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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[January 1, 1919. 



Vol. 59. 



JANUARY 1. 1919. 



No. 4. 



TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



Editorials: Pages. 



Nineteen-Nineteen 175 



The Year in Review 175 



The Victory Banquet 175 



An Era of Trusts in Sight 175-176 



A Friendly Message from Britain 176 



Rubber Restitution 176 



Allocating German Crude Rubber 176 



Minor Editorials 176 



Echoes of the Great War Illustrated 177-178 



Looking Backward — and Forward 178-180 



Rubber Association of America, Inc., Activities 181-182 



War Service Committee of the Rubber Industry 182 



Government Specifications for Tires, Tubes, Repair 



Materials, and Accessories 183-191 



The First Screw-Forcing Machine Illustrated 191 



Vulcanization Control 192 



The Vulcanization of Rubber at Constant Temperature 

 and by a Series of Increasing Temperatures. By 



G. D. Kratz and Arthur H. Flower. ... Illustrated 193-195 



Chemistry: 



What the Rubber Chemists Are Doing 196-197 



Methods of Analysis 197 



Chemical Patents 198 



Laboratory Apparatus Illustrated 198 



Machines and Appliances, New Illustrate,d 199-200 



The W-S-M Hydraulic Solid-Tire Applying Press. 

 Two-Dip Spreader for Cord Fabric. The Largest 

 Tubing Machine. The Brush Cloth-Stretcher. 



Machinery Patents Illustrated 200 



Pneumatic Shoe-Press. Other Machinery Patents. 



Process Patents 200 



Rubber-Producing Weeds in Germany Illustrated 201-202 



Editor's Book Table 202 



"Fungi and Diseases in Plants." "The Netherlands 



India Rubber Year Book, 1918-1919." 



New Trade Publications 202 



Inquiries and Trade Opportunities 202 



New Goods and Specialties Illustrated 203 



A Sanitary Hair-Brush. A Rustless Hose-Clamp. 

 Shrapnel Goggles. The "Inside Tyre." A Good- 

 Looking Accelerator Foot-Rest. Identifiable To- 

 bacco Container. 



Interesting Letters from Our Readers 204 



American Rubber Trade— News Notes and Personals. 205-208 



New Incorporations 205 



Charles B. Seger Portrait and Sketch 206 



Dividends 207 



Vast Peace Opportunities in the American Rubber 



Industry.. By Col. Samuel P. Colt, with Portrait 207 



Goodyear Tire Machine Patent Invalid 207 



Obituary Record 208 



H. C. Severance. 



Domestic Correspondence: 



Akron By Our Correspondent— Illustrated 209-210 



Boston By Our Correspondent 210-211 



Rhode Island By Our Correspondent 211-212 



Trenton By Our Correspondent 212-213 



Canadian Notes 213 



Hugo Wellein Portrait and Sketch 213 



Foreign Rubber News: 



Great Britain By Our Correspondent 214-215 



Miscellaneous Foreign Notes 215 



Spanish Market for Rubber Goods.. By Special 



Correspondent Illustrated 



.216 



The Far Eastern Rubber Crisis 216-217 



Patents Relating to Rubber 218-219 



United States, Canada, United Kingdom, France, 

 New Zealand. 



Trade Marks 219 



United States, Canada, New Zealand, France. 



Designs Illustrated 219 



The Reconstruction Conference 220 



Markets: 



Crude Rubber 221 



Highest and Lowest Prices 222 



Singapore Rubber Auctions 222 



Reclaimed Rubber 221 



Rubber Scrap 226 



Cotton and Other Fabrics 226-227 



Chemicals and Ingredients 228-229 



Statistics: 



Canada Rubber Statistics for August 



Cotton Statistics 



Italy, Statistics for April 



223 



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225 



Java Rubber Exports, September 222 



United Kingdom Statistics for October 225-226 



London and Liverpool Statistics for October.. 226 

 United States: 



Boston Imports and E-xports 223 



Exports During October, 1918. (By Countries.) . 224v 



Monthly Importations of Crude Rubber 223 



New York Imports and Exports 223 



San Francisco Arrivals of Crude Rubber 223 



Seattle and Tacoma Arrivals of Crude Rubber. 222-223 



