February 1, 1919.1 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



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ton, Massachusetts, sends out a panel calendar in two tones of 

 green, decorated with a reproduction of the poem, "The Trees," 

 by Christopher Morley in "Colher's Weekly," and illustrations 

 featuring the poplar, the oak, and the pine, mentioned in the 

 verses. 



Edison Lamp Works of General Electric Co., manufacturer of 

 "Mazda" electric lamps, etc., issues a long panel calendar bear- 

 ing a reproduction of one of Maxfield Parrish's paintings for the 

 company — "The Spirit of Night." The colors are blue, purple, 

 yellow and orange, while the calendar is blue on graj-. 



The Pioneer Asphalt Co., Lawrenceville, Illinois, manufacturer 

 of "M. R." hydrocarbon, contributes a calendar and memoran- 

 dum pads for a desk calendar frame, accompanied by a card of 

 greeting. 



SOUVENIRS. 



Morse Chain Co., Ithaca, New York, manufacturer of silent 

 chains, sends out a leather-bound diary, featuring its products. 



H. Muehlstein & Co., dealers in scrap rubber, New York City, 

 is represented by a silk-lined leather bill-fold with the recipient's 

 name engraved in gold on the outside and their own on the 

 inside. Space is provided for an identification card under a 

 celluloid shield, as well as the usual pocket for folded bills. 



John Royle & Sons, manufacturers of rubber-working machin- 

 ery, Paterson, New Jersey, distributes a gilt-stamped leather- 

 bound diary, describing their products and provided with geo- 

 graphical maps. 



Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Co . East Pittsburgh, 

 Pennsylvania, through its New York office, sends out a leather- 

 bound diary featuring its products and containing maps. 



JUDICIAL DECISIONS. 



AMERICAN Chicle Co. v. United St.mes.— United States 

 Court of Customs Appeals, November 26, 1918. 



The merchandise in this case consists of chicle, which was as- 

 sessed for duty under the provisions of paragraph 36 of the 

 Tariff Act of 1913, which provides for chicle "refined or advanced 

 in value by drying, straining, or any other process or treatment 

 whatever beyond that essential to the proper packing," as the 

 chicle in question had been shipped from Mexico to Canada, and 

 there ground and dried before being imported to the United 

 States. The protestants claim that it should have been assessed 

 at the smaller duty of 15 cents a pound as "chicle, crude." The 

 Board of General Appraisers sustained the assessment as made, 

 and the importers appealed. 



The United States Court of Customs Appeals affirmed the de- 

 cision of the Board of General Appraisers. (Treasury Decisions, 

 Volume 35. No. 25. December 19. 1918.) 



Hardman Tire & Rubber Co. m. Standard Vulcanite Pen 

 Co.— Supreme Court, Appellate Division, First Department. 



Appeal dismissed with $10 costs. (New York Supplement, 

 Volume 172, page 895.) 



Life Preserver Suit Compaxv vs. National Life Preserver 

 Company.— Circuit Court of Appeals, Second Circuit, May 

 10th, 1918. 



The National Life Preserver Company owned the Youngren 

 patent on a life preserver suit which was intended to give both 

 buoyancy and warmth to the wearer. 



The Life Preserver Suit Company was organized by Keviczky 

 who took over the exclusive sales of the National. Part of the 

 contract was that six months after the contract date the Life 

 Preserver people had the option of taking an exclusive license 

 to manufacture the suits, for which they were to pay a royalty 

 and furnish a suitable bond to guarantee payment thereof. At 

 the expiration of the six months, notice was given that they 

 desired to take the manufacturing license. Within the 10-day 

 period, however, they requested an extension of thirty days be- 

 cause of difficulty in getting the necessary bond. 



The directors and president of the National company refused 

 to give the desired extension and no bond was ever executed. 



The National people were about to make other arrangements 

 inconsistent with that contract and the Life Preserver people 

 brought action in the District Court to prevent them. Tliat 

 case was decided in the favor of the National people and was 

 appealed. The decision was reversed and the case remanded. 

 (Federal Reporter, Volume 252, page 139.) 



CUSTOMS APPRAISER'S DECISIONS. 



Raincoats— Chief Value.— Protest of F. B. Vandegrift & Co., 

 New Y'ork City. The only question to be determined was whether 

 the raincoats are in chief value of wool or in chief value of cot- 

 ton. The goods were classified under paragraph 291 Act of 1913, 

 as articles of wearing apparel in chief value of wool, at 35 per 

 cent ad valorem, and are claimed to be dutiable under paragraph 

 256 as articles of wearing apparel in chief value of cotton, as 30 

 per cent ad valorem. 



The controversy arises regarding the proper method to be used 

 to determine the component material of chief value. On the evi- 

 dence of the analyst, all the items were held dutiable at 30 per cent 

 ad valorem, under paragraph 256, Act of 1913. Judgment was in 

 favor of the protestants, sustaining the protests accordingly, and 

 in favor of the Government overruling the protests as to the other 

 merchandise and claims. (Treasury Decisions, Volume 35, No. 

 25, December 19, 1918.) 



Webbings. — ^Merchandise classified as webbings, composed in 

 chief value of artificial silk and rubber, at 60 per cent ad valorem 

 under paragraph 319, Tarifif Act of 1913, is claimed dutiable as 

 cotton fabrics with fast edges under paragraph 262, against which 

 assessment Edwin Horrax (New York), protested. It was 

 found that these webbings are made of cotton, artificial silk, and 

 rubber, the cotton being of greater value than the separate or 

 combined values of the artificial silk and rubber. They were held 

 dutiable at 25 per cent under paragraph 262. (Treasury Decisions, 

 Volume 36, No. 1, January 2, 1919.) 



Gutta Siak. — A protest of the Rubber Association of America 

 is sustained in a decision just rendered by the Board of United 

 States General Appraisers, permitting the free entry of certain 

 gutta siak. Duty was assessed at the rate of 15 per cent ad 

 valorem under paragraph 385 of the Tarifif Act of 1913. Judge 

 Hay sustains a protest for free entry under paragraph 502. 



adjudicated patents, 

 the united states. 

 I. T. S. Rubber Company vs. Panther Rubber Manufactur- 

 ing Company.— United States District Court, Massachusetts. 

 The Tufford patent. No. 1,177,833, for a mold for making 

 rubber heels, claim 11 of which specified a mold chamber having 

 one wall convex and the other concave, held invalid, and further 

 held not infringed, if deemed limited to the particular structure 

 shown and described. (Federal Reporter, Volume 253. page 63.) 



new YORK AUTO SHOWS. 



The passenger car exhibition will take place February 1-8, and 

 the commercial car exhibition February 10-15, 1919. Both shows 

 are under the auspices of the National Automobile Dealers' 

 .-Association, and members of the Motor and Accessory Manu- 

 facturers' Association have decided to exhibit this season. So 

 large are both sections of the show to be that no single building 

 in New York is adequate to hold either. Madison Square 

 Garden and the Sixty-ninth Regiment Armory together will 

 house the passenger-car section during the first week, and the 

 second week the commercial vehicle section, including motor 

 trucks, delivery wagons, tractors, etc., will occupy both of the 

 show buildings. 



A big meeting of the National .Automobile Dealers' Asso- 

 ciation, at which prominent men will speak, is scheduled for 

 February 5, in the form of a noon-day luncheon. 



