August 1, 1917.1 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



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The Editor's Book Table. 



THE COTTON YEAR BOOK AND DIARY, 1917, BY S. ECROYD. 

 Marsden & Co., Limited, Manchester, England. [868 pages, 4 by 6 

 inches, leather-bound. Price, 2s. 6d., net.l 



THIS annual, of which the present volume is the twelfth issue, 

 contains in compact compass a vast amount of information 

 regarding the cotton industry in England. A review of 

 the cotton trade for 1916, the exports and imports, the yields 

 of cotton crops all over the world, the proiits and losses of Eng- 

 lish cotton mills, patents, and much statistical information, prop- 

 erly tabulated. A large part of the book is given over to in- 

 formation regarding processes and machinery, every detail of 

 manufacture being explained, with simple illustrations and dia- 

 grams. A diary is added, with suggestions as to the week's work 

 in maintaining mill and office efficiency. The book is one which 

 will be found valuable for reference by all manufacturers of 

 cotton fabrics. 



THE EFFECT OF WARS AND REVOI-UTIOXS ON GOVERNMENT 

 Securities, E.xternal and Internal. By E. Kerr, Librarian, William 

 Morris Imbrie & Co., Bankers, New York City. [8vo, i)oards, 131 

 pages.] 



This handsome book for distribution to investors recalls the 

 principal historical events of ten leading modern nations during 

 the last century and presents much information about govern- 

 ment indebtedness, wealth, bond issues and their prices in 

 tabular form covering periods of 50 to 100 years. These com- 

 pilations are unique and add much to the interest and value of 

 the book as a work of reference. 



It is pointed out that although wars and revolutions may re- 

 tard civilization temporarily, they have the immediate effect of 

 stimulating human thought and endeavor, resulting in a period 

 of expansion and invention in the defeated as well as the vic- 

 torious country. 



HOW TO BUILD UP FURNACE EFFICIENCY. A HANDBOOK OF 

 Fuel Economy. By Jos. W. Hays, Chicago, Illinois (16 mo., paper, 

 154 pages. Price $1, postpaid.) 



With fuel costs abnormally high, this book of practical in- 

 formation by a combustion engineer should find favor with 

 every firm having a steam power plant. Written in a breezy 

 vein, the work will prove entertaining as well as informative, 

 and indicates that all scientific treatises need not be as dry as 

 dust from a literary standpoint. In the words of the author, the 

 book consists of five reels, including a few snorts about indus- 

 trial efficiency and other things, together with an appendix de- 

 voted to oils, gas, wood refuse and other fuels. The five reels 

 tell pointedly and in graphic fashion why and how fuel is wasted, 

 how to spot and stop these wastes, and how to keep them 

 stopped. 



STATISTICS OF MANUFACTURES, COMMONWEALTH OF MASSA- 

 chusetts. Thirtieth Annual Report. Bureau of Statistics, Boston, 

 Massachusetts. [Paper, 8vo, 130 pages.] 



With boots and shoes the principal industry of the state, it is 

 not surprising that footwear should lead the rubber industry; 

 and according to this latest source of official information rubber 

 footwear was manufactured to the value of $27,414,901 by an 

 average of 9,274 wage earners in 8 establishments, representing 

 an invested capital of $23,184,118. Woven belting and hose to 

 the value of $1,060,686 were produced by an average of 195 

 operatives in 6 establishments, representing an invested capital 

 of $1,172,515. Miscellaneous rubber goods amounted to $25,- 

 805,175, and were the product of an average of 5,078 wage 

 earners in 36 factories, representing an invested capital of $20,- 

 106,498. Each classification showed a big increase over the 

 preceding year, the largest, that of footwear, being $3,626,113. 



THE LAW OF PATENTS FOR DESIGNS. BY WILLIAM L. 

 Symons, LL.M. John Byrne & Co., Washington, D. C. [8vo, 134 

 pages, buckram binding. Price, $3.] 



This important work treats in a simple and concise manner 

 the practice which obtains in the prosecution of applications for 

 design patents in the United States Patent Office as shown by 

 the rules and decisions. Its six chapters are devoted to Design 

 Patent Statutes; Subject Matter for Design Patent; Invention; 

 Novelty and Infringement; Applications and Letters Patent; 

 Procedure in the Patent Office. Design patents are of great 

 interest to lawyers, manufacturers and others dealing with in- 

 dustrial development, and this is the only text book on the 

 subject published since 1889. The history of the design patent 

 law ; its development, and the present law are fully discussed. 

 The author is a member of the bar of the District of Columbia, 

 a lecturer at the Washington College of Law, and an examiner 

 at the United States Patent Office. It is not surprising, there- 

 fore, that his book has been cited as an authority in briefs filed 

 in the Supreme Court of the United States as well as in many 

 federal courts, and that it has been quoted in decisions rendered 

 by the Patent Office. Since its publication in 1914, two sup- 

 plements have been issued reviewing all decisions and Patent 

 Office rules published on this subject up to October 1, 1916. 



PENANG CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. REPORT FOR THE Y'EAR 

 1916. [Cardboard cover, 122 pages, tables.] 



In spite of shipping difficulties, those countries in a position 

 to supply material needed in the great European conflict are 

 prospering in no inconsiderable measure and Penang, a tin and 

 rubber exporting center, is no exception. The volume of trade 

 during the year 1916 shows a marked increase over that for 

 1915 ; money is plentiful, bankruptcies few and generally un- 

 important. The new Bangkok-Penang-Kuala Lumpur line by 

 ndiich railroad communication is established between Siam and 

 the Malay Peninsula — also plans for developing the part of Prai — 

 are further indications of a growth which owes not a little to 

 the impetus of the war. The question of alienation of land to 

 foreigners naturally finds a place in the report, and it is grati- 

 fying to note that although the vast majority of producers in 

 Malaya are badly infected by the American scare, there are a 

 few — but a very few, let it be said — who have remained immune 

 and are able to look at the matter with impartiality. 



STATISTICAL ABSTRACT OF THE UNITED STATES, 1916. 

 Thirty-ninth Number. Department of Commerce. Government Printing 

 Office, Washington, D. C. [Paper, 8vo. 773 pages. Price. 50 cents.] 



This annual publication of the Bureau of Foreign and Do- 

 mestic Commerce contains the official statistics of the United 

 States relating to area, natural resources, population, etc.; educa- 

 tion, agriculture, forestry and fisheries: manufactures and mines; 

 occupations, labor and wages; internal communication and trans- 

 portation; mercliant marine and shipping; foreign commerce; 

 commerce of non-contiguous territory; consumption estimates; 

 prices; money, banking and insurance; public finance and national 

 wealth ; army, navy, civil service, pensions, etc. ; statistical record 

 of the progress of the United States ; commercial, financial and 

 monetary statistics of the principal countries of the world. 



According to the summary of manufactures for the census 

 year 1914, 49 establishments manufacturing woven and rubber 

 hose, representing a capital of $27,285,000 and employing 7,394 

 persons, turned out a product valued at $28,002,000. Rubber 

 boots and shoes to the value of $53,822,000 were manufactured 

 by 23 establishments, representing a capital of $46,0S1,0(X) and 

 employing 20,359 persons. Miscellaneous rubber goods amount- 

 ing to $223,611,000 were the product of 301 establishments, repre- 

 senting a capital of $199,183,000 and employing 62,257 persons. 



