June 1, 1919.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



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its strict limitations in practice. Attention is drawn in a para- 

 graph on raw rubber to the fact that ahhough most of the 

 moisture which may be retained in rubber is expelled in masti- 

 cation, the whole of the natural moisture in plantation rubber 

 is not removed and that the 0.2 or 0.3 per cent which is retained 

 is liable to cause porosity unless the surrounding pressure in 

 vulcanization is maintained greater than the vapor pressure of 

 the dissolved water. 



HENLEY'S TELEGRAPH WORKS, LIMITED. 



The net prolit of this old-established business, now in its 

 forty-first year, was £148,054 for 1918, against £162,867 in 

 1917, and the dividend is IS pe^ cent against 25 per cent. It 

 should be noted, however, that a year ago the capital was 

 raised from £200,000 to £400,000 by the capitalizing of 

 £200,000 from the reserve fund, the shareholders receiving 

 bonus shares. The motor tire business, which was started a 

 few years ago, was transferred to a new company on August 

 1 last and this has naturally affected the net balance. In the 

 accounts provision has been made for special depreciation on 

 machinery bought for war purposes, which it is stated will 

 now be useless or of problematical value. 



MISCELLANEOUS FOREIGN NOTES. 

 DEMAND FOR RUBBER FOOTWEAR IN SCOTLAND. 



THE "Weekly Bulletin of the Canadian Department of Thade 

 and Commerce" reports an active demand in Scotland for 

 ordinary galoshes and storm galoshes of broad-toed shapes, hip 

 boots and top boots, gray canvas gymnasium shoes, and light 

 sand shoes. There is little call for the strap-sandal or low-cut 

 rubbers, for pointed shapes, or for white or brown goods. 



RECLAIMED RUBBER FROM ITALY. 



During 1917 there was exported from Turin to the United 

 States reclaimed rubber to the amount of 543,429 pounds, value 

 $130,154, as against 72,211 pounds in 1916, value $101,532. 



rials, etc., to be used in the manufacture of other goods. This 

 fair is open only to Swedish industry, but many Danish and 

 German interests will be represented through Swedish agents, 

 and some American houses likewise. There is considerable de- 

 mand in southern Sweden for rubber goods, belting, and other 

 products. 



MARKET FOR RUBBER GOODS IN SWEDEN. 



The Swedish Consulate at Goteborg calls attention to the 



A GERMAN PLAN TO SAVE RUBBER. 



.An interesting device of the Germans to secure something 

 of the resiliency afforded by a rubber tire with the minimum 

 amount of rubber is shown in the accompanying illustration. 

 This wheel is 

 of a type much 

 used by the 

 Germans dur 

 jng the war to 

 economize in 

 the use of ruu 

 ber. The rin 

 is of steel and 

 the pads ti. 

 tw-een the rim 

 and the felloi. 

 are made ol 

 rubber. The 

 picture is from 

 a United States 

 ofiScial photo 

 graph taken at 

 Speicher, Ger- 

 many. 



Rubber-Padded Steel Wheel, 



RELATIVE IMPORTANCE OF FRENCH FAIRS. 



The leading three French fairs being held this spring have 

 three distinct aims, though each is naturally local and national 

 in character to a certain extent. The Lyons Fair, held March 

 1-15, 1919, is chiefly international, purposing to substitute the 

 Leipzig Fair; the Paris Fair, held April 2S-May 10, 1919, is 

 principally national; and the Bordeaux Fair, to be held May 31- 

 June IS, 1919, is chiefly colonial. This feature of the Bordeaux 

 Fair is natural when it is remembered that approximately one- 

 third of the merchandise bought for and imported into the 

 French colonies, as well as of the products exported from those 

 same colonies, is handled by Bordeaux firms and shipped via 

 Bordeaux. 



RUBBER IMPORTED INTO DENMARK. 



Figures for the month of December, 1918, and for the year 

 1918, show that during those respective periods Denmark im- 

 ported crude and manufactured rubber as follows : 



Kilos. 



December, 1918. Year 1918. 



Ciude rubber 90O 5,900 



Tires and otiier rubber goods 23,400 61,400 



Totals, iniiiorls 24.300 67.300 



THE SCANIA FAIR AT MALMO, SWEDEN. 



The Scania Fair, to be held at Malmo, Sweden, June 30- 

 j'uly 6, 1919, is primarily a manufacturers' exhibit, its object 

 being to bring together the producer and consumer. The ex- 

 hibits will be divided into thirteen groups, of which group 8 

 comprises rubber and leather goods, and group 13, known as 

 the technical department, will cover inventions, patents, mate- 



TIRE MANUFACTURE AND MARKET IN GERMANY. 



A Swiss consular report of conditions in Germany at the 

 present time remarks that the scarcity of cotton in Germany 

 will make it impossible to manufacture pneumatic tires for some 

 time. It is expected that large amounts of crude rubber stored 

 in neutral countries will be released with the signing of the 

 peace treaty. Solid rubber tires will then be manufactured. 



The synthetic rubber so much vaunted proved during the 

 war to be useful chiefly for insulating purposes in the construc- 

 tion of submarines, torpedo boats, electrical engines, etc., but 

 it failed to relieve or in any way affect the tire situation. This 

 was due to its lack of resiliency and durability and also to 

 the high cost of production. 



It is believed that Germany will offer a good field for .Amer- 

 ican automobiles, trucks, and tires, as the number of prospective 

 buyers is constantly increasing. 



It is pointed out that the customary appointment of a foreign 

 importer as agent or sole agent on condition that he buy out- 

 right or guarantee to sell a certain number of cars or tires 

 yearly will not result in the establishment of a permanent 

 market. This is due to the fact that the foreign importer is 

 generally unfamiliar with the car or tires, and has no further 

 interest in them or the satisfaction of the buyer, once the goods 

 are sold. 



The only means of creating a lasting market is that of estab- 

 lishing an American agency in the prospective foreign territory. 

 Great care should be given to the selection and location of a 

 principal office and sub-agencies, etc.; also, to selecting sales- 

 men of experience in the automobile and tire business, familiar 

 with the country, people, language, methods of procedure, and 

 organization of the German automobile industry. 



