October 1, 1918.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



The Editor's Book Table. 



COTTON AND OTHER VEGETABLE FIBRES: THEIR PRODUCTION 

 and Utilization. By Ernest Goulding, D. Sc, F. I. C, with a preface 

 by Wyndham R. Dunstan, C. M. G., LL. D.. F. R. S. John Murray, 

 London, England. (Cloth. 8vo, 231 pages, illustrated. Price, 6 shillings, 



THIS volume of the Imperial Institute Handbooks to the 

 Commercial Resources of the Tropics consists primarily of 

 an exhaustive study of cotton as the most important of vege- 

 tal)le fibers. Sections are devoted to a description of the cotton 

 piant; an account of the structure and composition of the fiber; 

 methods of cultivation with details of the cultural systems 

 adopted in the United States and Egypt, diseases and pests, and 

 tlic preparation of cotton for the market. Particulars are given 

 as to the production and varieties of cotton in the chief cotton- 

 growing countries of the world, including the United States, 

 Egypt, India, Peru, Brazil, Mexico, Asiatic Russia, China, Japan, 

 and various British colonies, together with statistics of trade 

 and market prices. 



THE PHILIPPINE JOURNAL OF SCIENCE. CONTENTS AND INDEX, 

 volume I (1906) to volume X (1915). Bureau of Science. Department 

 of Agriculture 3rd Natural Resources, Manila, Philippine Islands, 

 (Paper covers, 7M by 101^ inches, 442 pages. Issued free to sub- 

 scribers having volumes XI and XII of "The Philippine Journal of 

 Science"; price to others, $2 United States currency.) 



This comprehensive list of contents and index to the first ten 

 volumes of "The Philippine Journal of Science" has been in 

 preparation since 1915 and consequently purports to be complete 

 in its inclusion of everything which has been published in the 

 "Journal," together with correction of errors and omissions from 

 the yearly indices. The book contains the table of contents, and 

 author and subject indices, so that any article can be readily 

 located. 



REPORT OF THE CEYLON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE d.NXOR. 



porated) for the year ended 31st December, 1917. (Paper cover, 247 



pages, charts, tables.) 

 A preliminary survey of trade in general, freight and iin- 

 portant legislation, is followed by a more detailed report of 

 business in the chief cominodities imported and exported, rubber 

 being included among the latter. Tables of imports and exports, 

 average prices obtained for Ceylon products and a chart showing 

 the weekly rise and fall in the prices argl quantities of rubber 

 of all grades offered at local auctions during 1917 amplify the 

 statements in the report. Correspondence on important meas- 

 ures taken by the British and local governments cover, among 

 other subjects, rubber export restrictions, the packing of rubber, 

 and shipping regulations. Lists ol members and of officers 

 past and present, justices of the peace, holidays for the year 

 1918, arbitrators and surveyors, and the minutes of the general 

 meetinc, complete the volume, 



cover, 29 pages.) 



In view of the fact that the Brazilian Government is at- 

 tempting to help the rubber industry, whose condition is causing 

 much concern, by urging the adoption of the coagulating 

 process known by the name of the inventor. Dr. Cerqueira 

 Pinto, the Associagao Commercial do Para has addressed 

 this pamphlet of protest to the Minister of Agriculture, Industry 

 and Commerce. 



The association points out that in spite of the fact that Dr. 

 Pinto's method was first introduced in 1913, it has not suc- 

 ceeded at all in displacing the primitive process of coagulation 

 in use. Investigations at that time showed that rubber pre- 

 pared with Dr. Pinto's coagulant equalled plantation crepe, 

 but was inferior to smoked fine Para. Various foreign authori- 

 ties are quoted to show that the process of smoking, which 



would be abandoned where the "Cerqueira Pinto" preparation 

 was employed, is in fact responsible for the superior quality of 

 Para rubber. Consequently, the association is of opinion that 

 so far from discouraging coagulation by smoking in favor of the 

 proposed chemical preparation, the Government should aim at 

 improving the existing method by promoting the use of simple 

 and cheap machinery to facilitate the labor of the seringtieira 

 and at the same time to protect his health. 



TECHNISCHE ANALYSEN. BY DR. IR. H. I. WATERMAN. TECH- 

 nische Bockhandel G. van Herwiinen, Dordrecht, Netherlands. (Paper 

 cover, 36 pages, diagrams.) 



This little book is intended as a manual for practical exer- 

 cises in the chemical laboratory, and discusses a dozen 

 different subjects, among which may be mentioned the 

 examination of lubricating oils, heat of combustion of solids, 

 liquids, and gases; examination of white of lead, ultramarine, 

 lithopone, zinc white, ochre, water, and copper sulphate. 



NEW TRADE PUBLICATIONS. 



T^HE Morse Chain Co., Ithaca, New York, has recently 

 •■■ published a booklet of data sheets containing useful informa- 

 tion regarding silent chain drives. It is illustrated with cuts of 

 engines and drives, covering the subject of the number of 

 teeth and links, lubricating and venting, sprocket materials, 

 chain widths, chain contacts, chain adjustments, etc. It will 

 be sent free on request. 



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 "The Rubber Leaf" is a 24-page monthly published by the 

 employes of the McGraw Tire & Rubber Co., East Palestine, 

 Ohio. It is ably edited by W. E. Palmer, and contains, aside 

 from breezy personal mention, much good humor and helpful 

 suggestion. 



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The stenographic report of the proceedings at the 

 luncheon given by The Rubber Association of America, Inc., for 

 the War Service Committee of the Rubber Industry of the 

 U. S. A., July 31, 1918, at the Waldorf Astoria, New York City, 

 has been published at> a permanent record in pamphlet form by 

 the Association. 



"Number Forty," an illustr.\ted monthly newspaper for 

 druggists, published by the Faultless Rubber Co., Ashland, Ohio, 

 has made its first appearance, dated September. While featuring 

 "Wearever" sundries, it aims to present rubber news and sales 

 methods of interest and value to the drug trade. 



"How TO Increase Tire Mileage," is the title of an at- 

 tractive illustrated pamphlet of 64 pages which has been issued 

 for distribution among its patrons by the Firestone Tire & 

 Rubber Co., Akron, Ohio. Responding to the urgent necessity of 

 the times to make pneumatic tires perform their utinost service, 

 this little handbook tells in detail by word and picture how to 

 select the right tires and tubes, how to use, care for and repair 

 them, and shows the result of neglect in each instance. 



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"The Dutch East Indian Archipelago" is a monthly com- 

 niercial publication recently started in Java and printed in Eng- 

 lish. J. Veersema, Batavia, is the editor, and A. A. van der Kolk, 

 Buitenzorg, is the publisher. 



The aim of the journal is to present to enterprising foreigners 

 all possible information regarding the Dutch colonies, with the 

 idea of promoting new relations between these parts and the 

 rest of the world. 



