THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



Vol 59. 



NOVEMBER 1, 1918. 



No. 2 



TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



Editorials: Pages. 



From Plantation to Factory Direct 63 



Rubber Goods in England 63-64 



Picking on Pontianak 64 



"Commercial Camouflage" 64 



Fish-Scale Rubber 64 



Minor Editorials 64 



War News of the Rubber Industry Illustrated 65-69 



Activities of the War Service Committee of the Rub- 

 ber Industry of the U. S. A 70-72 



Regulations Governing the Production of Rubber 



Products, Issue No. 1, October 1, 1918 72-74 



Regulations Governing the Production of Rubber 



Products, Issue No. 2, November 1, 1918 74-76 



Meetings and Communications of The Rubber Associa- 

 tion of America, Inc 76-77 



Applications of Catalysis to Vulcanization. By Andre 



Dubosc 



.78-80 



Chemistry: 



What the Rubber Chemists Are Doing 80-81 



Chemical Patents 81-82 



Laboratory Apparatus Illustrated 82 



Report of the Committee on the Poisonous Nature of 

 Some Accelerators, and Precautions Regarding 



Their Use By Richard D. Earle 82 



The Plantation Rubber Position. By Our Correspondent 83-84 



Rubber in United States Commerce 84-85 



The Extraction of Guayule Rubber Illustrated 85 



Machines and Appliances, New Illustrated 86-87 



Sand-Blasting Bases for Solid Tires. Sherardizing 

 Poles and Mold Cavities. The Hibbs Fabric-Strip- 

 ping Machine. A Tire Rebuilding and Retreading 

 Machine. 



Machinery Patents Illustrated 87 



Calendar for Tire Tread Stock. Other Machinery 

 Patents. 



Process Patents 



87 



New Goods and Specialties Illustrated 88-89 



A Patented Hair-Curler. The "Ilanasilk" Life-Sav- 

 ing Garment. A New Supertire. Hard-Rubber 

 Chemical Tank. The "Stelastic" Gas-Container. 

 Another Cushion Wheel. A Nipple for Split-Palate 

 Nursing. Firestone "Holdfast" Patch Stock. The 

 "Stadco See-Safe" Windshield Wiper. Titan Work 

 Shoe. Rubber Used with the "Balkan" Bed. 

 Rubber and Fiber Welt. 



New Trade Publications 90 



Editor's Book Table 90 



"The Financier Rubber Share Handbook." "Rub- 

 ber Producing Companies— 1918." "Military Aero- 

 planes." "The Motor Truck as an Aid to Business 

 Profits." "Annual Chemical Directory of the United 

 States." "Directory of the Sporting Goods Trade." 



Obituary Record 91-93 



I. Crocker. D. L. Barry. M. Birch. H. F. Blan- 

 chard (Portrait). F. I. Parker. B. F. Elson (Por- 

 trait). E. J. Fabens. E. T. Phillips. C. B. 

 Reynolds. C. G. Roebling (Portrait). R. N. Pier- 

 son (Portrait). A. Mack. 



Interesting Letters from Our Readers 93 



New Incorporations 94 



Inquiries and Trade Opportunities 94 



American Rubber Trade — News Notes and Personals 95-97 



Dividends 95 



George E. Hall Portrait and Sketch 96 



Irving B. Ferguson Portrait and Sketch 96 



Canadian Notes 97 



Judicial Decisions 98 



Customs Appraiser's Decisions and Reappraisements. . . 98 

 Domestic Correspondence: 



Boston By Our Correspondent — Illustrated 99 



Akron By Our Correspondent — Illustrated 100 



Rhode Island By Our Correspondent 100-101 



Trenton By Our Correspondent 101-102 



Army and Navy Awards 102 



Foreign Rubber News: 



Great Britain By Our Correspondent 103-104 



British Scientific Products Exhibition 104-105 



Miscellaneous Foreign Notes 105 



Planting : 



Rubber Planting Notes 106 



Baling Plantation Rubber a Success. . .Illustrated 106-107 



Situation in Malaya 107 



Patents Relating to Rubber 108-109 



United States. Canada. United Kingdom. France. 

 Australia. New Zealand. 



Trade Marks 109 



United States. United Kingdom. France. Aus- 

 tralia. 



Designs Illustrated 109 



Markets: 



Crude Rubber . iio 



Highest and Lowest Prices Ill 



Singapore Rubber Auctions Ill 



Reclaimed Rubber HO 



Rubber Scrap 114 



Cotton and Other Fabrics 114-115 



Chemicals and Ingredients :...• 116-117 



Statistics: 



Canada Rubber Statistics for June, 1918 112 



Cotton Statistics lie 



United Kingdom Statistics for August, 1918 112 



London and Liverpool Statistics for August, 1918 112 

 United States: 



Custom House Statistics 111-112 



Monthly Importations of Crude Rubber Ill 



New York Arrivals of Crude Rubber ill 



San Francisco Arrivals of Crude Rubber Hi 



Seattle and Tacoma Arrivals of Crude Rubber. Ill 



Statistics for Fiscal Year Ended June. 1918.. 113-114 



July, 1918 112 



