 ican manufacturers and exporters of rubber goods. Report No 

 24,625. 



An agency or representation is desired by a firm in Italy for 

 the sale of suspenders and rubber goods. Report No. 24,626. 



A firm in France wishes to purchase one pump, adjustable 

 accumulator and press of 800 tons, with all tubes, manometer, 

 etc., and all necessary machinery for the manufacture of solid 

 rubber tires for automobile trucks. Report No. 24,634. 



A business man in the Straits Settlements is in the market 

 for machinery for manufacturing rubber sheeting, tubes, heels, 

 soles, etc. Report No. 24,735. 



An applicant in British East Africa is in the market for eras- 

 ers. Report No. 24,696. 



A firm in France would like to be placed in communication 

 with American manufacturers and exporters of reclaimed rub- 

 ber. Report No. 24,712. 



An applicant in Norway desires to purchase 20 tons of rub- 

 ber for fish tins. Report No. 24,721. 



An agency for erasers, rubber bands, etc., is desired by a man 

 in Norway. Report No. 24,724. 



THE OBITUARY RECORD. 



VERSED IN RUBBER CHEMISTRY. 



•T^HE IxDi.A, Rubber World is informed of the death of Ly.-nan 



M. Bourne, subsequent to an operation for goiter. Mr. 



Bourne was well known to rubber men, having been active in the 



industry ever since his 

 graduation from the Mas- 

 sachusetts Institute of 

 Technology in 1903. His 

 first position was as re- 

 search assistant in the 

 laboratory of the late Carl 

 Otto Weber in Boston. 

 On the death of Dr. Web- 

 er he entered the employ 

 of the Revere Rubber Co., 

 Chelsea, Massachusetts, as 

 chief chemist and re- 

 mained there until called 

 to Brooklyn, New York, 

 to assume the superin- 

 tendency of the Eastern 

 Reclaimed Rubber Co. In 

 1909 he went to The Good- 

 year Tire & Rubber Co., 

 Akron, Ohio, where he 

 held the position of chief 

 chemist and department 

 manager for five years, re- 

 signing in 1914 to become general manager of the Double Fabric 

 Tire Co., of Auburn, Indiana, and leaving there to become vice- 

 president of the By-Products Realization Co., Chicago, Illinois. 



,V.M.\X M. Ilul KNl 



