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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[April 1, 1919. 



New Trade Publications. 



GuiIA-PtB^ 



Vol. 60. APRIL 1. 1919. No. I. 



TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



Editorials: Pages 



37,500,000 Tires for 1919 345 



Lighting the Rubber Factory 345-346 



Mr. Rockefeller's Timely Caution 346 



As to the Rainy Day 346 



Minor Editorials 346 



The Production of Guayule Rubber — II. By Henry 



C. Pearson Illustrated 347-348 



Chrysothamnus or Sierra Rubber Illustrated 349-350 



What Won the War? 350 



Echoes of the Great War Illustrated 351-352 



The Aeronautical Exposition Illustrated 353 



The Evaluation of Rubber Plantations. Bv Kelts 



Colfax Baker. M.S.F 354-356 



Carton-Making in the Rubber Factory Illustrated 356-357 



Scientific Lighting in the Rubber Factory. By A. 



L. Powdl Illustrated 358-360 



Analysis of Antimony Pentasulphide. By D. Repon). 360-361 



Chemistry: 



What the Rubber Chemists Are Doing 362-364 



Chemical Patents 364 



Machines and Appliances, New Illustrated 365-366 



A Simple and Efficient Line-Shaft Coupling. Cost 

 of Steam Reduced by Underfeed Stoker. A New- 

 Horizontal Cement Churn. The "Western" Re- 

 treading Machine. 



Machinery Patents Illustrated 366 



Machine for Applying Bead-Clamping Rings. 

 Other Machinery Patents. 



Process Patents 366 



New Goods and Specialties Illustrated 369 



A Novel Fountain-Pen Filler. A New Style of 

 Fountain Pen. Rublier in the Fluoroscope. "Auto- 

 graphic'' Rubbers. A New Game Ball. "Ray- ' 

 bestos" Molded Clutch Facing. Puncture-Proof 

 Wheel. Wheel with Pneumatic Hub. 



Foreign Import Duties on Boots and Shoes 370-371 



Foreign Import Duties or Rubber Tires 371-372 



Pneumatic Tires and Their Care Illustrated 372-373 



Editor's Book Table 373 



Obituary Record 373 



George A. Keen. G. Lillian Clapp. 



Interesting Letters from Our Readers. ... Illustrated 374-375 



Judicial Decisions 375-376 



Inquiries and Trade Opportunities 376 



American Rubber Trade — News Notes and Personals 



Illustrated 377-383 



Dividends 377 



New Incorporations 378-379 



A Pioneer in Electrical Insulation — Portraits of 



Hcnrv .\. an. I Henry D. Reed 379 



Frederick J. Maywald, F.C.S. . Portrait and Sketch 382 

 James H. Learned Portrait and Sketch 383 



The Rubber Association of America, Inc.: 



Reclaimers' Division Portraits 384-385 



Activities of The Rubber Association 385-386 



Domestic Correspondence: 



Ohio By Our Correspondent — Illustrated 387 



Los Angeles By Our Correspondent 388 



Massachusetts By Our Correspondent 389 



New Jersey By Our Correspondent 390 



Rhode Island By Our Correspondent 390-391 



Canadian Notes 



391 



Foreign Rubber News: 



Great Britain By Our Correspondent 392-393 



Miscellaneous Notes 393-394 



German Substitutes for Rubber Tires. .Illustrated 394 



Patents Relating to Rubber 395-396 



United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Switzer- 

 land. India, New Zealand, France. 



Trade Marks 



United States, Canada. United Kingdom. 



Designs 



.Illustrated 396 



Markets: 



Crude Rubber 



Highest and Lowest Prices . 



Singapore Rubber Auctions 



Reclaimed Rubber 



Cotton and Other Fabrics . . . 

 Chemicals and Ingredients . . . 

 Rubber Scrap 



Statistics : 



Ceylon Exports During Ten Years 



Italy, Statistics for September 



Java, Plantation Rubber Exports 



L'nited Kingdom Statistics for January. 



397 

 397 

 398 

 397 

 . 402-404 

 . 404-405 

 405 



.400-401 

 398 

 400 



London and Liverpool Statistics for January, 



400 



United States: 



Exports During January, 1919. (By Countries. I 402 



New York Arrivals of Crude Rubber 398-399 



Pacific Coast Arrivals of Crude Rubber 399-400 



Statistics for December 401 



RUBBER PRODUCTION IN THE NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES. 

 The Department of Agriculture of the Netherlands India Gov- 

 ernment estimates that 193 rubber estates in Sumatra produced 

 51.553,550 pounds of rubber during 1918. 



