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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[AUGL-ST 1, 1917. 



A table of crude rubber imports from the time of the Civil 

 War up to the present shows an almost constant gain from 

 2,125.561 pounds in 1862 to 267,775,557 in 1916, an increase of 

 over 127 times. The table of average import prices of india rub- 

 ber and gutta percha* crude per pound from 1892 to 1916 is also 

 of interest. It gives the price in 1892 as 49.3 cents, and in 1916 as 

 57.9 cents, but shows the price of 42.9 cents in 1893 to be the 

 lowest and of 105.8 cents in 1911 to be the highest during the 

 period. 



Exports of domestic manufactures of india rubber of all sorts 

 have increased from $6,543,735 in 1906 to $35,153,374 in 1916. 

 Exports of foreign unmanufactured india rubber, gutta percha 

 and substitutes, however, have fallen off from $5,063,065 in 1912 

 to $2,929,405 in 1916. although exports of foreign manufactures 

 of india rubber and gutta percha have increased from $6,746 in 

 1912 to $39,186 in 1916. 



DE GOUVERNEMENT.S - RUBBEROXDERNEMING ■SLOOTWIJK." 

 Rapport van den Directeiir van liet Caoutchoucbedrijf bij het Bosch- 

 wezen in Xederlandsch-Indie. met verkif in Xederland. H. J. van Has- 

 selt. in^evolge opdracht van Zyne Excelleiitie den Minister van Kolonien 

 by besluit van 25 October 1915. -Xfd. A3 en B., Xo. 34. [Paper cover, 

 104 pages.] 



"The government is the body least lit to cultivate a doubtful 

 crop." With this drastic quotation the author commences the 

 history, present condition and future prospects of the govern- 

 ment's rubber plantation, "'Slootwijl;." in Surinam, and the 

 statement is fully borne out by the story of failure that follows 

 — failure due to ignorance of the most essential points in rub- 

 ber cultivation, to grave mistakes in management and adminis- 

 tration. A comparison of the estate as it is after past errors 

 have been retrieved as far as possible, with government estates 

 in the East, as well as investigation into the condition of other 

 crops in Surinam, lead the author to conclude that Hevca plant- 

 ing in the latter country does not pay and should absolutely 

 not be encouraged. 



NEW TRADE PUBLICATIONS. 



MUCH favorable comment has been elicited by the striking ad- 

 vertising design entitled "Fisk Tires at the Beginning," 

 which appeared on billboards throughout the country during the 

 month of June. The work of N. C. Wyeth, an American artist of 

 international fame, this poster depicted stalwart negroes coming 

 out of South American forests laden with huge baskets of crude 



rubber. 



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"Bowohoco News" is the name of a very readable four-page 

 paper published monthly in the interests of the employes of the 

 Boston Woven Hose & Rubber Co., Cambridge, Massachusetts. 

 In addition to the personals of this thriving factory, inspiring 

 statements regarding the progress of the business are made and 

 much valuable information to all engaged in rubber manufac- 

 ture is reported. The staff consists of William F. Wall, editor; 

 John B. Kelley and Grant L. Wiswell, associate editors. 



The Link-Belt Co., Chicago, Illinois, is sending out a strikingly 

 effective booklet entitled "The Ideal Drive for Textile Machin- 

 ery." The silent chain drive made by this concern is fully ex- 

 plained, and a large number of half-tones illustrate the use of 

 these drives in textile mills. The cover and the borders of the 

 pages so thoroughly imitate woolen goods as to surprise those 



who receive the booklet. 



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Advice is made up principally of don'ts and do's, and the 

 don'ts predominate. The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., Akron, 

 Ohio, has issued a set of bulletins for tire users. Each is a 

 little leaflet, about envelope size, devoted to one particular phase 

 of tire service. The list comprises "How to Increase Tire Mile- 



•India rubber only after 1890. 



age." "Proper Inflation Pays," "What to do for Tread Cuts," 

 "Fabric Breaks," "How to Avoid Scraped Treads," "Pre.-nature 

 Tread Wear," "How to Use Chains," "How to Make Inner 

 Tubes Last Longer," "Rim Cutting," "Chafed Side-Walls" and 



"The Way to Maximum Mileage." 



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The Batavia Rubber Co., Batavia, New York, has issued a 

 neat little advertising souvenir representing a wire wheel, to 

 which is fitted a miniature tire of real rubber, bearing the ribbed 

 tread used by this company. The whole affair is only a little 

 more than two inches in diameter, and while it may not have 

 been intended to be used as an eraser, it has proven efficacious 

 in this particular. 



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FAULTLESS ■•WEAREVER" ADVERTISING ON BROADWAY. 



Tile Faultless Rubber Co., Ashland, Ohio, manufacturer of 

 "Wearevcr" rublier goods, has been chosen as representative 



in the household 

 rubber goods field 

 of the high ideals 

 for which the Rice 

 Leaders of the 

 World .Association 

 stands. 



As an association 

 member the Fault- 

 less company will 

 flash its messages to 

 the public every 

 night on the mam- 

 moth electric sign 

 erected on the roof 

 of the Hermitage 

 Hotel, New York 

 City. Tliis elaborate 

 sign occupies one 

 thousand square feet 

 of space, and the 

 display, illuminated 

 with thousands of 

 brilliantly colored 

 electric lamps, 

 makes a most beau- 

 tiful picture which 

 attracts the atten- 

 tion of over 70,000 persons who pass through this great thor- 

 oughfare nightly — not only New Yorkers, but thousands of 

 visitors to the great metropolis. 



Those wishing to keep intimately posted ox .^ll subjects 

 pertaining to American preparedness and participation in the war 

 will find the pages of "National Defense and the International 

 Digest" intensely interesting. This attractive monthly magazine 

 is published by the Writers' Press Association, 304 Madison ave- 

 nue. New York City, at $1 a year; foreign subscription, $1.50. 

 It contains many well-illustrated articles by prominent army and 

 navy officers, eminent engineers and manufacturers, and leading 

 publicists on timely topics of national and international im- 

 portance. 



A VIVID WORD picture of Akron, Ohio, "the rubber city," as 

 it was. is and will probably become, detailing the phenomenal 

 expansion of its titanic industries, depicting its present social 

 and living conditions, and outlining the gigantic civic problem 

 confronting its leading men. is entitled "Akron: Standing Room 

 Only !" by Edward Mott Woolley, the leading article in "Mc- 

 Clure's Magazine" for July. Seldom has fiction proved more 

 fascinating than the authenticated facts there presented. 



