July 1, 1917.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



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and in quality would doubtless prove a satisfactory substitute 

 for the standard grades, but the total production of only 50,000 

 bales is insufficient. 



Both combed and carded Peelers have been in extraordinary 

 demand and as a result prices show an advance of 10 to 15 

 cents during the month. That the large consumers and pro- 

 ducers of tire fabrics are well balanced as to requirements un- 

 til the first of the year is generally conceded. 



Duck, Sheetings, Drills, Osn.^burgs. The government's call 

 for 50,000,000 yards of 12-ounce army duck has greatly strength- 

 ened the market, resulting in a strong demand from the regular 

 consuming trade and a material price advance in the entire 

 list. The loom capacity of the mills has been strained to take 

 care of government orders that have precedence over all others. 

 Hose and belting duck have been active, with 52 cents quoted 

 on both grades, an advance of 10 cents a pound since a month 

 ago, and mills are sold up to April of next year. Sheetings are 

 scarce at purely nominal prices while drills and enameling duck 

 are well sold into next year. Prices have advanced about 5 cents 

 for drills and 3^4 cents for enameling duck since our last report. 



NEW YOKE aUOTATIONS. 



JUNE 27, 1917. 

 Prices subject to change without notice. 

 Airplane and Balloon Fabrics; 



Wamsutta, S. A. I. L. No. 1, 40-inch yard •$0.47 O 



No. 4, 38H-inch 'A2'/2@ 



Wool Stockinettes — 52-inch : 



A — 14-ounce \ard 1.75 @ 



B — 14-ounce '. - . . 2.25 @ 



C — 14-ounce 2.50 @ 



Cotton Stockinettes — 52-inch : 



D — 14-ounce yard .85 @ .90 



E — lIj4-ouncc 60 @ .65 



F — 14-ounce 85 @ .90 



G— S-ounce 75 @ .80 



H — ll-ounce 70 & .85 



I — 9-ounce 60 @ .65 



Colors — white, black, blue, brown. 



Knitabac Stockinette pound 1.60 @ 1.65 



Tire Fabrics; 



17J4-ounce Sea Island, combed square yard 1.60 @ 1.65 



17J4-ounce Egyptian, combed 1.30 @ 1.35 



17^-ounce Egyptian, carded 1.25 @ 1.30 



17K-ounce Peelers, combed 1.10 @ 1.15 



17 Ji-ounce Peelers, carded 85 @ .90 



Sheeting: 



40-inch 2.35-yard yard ".17 @ .1754 



40-inch 2.50-yard '.17 @ ATA 



40-inch 2.70-yard *.17 @ .17'A 



40-inch 2.85-yard *.17 @ .U'A 



40-inch 3.15-yard *.17 @ .1754 



Osnaburgs: 



40-inch 2.25-yard yard .18 (a 



40-inch 2.4S-yard ,17 (g, 



37'A-'m. 2.42-yard !l7J^(a 



Mechanical Ducks; 



9°f pO'ind .52 @ 



Beltmg 52 @ 



Carriage Cloth Duck; 



38-inch 2.00-yard enameling duck yard '6'/5® 



^8-!"ch 1.74-yard -^O^^ 



72-mch 16.66-ounce i;ii/ffl 



72-inch 17.2I-ounce .■.■..'..'.■.■.■;;;; .5$ @ 



Drills; 



38-inch 2.00-yard yard ^5 ® 



40inch 2.47-yard ^.. onuM 



52-inch 1.90-yard [f^pj 



60-inch 1.52-yard .3454@ 



Imported Woolen Fabrics Specially Prepared for Rub- 

 berizing — Plain and Fancies: 



63-in. 3^ to 7'A ounces yard *.3R (iBI.55 



Jo-incn, ^}% to 5 ounces *.35 O 85 



Imported Plaid Lining (Union and Cotton): 



63-inch, 2 to 4 ounces yard '.35 (3 75 



36-mch, 2 to 4 ounces #25 zq 



Domestic Worsted Fabrics: 



36dnch, A'A, to 8 ounces yard 35 ® g? 



Domestic Woven Plain Linings (Cotton) : •'-•"-',. 



36-inch, 334 to 5 ounces yard .10 @ .18 



Raincoat Cloth (Cotton) : 



|°;n|"=^''"'= y'-d .11 & .13 



T^^d :;:::;:;:;;;:;:;:::;;:::::; H | -i? 



