THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[November 1, 1918. 



The Editor's Book Table. 



"THE FINANCIER RL'HHER SHARE HANDBOOK." FIFTEENTH 

 Edition. June. 1918. The Fin.mcier and liullionist, Limited, London, 

 England. (Cloth, octavo, 880 pages. Price, five shillings net.) 



THIS useful annual contains information on stock companies 

 owning rubber plantations no matter where located. It 

 gives their authorized share capital, the amount issued, 

 acreage, etc., together with list of directors. The data are pre- 

 sented in a really serviceable manner. The names, addresses 

 and telephone numbers of the secretaries and agents in London 

 are included. 



E. L. Killick, the rubber expert of the "Financier," while 

 admitting in the preface that producers are faced this year with 

 a difficult situation, considers the post-war prospects of the 

 industry excellent owing to the impetus given to motor traction 

 by the war, and still more because enemy and neutral countries 

 have now long been denuded of supplies of crude rubber. 



"RUBBER PRODUCING COMPANIES— 1918." COMPILED BY THE 

 Mincing Lane Tea and Rubber Share Brokers' Association, Limited. 



"The Financial Times." London, England. (Board covers, octavo, 621 

 pages. Price, five shillings.) 



The sixth edition of this practical handbook has just been is- 

 sued. It gives the capital authorized and issued, the acreage 

 and tenure, the purchase price, the quantity of rubber tapped, 

 the accounts, etc., of nearly 600 rubber producing stock com- 

 panies all over the world. It also includes a directory of all 

 the directors, secretaries, and London agents, with the telephone 

 numbers and cable addresses. 



In the preface, Mr. Kendall, the editor, urges a great restric- 

 tion of output but sees a serious obstacle in the fact that such 

 a large number of plantations are native-owned. It is pointed 

 out that one of three different systems could be followed. One 

 might allow only members of the Rubber Growers' Associa- 

 tion who restrict their output to export to Great Britain, the 

 European Continent, or the United States of America. A Gov- 

 ernment order for restriction might be issued, including native- 

 owned estates. The product might be taken over at a price 

 based on the three pre-war years. 



"Mil ITARY .\EROPLANES." BY GROVER C. LOENING, B. SC. A. M., 

 C E. 191S Revised Edition published bv the author. Long Island City. 

 New York. (Cloth, large octavo. 202 pages, illustrated.) 



A valuable book by a recognized authority for the student of 

 aviation or airplane design, and a textbook in extensive use at 

 American, British and Canadian aviation schools. The illustra- 

 tions and diagrams include details of rubber cord shock absorbers. 



"THE MOTOR TRUCK AS AN AID TO BUSINESS PROFITS," 1918. 

 Ev S V Norton, manager truck tire sales department. The B. F. 

 Goodrich Rubber Co.. Akron. Ohio. A. W. Shaw Co.. Chicago. New 

 York, London. (Cloth, 6 by 9^, 509 pages. Price, $7.50.) 

 This volume presents a study in five parts, of the motor truck : 

 (1) fitting the motor truck into your business; (2) making your 

 motor truck do more and better work; (3) maintenance that 

 low^ers the cost of upkeep (Under this heading are two chap- 

 ters on "How Tires Can Raise or Lower the Cost of Upkeep," 

 and "Selecting the Right Tires.") ; (4) building new business 

 with your motor truck; (5) present tasks and future problems. 

 Briefly outlining the evolution of trade carriers, the author 

 shows that the horse is being supplanted as a motor because he 

 is only two per cent efficient and his cost in the past ten years 

 has increased 143 per cent. The scope of the book has already 

 been indicated. It merits careful study by both prospective and 

 actual truck users because it discusses in a practical, non-technical 

 way every phase of truck cost, maintenance, operation, etc., and 

 the principles of successful goods transportation by motor. The 

 book contains 329 reproductions of photographs illustrating the 

 motor truck in operation under many conditions, which effectively 



add to the arguments in the text. There are also included sev- 

 eral cliarts and forms covering inspection, costs of operation, etc. 



"ANNUAL CHEMICAL DIRECTORY OF THE UNITED ST.-VTES." 

 Second Edition, 1918. Williams and Wilkins Co.. Baltimore, Maryland. 

 (Cloth. 6 by 9. 534 pages. Price $5 net, postpaid.) 

 This is an extremely valuable reference work for purchasers 

 of chemicals and supplies for manufacturing and laboratory use. 

 The full range of chemical products is covered, including acids, 

 colors, dyes, explosives, extracts, oils and many other products 

 essential for laboratory, technical and industrial purposes. These 

 are listed alphabetically by products and by manufacturers and 

 dealers. Chemical and chemical engineering apparatus, machin- 

 ery, etc., are similarly listed in both ways. Analytical and con- 

 sulting chemists and chemical engineers are cataloged both alpha- 

 betically and geographically. Laboratories are listed grouped as 

 industrial, institutional, and Federal, State or municipal. 



The lists of societies and associations and technical and scien- 

 tific journals, United States and foreign, with subscription prices, 

 form a new and valuable feature. 



DIRECTORY OF THE SPORTING GOODS TRADE. ELEVENTH 

 Edition. Compiled by J. G. Taylor Spink. Charles C. Spink & Son. 

 St. Louis, Missouri. (-Paper covers, 16 mo, 256 pages.) 



This convenient book gives in compact form a large amount 

 of information as to first-hand makers or suppliers of practically 

 everything which can be denominated under the head of sporting 

 goods, and naturally includes the names of makers of specialties 

 in rubber coming in that category, from boots to bait, from golf 

 balls to push balls. Undoubtedly the book is one which will be 

 referred to frequently by dealers in sporting goods, and similar 

 lines. 



NEW TRADE PUBLICATIONS. 



THE V-».RXAix-\V.\RiNG Co., Philadelphia. Pexxsylvania, 

 has just issued a new binder to hold the various catalog 

 sections it publishes from time to time, the use of which enables 

 its customers to have a complete explanatory catalog of its 

 Varway hydraulic valves, meters, automatic boiler skimmers, and 

 other engineering devices for power plants, in which this com- 

 pany specializes. 



The New Jersey Zinc Co., 55 Wall Street, New York City, 

 has published for distribution to firms interested in zinc four 

 booklets of its "Handy Reference Library of Zinc Products." 

 The titles are "Piginents," "Metals," "Rolled Zinc," and "Zinc 

 Dust," and each describes briefly certain of the company's com- 

 pounding ingredients, and contains information of interest to 

 users. 



The 1918 Year-Book of The Merchants' .Association of 

 New York is being distributed among the members of the 

 association. Its 288 pages cover for the year ended May 1, 1918, 

 the many varied and important activities of this organization 

 which has for its object "to foster the trade and welfare of 

 New York." Much of the space is devoted to the cooperation 

 accorded the Federal authorities in helping to solve the many 

 new problems arising from the war. The book contains com- 

 plete alphabetical and classified lists of members. In the latter. 

 Division XLIII comprises rubber, rubber goods and kindred 

 lines. It includes 28 firms representing most departments of the 

 rubber industry. The textile, chemical, electrical and other allied 

 trades are also well represented. 



