THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[August 1, 1919. 



Vol. 60. 



AUGUST 1, 1919. 



No. 5. 



TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



Editorials : 



The Rise of Rubber and Fabric Shoes 609 



World Standardization of Weights and Measures. .609-610 



Pay for Rubber Plantation Losses 610 



The Employment Manager 610 



Patents Under the Peace Treaty 610 



Minor Editorials 610 



The Sumatra Plantation of the United States Rubber 



Plantations, Inc Illustrated 611-613 



Rubber Cements 613 



Prices of Rubber Products. By Isador Lubin. 



Charts and Tables 614-620 



Influences Operating on the After-the-War Demand for 



Rubber Goods. By L. W. Allwyn-Schniidt 621 



Echoes of the Great War 622 



Tire Rebuilding and Repairing — II Illustrated 623-624 



How New York and London Crude Rubber Imports 



Are Handled Ilhistrated 625 



Balanced Packing-Box Construction Illustrated 626-628 



American Society for Testing Materials: 



Reports of Committee D-11 on Rubber Products 

 and Committee D-13 on Rubber Textiles. 



Charts 628-630 

 Steam Hose for Car Heating 630 



Chemistry: 



What the Rubber Chemists Are Doing 631-632 



Chemical Patents 632-633 



Laboratory Apparatus Illustrated 633 



Machines and Appliances Illustrated 634-635 



Vacuum-Drying, Impregnating and Solvent Recov- 

 ery Apparatus. Oil-Wiper for Self-OiHng Bearings. 

 Bead-Making Machine. The W-S-M Hydraulic 

 Rimming-Press. High-Duty Belt-Fasteners. 



Machinery Patents Illustrated 635-636 



Battery-Jar Press-Vulcanizers. A Tubing Machine 

 of New Design. Rubber Sheet-Forming and Cur- 

 ing Apparatus. Other Machinery Patents. 



Process Patents 636 



New Goods and Specialties Illustrated 637-638 



Balloon Accessories of Rubber. The Gammetcr 

 Valve. Airplane- Wheel Windshield. Airplane 

 Bumper Cord. Cold-Pack Process Jar-Rubber. 

 Unsinkable Rubber Mail-Pouch. The "Good- 

 Luck" Jar-Rings. An Easily Attached Rubber 

 Heel. A Shaving Outfit, "All-in-One." A Device 

 for Wearing Flowers. A New Cigarette Case. A 

 Boon for the Bow-legged Man. A Bathing Bag. 



The Rubber Association of America, Inc.: 

 Rubber Sundries Manufacturers' Division. 



Portraits of Members of Executive Committee 639-640 



Activities of the Association 640- 



William C. Cox, Treasurer Portrait and Sketch 



The India Rubber World Baseball Trophy Cup. 



Illustrated 



Rubber from Corumba (Br 

 (Bolivia) 



il) and Puerto Suarez 



641 

 641 



642 



642 



648 

 642 

 645 

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 647 

 650 



American Rubber Trade — News Notes and Personals 



Illustrated 643- 



Dividends 



Frank D. Vanderlip Portrait and Sketch 



Cassell De Hibbs Portrait and Sketch 



New Incorporations 646- 



George Oenslager Portrait and Sketch 



Canadian Notes Illustrated 648 



Domestic Correspondence: 



Ohio By Our Correspondent — Illustrated 649-650 



Massachusetts By Our Correspondent 651-652 



Rhode Island By Our Correspondent 652-653 



New Jersey.. .By Our Correspondent — Illustrated 653-654 

 Pacific Coast.. By Our Correspondent — Illustrated 654-656 



The Mid-West Rubber Manufacturers' Association. 



Portraits of Officers and Directors 657-658 



National Association of Waste Material Dealers' Classi- 

 fication of Scrap Rubber. Circular E 658 



Editor's Book Table 659 



"Commercial Oils, Vegetable and Animal, with 

 Special Reference to Oriental Oils." "Official 

 Report of the Sixth Annual Foreign Trade Con- 

 vention." 



New Trade Publications 659- 



Inquiries and Trade Opportimities 



Obituary Record 



Oscar Otto. Mrs. H. S. Verbis. 



Foreign Rubber News: 



Great Britain By Our Correspondent 661- 



Miscellaneous Foreign Notes 



Patents Relating to Rubber 663- 



United States. Canada. United Kingdom, New 

 Zealand, France. 



Trade Marks 664 



United States, Canada. 



Designs Illustrated 664 



United States. Canada. France 

 Markets : 



Crude Rubber 665 



Highest and Lowest Prices 666 



Singapore Rubber Auctions 666 



Reclaimed Rubber 665 



Rubber Scrap 675 



Cotton and Other Fabrics 671-673 



Chemicals and Ingredients 673-675 



Statistics: 



Brazil, Exports from Manaos 



Cotton Statistics 672-i 



Ceylon Imports and Exports 



Federated Malay States Rubber Exports 



Italy, Statistics for February 



Imports and E.xports, 1909-1917 



Java Rubber Exports 



Malaya Rubber Exports 



Straits Settlements Rubber Exports 



United Kingdom Statistics for May 



United States: 



Crude Rubber Arrivals at Atlantic and Pacific 

 Ports as Stated by Ships' Manifests 667 



Exports During May. 1919 (By Countries) 



Imports by Months for 1919 



Statistics for May 



