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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



Vol. 60. 



JUNE 1, 1919. 



No. 3. 



TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



Editorials: 



Rubber Manufacturers' Opinions 469 



The Coming Industrial Congress 469-470 



Results of Government Ownership 470 



Homes for Employes 470 



Minor Editorial 470 



Growing Cotton for Tire Fabrics Illustrated 471-472 



Echoes of the Great War Illustrated 473-474 



An Investigation of German Ravages in Rubber Fac- 

 tories of Belgium and Northern France During 

 the Great War. By a Special Correspondent 



Illustrated 475-477 



The Goodyear Rubber Plantation Illustrated 478-479 



Inquiries and Trade Opportunities 479 



Giant Tires for Handley-Page Airplanes. .. Illustrated 480-481 



Pneumatic Tires on Trucks Illustrated 481 



Developments in Rubberized Unwoven Fabrics 



By Roland B. Respess .• Illustrated 482-483 



Useful Hints for the Rubber Laboratory. By D. 



Repony ^Sj 



Editor's Book Table ■_ 484 



"Ceylon Agricultural Society Year Book." "Prac- 

 tical E.xporting." 



New Trade Publications 484 



Chemistry : 



What the Rubber Chemists Are Doing 485-487 



Chemical Patents 487 



Laboratory Apparatus Illustrated 487 



Machines and Appliances Illustrated 488-489 



The "Akron" Friction Clutch. The Pfaudler Util- 

 ity Pot. Tasgon and Tar-Gon. Steel Tables and 

 Dry Compound Bins. Kremer Tire-Building Ma- 

 chine. Non-Explosive Safety Cement Cans. A 

 New Method of Extinguishing Fires. Portable 

 .\ir Compressors for Tires. 



Machinery Patents Illustrated 489-490 



Compressed Asbestos Sheet Packing. Chicle 

 Gum-Straining Machine. Machine for Making 

 Rubber Stock. Making Golf Balls. Other Ma- 

 chinery Patents. 



Process Patents 490 



New Goods and Specialties Illustrated 491-493 



A Toy Monoplane That Soars. A Work-Shoe 

 with Rubber Sole. An Automatic Inflating Valve. 

 Detachable Rubber Heel. A Western Non-skid 

 Tire. A Sponge-Rubber Tire Filler. A Rubber- 

 Lined Case for Bottles. "Test Special" Rubber 

 Belting. Novel Hot-Water Bottle That Folds. 

 Regent Keds — A New Line of Suinmer Fooiwear. 

 A "Minnow" Bait for Bass. A New Swimming 

 Glove. Vacuum Cleaner with Rubber Belt. An 

 Adjustable Cravat. A Weighted Rubber Sole. A 

 Truck Tire That Withstands Strain. Black and 

 White in Combination. 

 Activities of The Rubber Association of America, Inc. 494-497 

 Testing of Textile Materials Illustrated 497 



S. A. E. Adopts Standards Recommended by Tire and 



Rim Divisions lllnslr;ited 498-499 



Judicial Decisions 499 



The Honorable Augustus O. Bourn. I'ortrait and Sketch 500 



Interesting Letters from our Readers 500 



American Rubber Trade — News Notes and Personals 



I llnstrated 501-506 



501 



. Portrait and Sketch 501 



502 



. I'ortrait and Sketch 503 



.Portrait and Sketch 503 



. Portrait and Sketch 506 



Dividends 



Dr. Albert A. Somerville. 

 New Incorporations . . 



Edward V. Peters 



Herbert G. Clopper 



Frederick W. Dunbar 



John Morgan Portrait and Sketch 508 



Ralph L. Fuller Portrait and Sketch 508-509 



Capt. Francis H. Appleton Portrait and Sketch 510 



George D. Kratz Portrait and Sketch 513 



Canadian Consolidated Rubber Co., Limited, Report 



and Election 506 



Obituary Record 513 



lohn \^ Aid 



Augustus D. Juilliard. 



Domestic Correspondence: 



Ohio By Our Correspondent — Illustrated 507-508 



Massachusetts By Our Correspondent 509 



Pacific Coast By Our Correspondent 510-511 



New Jersey.. By Our Correspondent — Illustrated 511-512 



Rhode Island By Our Correspondent 512-513 



Connecticut Notes 513 



Foreign Rubber News: 



Great Britain By Our Correspondent 514-515 



Miscellaneous Notes Illustrated 515-517 



Japan By Our Correspondent — Illustrated 516-517 



Balata and Rubber Enterprises in the Guianas. By a 



Special Correspondent Illustrated 518-519 



Patents Relating to Rubber 520-521 



United States, Canada, United Kingdom. 



Trade Marks 521 



United States, Canada, New Zealand. 



Designs Illustrated 521 



Markets: 



Crude Rubber 523 



Chart Showing Fluctuations of the New York 



Crude Rubber Market 1911 to 1918 522 



Chart Showing Fluctuations of the London 



Crude Rubber Market 1914 to 1918 522 



Highest and Lowest Prices 523 



Singapore Rubber Auctions 524 



Reclaimed Rubber 523 



Cotton and Other Fabrics 533-534 



Average Pound Prices Tire Building Fabrics, 1913 



to 1918 533 



Chemicals and Ingredients 534-535 



Rubber Scrap 532-533 



Statistics: 



Brazil, Exports from Manaos 



Imports and Exports, 1913 and 1917. 



Canada Statistics for February 



Ceylon Imports and Exports 



Java, Plantation Rubber Exports 



Malaya Exports of Plantation Rubber. 

 Straits Settlements Rubber Exports... 

 United Kingdom Statistics for February 



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 ..527 



London and Liverpool Statistics for March 532 



United States: 



Crude Rubber Arrivals at Atlantic and Pacific 



Ports as Stated by Ships' Manifests 524-527 



Exports During March, 1919 (By Countries) ... 528 

 Official India Rubber Statistics for the United 



States— Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 1918 529-531 



Statistics for March 527 



