THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[December 1. 1918. 



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Vol. 59. 



DECEMBER 1. 1918. No. 3. 



TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



Editorials: Pages. 



War Service and Peace Service 119-120 



Boom in Rubber to Come 120 



Planning the World's Trade 120-121 



Crude Rubber a "Key Material" 121 



The Baffling Botany of Rubber 121 



Minor .^Editorials 121 



War News of the Rubber Industry Illustrated 122-126 



Activities of the War Service Committee of the Rubber 



Industry 127 



Portraits of the Chairmen of the War Service Com- 

 mittee of the Rubber Industry 128 



Activities of The Rubber Association of America, Inc. 127-129 



Broad American Maritime Policy Needed 130-131 



Convention of American Manufacturers' Export Asso- 

 ciation 131 



Rubber in Airplane Construction. By Edgar H. Wilson 



Illustrated 132-133 



U. S. Army Specifications for Rubber Blankets 133 



U. S. Navy Department Specifications for Inspection of 



Rubber Material 134-136 



Organization and Functions of the Hood Rubber Co.'s 



Service Department 136 



Trade Acceptances for the Rubber Goods Manufac- 

 turer. By Russell Raymond Voorhees 137-138 



New Incorporations 138 



Jar-Ring Tests. By Charles P. Fox Illustrated 139 



Chemistry: 



What the Rubber Chemists Are Doing 140-142 



Chemical Patents 142 



Laboratory Apparatus Illustrated 142 



Machines and Appliances, New Illustrated 143-144 



The Warwick Rubber Trimmer. Tire-Bead Trim- 

 mer. The "U. E." Plantation Scrap-Washer. 

 Transfer-Printing on Inner Tubes. 



Machinery Patents ..Illustrated 144 



A Dust-Proof Mixer. Other Machinery Patents. 



Miscellaneous Patents Illustrated 144 



A French Cushion Wheel. 



Process Patents 145 



Canadian Notes Illustrated 145 



New Goods and Specialties Illustrated 146 



A Spray for Acids and Other Liquids. Another 

 Cap Cover and Checker-Board. A Patented Stud 

 for Tractor Wheels. For Home Canners. Rubber 

 Support and Applicator. "Kold Prosso" Jar-Rings. 

 Some American Automobile Tire Treads. . .Illustrated 147 



The Great Rubber Surplus 148 



American Rubber Trade — News Notes and Personals. 149-150 



J. C. Matlack Portrait and Sketch 149 



Dividends 150 



Fire Loss Experience in Rubber Factories 151 



Long-Staple Cotton Varieties Grown in America 



Illustrated 151 

 Editor's Book Table 152 



■Ninctcfnth Year Book, 1918," The Rubber As- 

 sociation of .America, Inc. "Chemical Engineering 

 Catalog." "Practical Instruction on Electrical 

 Fire Hazards." "Communications of the Nether- 

 land Government Institute for Advising the 

 Rubber Trade and the Rubber Industry," Part 

 VII. "A. S. T. M. Standards, 1918." "Gids voor 

 Betrekkingzoekenden in de Cultures ter Oostkust 

 van Sumatra." 



New Trade Publications 152-153 



Obituary Record 153 



A. Marcus (Portrait). G. F. Lufberry, Jr. (Por- 

 trait). 



Inquiries and Trade Opportunities 154 



Adjudicated Patents 154 



Rebuilt Tires and Conservation 154 



Interesting Letters from Our Readers 154 



Domestic Correspondence: 



.\kron By Our Correspondent — Illustrated 155 



Boston By Our Correspondent — Illustrated 155-156 



Rhode Island By Our Correspondent 156-157 



Trenton ....By Our Correspondent — Illustrated 157-158 



Reappraisements 158 



Foreign Rubber News: 



Great Britain By Our Correspondent 159-160 



Miscellaneous Foreign Notes 160 



Planting: 



Rubber Planting Notes 161-162 



Hopeful Outlook for Rubber Producers 162 



Patents Relating to Rubber 163-164 



I'nited States. Canada. United Kingdom. France. 



Trade Marks 164 



United States. Canada. 



Designs Illustrated 164 



What Team Work and Emulation Accomplish 



Illustrated 164 

 Markets: 



Crude Rubber 165 



Highest and Lowest Prices 166 



Singapore Rubber Auctions 166 



Reclaimed Rubber 165 



Rubber Scrap 170 



Cotto'n and Other Fabrics 170-171 



Chemicals and Ingredients 172-173 



Statistics: 



Brazil, Rubber Exports from Manaos during 



August, 1918 166 



Canada Rubber Statistics for July, 1918 169 



Cotton Statistics 171 



Java Rubber Exports, August, 1918 166 



United Kingdom Statistics for September, 1918. .169-170 

 London and Liverpool Statistics for September, 



1918 167 



United States: 



Custom House Statistics 167 



Exports for Fiscal Year Ended June, 1918. (By 



Countries.) 167-168 



?\[Mnthly Importations of , Crude Rubber 166 



Xew York Arrivals of Crude Rubber 166 



San Francisco Arrivals of Crude Rubber 167 



Seattle and Tacoma Arrivals of Crude Rubber. 166-167 

 Statistics for August, 1918 169 