''^ff' p""'-<» :.;::::::::::::::: ihA$ :?| 



r'^„ 0&>A(!r .10 



^'P .24 (3 .27 



Burlaps: 



32— 7K-ounce 100 yards 8.60 



40 — 7J.<-ounce 9.90 



40 — 8-ounce 10.00 



40 — 10-ounce 1 3.00 



40— 10J4-ounce 13.25 



45 — 7H-ounce "12.25 



45— 8-ounce *I2.40 



45— 9}4-ouncf '15.15 



48 — 10-ounce *16.75 



* Nominal prices. 



f 

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@ 12.50 



@ 12.60 



@15.25 



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TO STANDARDIZE COTTON TESTING METHODS. 



"T^HE convention of the American Cotton Manufacturers Asso- 

 ■*■ ciation in Washington last May was considered an oppor- 

 tune time to call a special meeting of Committee D-13 of tlie 

 American Society for Testing Materials. This was held at Hotel 

 Powhatan, with William D. Hartshorn, chairman of that com- 

 mittee, presiding. The rubber trade was represented by A. E. Jury, 

 United States Rubber Co., New York City ; J. W. Cooper, Fire- 

 stone Tire & Rubber Co., Akron, Ohio ; A. E. Warner and C. H. 

 T. Warner, Miller Rubber Co., Akron, Ohio; George W. Skirm, 

 United & Globe Rubber Manufacturing Cos., Trenton, New Jer- 

 sey; E. H. Barnwell, Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., Akron, (r'hio; 

 Robert W. Boys, Goodyear Cotton Mills, Goodyear, Connecticut, 

 and the textile manufacturers included C. S. Cook, J. Spencer 

 Turner Co., New York City; William O. Jelleme, Brighton 

 Mills, Passaic, New Jersey; C. B. Finckel, J. H. Lane & Co., 

 New York City; Kenneth Mollcr, William Whitman Co., Inc., 

 Boston, Massachusetts ; George Fish, Jenckes Spinning Co., 

 Pawtucket, Rhode Island; Henry L. Scott, H. L. Scott & Co., 

 Providence, Rhode Island. Others present included Walter S. 

 Lewis and E. Dean Walen of the Bureau of Standards, Wash- 

 ington, District of Columbia; George B. Haven, Massachusetts 

 Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts; and John 

 Lind of the United States Navy Department, Washington, Dis- 

 trict of Columbia. 



Tentative methods for testing cotton fabrics were considered, 

 preparatory to discussion at the meeting held at Atlantic City 

 in June. .Two sub-committees were appointed, of one of Avhich 

 A. H. Clarke is chairman, to consider suggestions made at the 

 meeting, to report with recommendations later; and the other, 

 of which Dr. S. W. Stratton is chairman, to investigate ways and 

 means to harmonize methods of testing fabrics throughout the 

 cotton industry in this country and to consider ways for giving 

 these methods publicity. 



COTTON TRADE NOTES. 



■"PHEODORE WOOD, a recognized authority on cotton goods, 

 and formerly fabric manager of the Goodyear Tire & Rubber 

 Co., has become associated with the R. J. Caldwell Co., New- 

 York City, selling agent for the Connecticut Mills Co. 



A new cotton mill, called the Penrod Mills, now being erected 

 at New Bedford, Massachusetts, to care for the spinning require- 

 ments of the Passaic Cotton Mills, will be in operation next Fall. 



Charles S. Underwood, who recently went to Rotch Mills, 

 New Bedford. Massachusetts, as assistant to Manning Emery, 

 Jr., has been placed in charge of the New Bedford Spinning 

 Co. department of the Passaic Cotton Mills, which controls both 

 this and the Rotch plant. 



It is reported that a three-story brick mill construction building 

 is being built as an addition to the plant of the Westerly Textile 

 Co., Westerly, Rhode Island, manufacturer of tire fabrics. 



The Turner, Halsey Co., T. J. Hallyburton department, has 

 been appointed selling agent for the Conestee Mills, Green- 

 ville, South Carolina. The mills manufacture sheetings and 

 drills, with an equipment of approximately 20,300 spindles 

 and 413 looms. 



They have also recently taken over the product of the 

 Panola Cotton Mills, Greenwood, South Carolina, with 17,500 

 spindles and 400 looms. 



